Clackamas

The Shellwood sale (scoping) has been canceled. This sale had em all thinning for supposed forest health clearcutting Cathedral forests to create the Forest Service 's desired giant Oak Grove plantation and logging within a roadless area.

On March 2, 2007, Judge Michael Mossman of the U.S. District Court ruled in Bark 's favor, effectively cancelling the Slinky Timber Sale. In his ruling Judge Mossman found that the Forest Service provided no evidence that it used the best available science in proposing to clearcut 184 acres of mature and old growth forest.

The Forest Service determined that the Slip Thinning Project should be categorically Excluded (CE) from having an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement. The CE authorities have been put in place by the Bush Administration. We do not support proceeding with projects without an environmental analysis.

Bark was able to negotiate with the Forest Service to add 50-foot stream buffers where previously they had proposed only 25 feet. Elbow and Spoon are moving forward as Stewardship Contracts ' meaning that the money from the logging will go to restoration projects in the area. Bark is working to direct that money toward addressing one of the biggest ecological threats in the Clackamas River watershed...roads. '

The Summit Sale (Scoping Phase) has been canceled! 1000 acres of logging to help ' the imperiled Canadian Lynx in this largely roadless area. How would this logging project have enhanced the camping experience at Summit Lake? We expected a joint EIS in conjunction with Conehead to be prepared.

A 2004 Bush administration rule that removed protections for rare plants and animals was determined illegal by Judge Pechman of the U.S. District Court. Summit CE is one of the logging projects that may be illegally moving forward without providing protections for rare species required by the court ruling. Bark appealed this project on 1/19/2006. This project is another example of the Forest Service 's abuse of the Categorical Exclusion loophole. The Forest Service claims to thin these stands in order to prevent Mountain pine beetle infestation. Sadly, this area is Critical Habitat Unit OR-11--dispersal habitat for the Northern spotted owl.

Jane was auctioned on Friday, 10/17 to Thomas Creek Lumber and Tarzan was sold on Feb 7th, 2003 to Thomas Creek Lumber for $387,881.

This pre-scoping sale has been canceled!

The Roads are punched in, trees cut for landings, but logging of the units had not yet begun as of (12/17/04), but appears to have started now. The Upper Timber Sale was auctioned on March 7,2003. The high bidder was Rosboro Lumber for $600,758.50 or 90 ccf weighted average per ccf. This sale has major riparian issues - with only 30 ft buffers recommended on the abundant streams in the unit. One of the proposed temporary roads crosses a stream-bed. This sale contains beautiful native forest surrounded on several sides by the old Boyer Creek thin - a hideous example of what the whole area will look like if the Upper sale proceeds as planned.

The Upper Clackamas Thin has been a collaborative project with the Clackamas Stewardship Partners. The CSP is a group of stakeholders, including the Forest Service and Bark, who act as a collaborative group to try and find common ground around logging, restoration and other stewardship opportunities. Although, the CSP did propose some thinning recommendations, the Forest Service has added new road construction, as well as reopening previously decommissioned roads for access into the logging units. Bark does not support new road building in Mt. Hood National Forest.