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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Forest Service restrictions
announced due to hazards
More than 150 persons attended a community meeting
Wednesday, Aug. 2 in the county building in Cave
Junction regarding plans by the Bureau of Land Man-
agement. Some demonstrated in front of the building
prior to the meeting, which included positive and
negative comments. Abbie Jossie (at right in bottom
photo) addressed a standing-room-only crowd.
(Photos by Michelle Binker, ‘Illinois Valley News’)
BLM gets big earful from protesters during meeting
crowd were there to express
their dismay with the plans.
Opponents assert that those
plans endanger crucial wild-
life habitat and increase the
risk of catastrophic wildfire
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professional ecologists, self-
professed “amateur hikers”
and neighbors.
The majority of the
Fire danger rises to red
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roads.
Beginning Friday, Aug.
4, these additional public
use fire restrictions went
into effect:
The following activities
are disallowed between
10 a.m. and 8 p.m.:
*Chain saw use. During
other hours, users must have
an ax, shovel and fire extin-
guisher on-site, and provide
a one-hour fire watch
after using the saw.
*Mowing dry grass
(except for agricultural pur-
poses,
such
as
cutting hay).
*Cutting, grinding or
welding metal. During other
hours, a water supply must
be present at the work site
and work may proceed only
in a cleared area.
For more information
about ODF’s fire
season regulations, phone
474-3152. S.W. District fire
precaution level information
also is posted on the Web at
http://oregon.gov/ODF/
F I E L D / S W O /
SWOfire.shtml.
land. Many of the wildfires
in recent weeks on ODF-
protected lands have been
started by abandoned camp
fires and escaped debris-
burning fires.
As of July 31, fires have
burned 102 acres of wildland
vegetation. Only eight were
caused by lightning, said
ODF.
Here’s a summary of
public use restrictions:
*Debris burning, in-
cluding burn barrels, is pro-
hibited.
*Fireworks are prohib-
ited.
*Camp fires are allowed
only in designated camp-
grounds. This restriction
includes charcoal-fired bar-
becues; however, stoves
using liquefied or bottled
fuels are allowed.
*Vehicles, including
motorcycles and all-terrain
vehicles, are not allowed on
unimproved roads.
*Smoking is allowed
only in vehicles and only
w h i l e o n i mp r o v e d
by reducing canopy cover-
age and eliminating large,
green, fire-resistant trees
from public stands. Valued
resources such as trail op-
portunities also were noted
as endangered.
A few people for whom
logging jobs and timber pro-
duction are priorities also
attended.
The project areas, Jossie
emphasized, cover less than
1 percent of the land area in
the Illinois River watershed.
According to Jossie, analy-
sis shows that within the
Anderson West project area,
only about 2.5 percent of the
trees are larger than 24
inches in diameter. Within
Tennessee Lime, trees that
large account for only 1.3-
percent of the total number.
Activists contended,
however, that a greater per-
centage of harvested vol-
ume, a projected 10 million
board-feet, will be com-
prised of the larger trees.
BLM was to accept
public comment until Mon-
day, Aug. 7, although Jossie
stated that she would per-
sonally consider comment
received after that date.
Comments may be emailed
to medford_mail.blm.gov.
As fire danger continues
across the Rogue River-
Siskiyou National Forest,
personal-use restrictions
took effect on Friday, Aug.
4, including limited camp-
fires and smoking on Na-
tional Forest System land.
Restrictions on opera-
tions of international com-
bustible equipment and use
of off-road and trail vehicles
also were effective Aug. 4.
U.S. Forest Service
managers are urging people
to be careful this time of
year and to prevent wild-
fires. This type of personal-
use restrictions have proven
to be an effective means of
reducing the number of hu-
man-caused fires.
Campfires are allowed
only in developed and des-
ignated campgrounds in
provided and approved fire
rings, fireplaces or stoves at
Cave Creek Campground,
Bolan Lake Campground,
Grayback Campground and
Day-Use Area, and Chin-
quapin Group Area in Illi-
nois Valley Ranger District.
Pressurized liquid or
gas-powered stoves are al-
lowed. However, the forest
service urges extreme cau-
tion when using them.
Eden Inspector
Mark Atwood
Full Service
*Smoking is allowed
only inside enclosed vehi-
cles or buildings; a desig-
nated recreation site, or
while stopped in an area
with at least 3 feet in diame-
ter and free of flammable
material; or aboard a water-
craft while navigating or at
rest on a waterway.
*The use of internal
combustible engines is pro-
hibited unless it is a motor
vehicle operating on forest
development roads or within
designed parking areas.
*It is prohibited to use a
motorized vehicle off Forest
Development Roads/Trails
except within designed
parking areas. Because of
the high fire concerns this
season, it is necessary for
people to stay on developed
roads and not go into the
grass or brush with a motor-
ized vehicle.
Those “recreating” in
national forest campgrounds
should contact their individ-
ual ranger district offices for
a listing of specific desig-
nated and developed camp-
grounds where campfires
are permitted and check for
updated fire restriction in-
formation before leaving
home.
Mark’s Wasp Prevention Tip:
Mature nests have a higher population and
are more violent. Check for nests or steady
activity around your home. Wasps and
yellow jackets have been known to infest
wall voids, crawl spaces, and attics. Install-
ing Yellow Jacket traps, non-toxic lures, will
attract workers and queens.
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the masterpiece of Nature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson -
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