Groups file lawsuit to discontinue
clear-cutting of old-growth timber
By Deborah lanes
Of ll»« FjmtiM
In an effort to save a 62-acre
stand of Oregon old-growth
forest, environmental groups
have filed a lawsuit to halt
dear-cutting.
The Oregon Natural Resource
Council is concerned, however,
that the Bugaboo Timber Co.
may make the lawsuit a moot
point by logging the Devil's
Ridge area 60 miles east of
Salem before the issue has its
day in court.
The ONRC’s request for a
temporary restraining order to
prohibit logging was denied last
week in the 9th District Court of
Appeals, removing any
obstacles from Bugaboo's path.
With this defeat. ONRC at
torneys are gathering informa
tion for their lawsuit which they
expect will enter proceedings in
early January, according to ON
RC member Mark Dietrich.
The ONRC lawsuit charges
that the environmental impact
statement for the area does not
assess the cumulative effects the
logging operation will have on
the ecological balance of the
region.
It also claims that the Forest
Service has delayed the land
use planning procedure that
would result in a new report,
according to Wendell Wood of
the ONRC. A new report, Wood
believes, might suggest protec
ting the Devil's Ridge area.
Although Bugaboo finished
the road, the impending winter
weather has forced the company
to wait until spring to clear-cut
the old-growth stand, according
to the Forest Service's timber
sale planner. John Fertig, and
ONRC's Wood.
This delay may give the
ONRC the opportunity to push
its lawsuit through court and
possibly stall the logging opera
tions until an updated Forest
.Service environmental impact
statement is written, said lames
Monteith of ONRC.
The sale for the 7.6 million
board feet of timber is final so
no new discussion is possible
until the upcoming land-use
planning procedure begins. Fer
tig said.
“We can't manage everything
through the court system.’’ he
said.
ONRC members, however,
see the lawsuit as their only
option.
The Forest Service "broke
their promise to look at the area
again before they allowed cut
ting. The Forest Service is sup
posed to be a steward of the
land, but it is so embedded with
the timber companies.”
Monteith said. “The Forest Ser
vice is making decisions with
chain saws.”
The controversy is based on
how the opposing groups view
the issue. Fertig said,
"We see it as a contract with
the timber company — a legal
issue to use our land-use plan.
They (environmental groups)
see it as an emotional issue.” he
said.
Friends of Breitenbush Old
Growth have maintained an
ongoing vigil and protest at the
logging site.
The protest reached its peak
Nov. 3 when the restraining
order suit was to be decided in
District Court. In an attempt to
thwart the loggers from cutting
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been made. 40 protesters chain
ed the bridge leading to the area
and built a bonfire on the
bridge, according to |es
Richardson from FBtXi
In addition, that day three
people who had spent the night
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