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Groups rally against forest plan
By Stephan to Sisson
Oregon 0*V f m*r*W
Six local environmental
groups rallied to protest Presi
dent Dili Clinton'* forest plan
Wednesday in front of the Fed
eral Building
The rally was in preparation
for a public, hearing about the
Clinton Forest Plan in Salem to
he later that day at the Oregon
State Fairgrounds. Citizens were
urged to attend the hearing to
speak out against the Clinton
administration's preferred forest
plan, called Option 9.
"As it stands now. that recom
mended plan Option 9 sacrifices
our ancient forests for unsus
tainable timber harvests." said
Mike Purcell, representative of
the Western Ancient Forests
Campaign
Purcell demanded changes in
Option 9 that "must include a
plan that puts all remaining
ancient forests and ancient for
est reserves completely off-lim
its to logging. That protection
must be inviolate and clear."
Option 9. criticized by the
timber industry as going too far
to protect the spotted owl. has
caused just as much turmoil
with environmental and grass
roots organizations. They call
the plan inadequate, saying that
it does not do enough to protect
forest reserves, watersheds and
endangered species of fish and
wildlife .
The Clinton administration’s
preferred option, one of 10 alter
natives in the Environmental
Impact Statement. would
decrease logging to 1.2 billion
board feet each year on federal
lands that include spotted owl
habitots in the Northwest. It
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SIm anvkonmantal group* ralllad Wadnaaday In protaal to Praaidant
BIH Clinton'» foraat plan at tha Fadaral Building.
would also give communities in
Washington. Oregon and Cali
fornia $1.2 billion over five
years for economic redevelop
ment.
Speakers at the rally approved
of most of the plan, but called
for changes that would strength
en the protection of old growth
timber and endangered species.
‘Option 9 does not protect
one stick anywhere on our
national forests.” said Mark
Hubbard, staff attorney for the
Oregon Natural Resources Coun
cil. "Under this plan, the ecosys
tem and the species that depend
on it will be sacrificed. If the
Clinton administration truly
wants to protect the forests of
the Northwest, they must
improve this plan.”
Art Farley. Lane County
Audubon Society Conservation
chairman, said the plan was a
"lose-lose compromise,”
"Option 9 sacrifices half of the
last remaining 10 percent of
native, old-growth forests for
short-term timber employment
and profits." Farley said. "This
plan will not work."
The conviction that Option 9
will not work was shared by
every group represented at the
rally.
"While we all have similar
goals and objectives, we do not
always agreo on the fine points
of the issues that concern us.”
said Charlie Ogle, chairman of
the Sierra Club Many Rivers
Group. "We do not all agree on
the fine points of Option 9. We
do. however, agree that Option 9
is not up to the task for which it
was designed.”
The Clinton Administration
encourages public comment on
the plan until Oct. 28, when the
final draft of the Environmental
Impact Statement will be sub
mitted to the Forest Service and
the Hureau of Land Manage
ment.
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