Wednesday, May 18, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Trail
changes
on tap
The Sisters Ranger District
wants to decommission a
section of road, reroute a
section of road, redesign a
portion of the Lower Canyon
Creek campground, and
construct a new trailhead
parking lot to protect the
Metolius River at the popular
site in the Camp Sherman
area.
According to a Forest
Service scoping letter,
“The existing condition of
the Lower Canyon Creek
Campground degrades the
outstandingly remarkable
values of the Metolius Wild
and Scenic River and impacts
the federally listed threatened
bull trout and bull trout
critical habitat.”
As part of the redesign
of the campground, the
West Metolius trailhead
would be relocated to a
new site just outside of the
riparian reserve area, but
within the campground. A
trailhead parking lot would
be constructed. A short tie
trail would be constructed
between the new parking
area and the old trailhead;
half of the trail would be
on a decommissioned road.
Construction of the trailhead
parking lot would require
the felling of about 10 trees.
Felled trees would be used as
in-stream wood.
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TREES: USFS will try
to sell timber from
roadside trees
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Fire crews touched off a prescribed burn near Crossroads last
week to improve forest health and reduce fuels.
“If we can, if there’s value
left in them, we’ll sell them,”
she said. “I don’t want to
leave a bunch of trees lay-
ing on the ground along the
highway.”
The problem became very
evident last summer.
The Forest Service and
ODOT reported last month
that, as the trees began show-
ing distress and started dying
they conducted a joint analy-
sis to determine the cause.
The analysis indicated that
the manufacturer of the her-
bicide Perspective©, which
ODOT applied to the road
shoulders within the highway
corridor, originally stated it
may harm susceptible trees,
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but the label did not say it
specifically would harm pon-
derosa pine trees. However,
in 2012, additional language
on the manufacturer’s label
was added specifically stating
it would damage ponderosa
pine trees.
ODOT has discontinued
use of Perspective© where
trees are growing.
Miller said there would be
no action taken regarding the
nature or use of the pesticide.
“Everybody was doing
what they thought was
right in good faith,” she
said.
There is no timeline yet
for the removal of trees
through the corridor. The
Forest Service and ODOT
assert that any removal of the
trees will be done in a man-
ner to minimize ground dis-
turbance and maintain the
scenic quality of the highway
corridor.
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