Highland Fling Timber Sale

The Highland Fling Timber Sale yet another Bureau of Land Management logging project proposed along a popular hiking trail destination. This project is in direct conflict with the goals of the newly formed Molalla River Alliance, a group of concerned citizens in the Molalla area who would like to see the Salem District BLM put a higher premium on recreation, than on destructive timber sales. across hiking trails (such as the Pacific Crest Trail) and across two proposed off-highway vehicle designated areas.

Project Status: 
Logged
General Information
District: 
BLM Salem District
Total Acres: 
760.0
Watershed: 

Clear Creek, Foster Creek. Mill Creek, Upper Clear Creek

Prescriptions
Total Acres: 
760.0
"Purpose & Need": 

From the scoping letter The purpose of this project is to achieve specific objectives identified in the Salem BLM Resource Managment Plan (RMP) for Matrix and Riparian Reserve Land Use Allocations on approximately 760 acres of BLM-administered lands by reducing the denisty of trees in developing forest stands. Other potential activites may include road construction or the renovation of existing roads that access thinning areas and the decommissioning or blocking of roads after thinning.

Driving Directions: 

From I-205, take Exit 12A towards Estacada. Follow 224 east towards Mt. Hood. Just after passing through the town of Estacada, there is a turn on the right for Road 211. Units for this proposed logging project are on either side of 211, accessible by roads turning from 211. One of the units is back on 224, approx. five miles after the 211 turnoff and the first left after the Silver Fox Campground. The timber sale project area is located between the City of Colton and the City of Estacada.

Associated Images: 
Beautiful Nate Creek in Highland Fling Timber Sale
Nate Creek is a fish bearing stream in Highland Fling Timber Sale
Unit 27 in Highland Fling Timber Sale is home to lots of large woody debris and snags
Nate Creek runs into Highland Fling Timber Sale unit 27 from clearcut private forests
Can you see the clearcut through the trees? This is a view into private forest land
This culvert is too small for a fish-bearing stream. On our visit we witnessed fish upstream
Orange marks the Highland Fling Timber Sale boundary
Community members surrounding the Highland Fling Project area have created mult-use recreation trails
Little Clear Creek in Highland Fling Timber Sale
Highland Fling Timber Sale unit 35 is located adjacent to an old clearcut with Mt. Hood in the background
Concerned local residents walk through unit 35 of Highland Fling Timber Sale on a trail maintained by forest recreationists
Associated Files: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Environmental Assessment (EA)6.76 MB
PDF icon Bark EA Comments for Highland Fling Timber Sale271.12 KB
PDF icon Bark Scoping Comments for Highland Fling Timber Sale1.11 MB
PDF icon Clear Creek and Foster Creek Watershed Analysis6.04 MB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Decision Rationale2.25 MB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Handout617.08 KB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Scoping Notice1.14 MB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 35 Map464.18 KB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 1 Map445.19 KB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 21 Map366.13 KB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 27 Map406.76 KB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Unit 18 Map613.56 KB
PDF icon Highland Fling Timber Sale Scoping Map769.33 KB

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