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7A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015 Timber: Some of the trees in the sale are more than 120 years old Continued from Page 1A North Coast State Forest Coalition, authored by co- ordinator Chris Smith and Trygve Steen, a professor of environmental science at Portland State University. “These stages of ecological succession are exceedingly rare on (Board of Forestry) lands on Oregon’s North Coast and provide import- ant conservation benefits.” Smith said the Home- steader timber sale is one of the first the coalition has ever opposed. The co- alition usually advocates for conservation at a higher level, he said, and trusts the management process stem- ming from those decisions. The coalition gathered more than 1,600 comments against the Homesteader timber sale, part of which it contends is valuable po- tential habitat for the en- dangered marbled murrelet, whose presence has nixed many a logging operation on the West Coast, along with the northern spotted owl. Years of work go into deciding a timber sale. The forestry department sur- veyed between 2012 and 2014 for endangered spe- cies in the Homesteader area. Williams and Goody said there were no marbled murrelet found. “We have surveyed this area for 17 years without seeing a marbled murrelet,” Goody said, adding no spot- ted owls have been sighted either. The report says the tim- ber sales in Homestead- ers would also hurt near- by property values on the Nehalem River, and that there are less ecologically valuable stands nearby that could be substituted. Many different biologists and wildlife experts with the forestry department and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife played a part in deciding the terrestrial anchors, Goody wrote in response to the coalition’s study. “Since there are many mature forest stands Submitted Photo Conservationists believe the large, old trees in these ar- eas are of special significance. Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Area 2 of the proposed Homesteader timber sale. on the Astoria district, some are necessary to contribute towards meeting economic mandates required by state law.” What is old growth? The coalition count- ed some of the trees in the Homesteader sale at more than 120 years old. As only 0.1 percent of state forests are old growth, the coali- tion’s report says, the older trees in Homesteader should be spared. And the older trees, the report adds, are too large in diameter and full of loose knots from old branches to be optimal tim- ber. Williams said the trees are at least 114 years old, whereas the department’s forest management plan determines old growth at 175- to 200-year-old trees on land that hasn’t been managed for timber. Home- steader, he added, was one of the earlier tracts around Jewell managed for timber. “While these trees do not meet the (forest manage- ment practices) definition of old-growth we will eval- uate and look for opportuni- ties to retain many of these older trees as scattered green trees or in clumps throughout the sale areas to provide a larger landscape Joshua Bessex/The Daily Astorian Dan Goody looks for a springboard notch in a Douglas Fir that Goody estimates was cut down in the 1940s. Goody said that studying these older trees is important because it helps them determine what grows naturally in the forest and how to best approach forestry efforts. shoots for timber harvests of 74 million board feet a year, Goody’s and Wil- liams’ department follows the greatest permanent val- ue rule, which sets a balance of revenue, recreation and conservation. “You’re almost a social manager walking the fine line,” Williams said. One of the great things about the state forest, Goody said, is it’s open to everyone wanting to come recreate. Williams overseas the recreation activities of the forestry department, which includes about 20 miles of perspective,” Goody wrote in his response to the coa- lition. “The Astoria district contains approximately 14,000 acres of stands of trees 80 years old and older. The majority of these stands (63 percent) are designated for wildlife and conserva- tion values.” The forestry department now prepares the vari- ous proposed timber sales, cruising to determine the amount of timber and ready- ing the infrastructure for logging. While Balance their district Submitted Photo Members of the North Coast State Forest Coalition and a professor of environmental science from Portland State University contend that older trees in the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Homesteader area would make low-quality logs because of the old branches causing loose knots throughout, and that they would be better left standing for habitat conservation. trails; even more off-road vehicle tracks in places like Nicolai Mountain; several campgrounds; horse trails; archery; hunting; and the Astoria Demonstration For- est behind the forestry de- partment’s office, showing forest management practic- es on a smaller scale. CL ASSIF IE D M ARK ETPL A CE P lace classified ad s o n lin e at w w w .d ailyasto rian .co m o r call 503-325-3211 CL ASSIF IE D IN DEX ANNOUNCEMENTS 055 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Care Centers 035 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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