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W ILD LIFE . ry X'.V 0 ^ .ItuJ t-PT* ’v ï ^ As Congress debates A ncient Forest Act, Hep. Mike Kopetski assumes a key role, and the fate of huge forests and millions of their inhabitants may hang in the balance. T» b i > i e 5 <f PMW The State of the Ancient Forests REPORT INC. S'feftl ^ïhS'Kvùr by Jim IVArder Peak A lliante o f the M a ry * o io \% C »Su* h f< u fW 5* oC . m V u i **’ Se« \A c o » '- T V <*2> ( _ * _I d»l be 4 — t l *\ v < * i s P ^ ,ri <* I v » v v » «,iM »; n b < h lie ^ . ’ >4) vvB A t , rSC l'J-’A *>i 4 1 < K t? ,J 4 fy ? f •< / MaJ h r l f i r i K r W n x r Orr<« M u l r i f w Aawa « « » *, 6 la w 41» J%<nrrs H e * V o ti. N V 1(1017 MAIL PREFERENCE SERVICE D M A u ihr IAVru »ixl Ur|pru n d e a ix x iw o n .4 o w r 5 0 0 0 d i m s m a il firm » <xixi.^r-n. p u b iu h m . r ru u lm and t e n o r o rfa n u a o ix u E a p e n e r x r hat ihown us that m ow p m p ir m p n m o v in g in fo rm » » » ! w she mail alxxi« lu b jo u that in tr r m them or p r t x lu o and M -rvx n dies rruy need or want M d U x a c i p ru p lr spm d kxUxxu of d u ilan an nu alh n pun haw prodix n or t r r v x n through the n m l H o w c x c r.w r also know that to m e people do not Uie io m r n e w J v rru u i* m ail S axe 1579. we hawr been iXtenng a w rvxe id m p u n d id some cun ru m e n destre » receive In s m ad C o m p u w n have m ade m posuble foe m any national adverow n lo remove ipeuixvi names from their L u x arx) many ix g a iu ia tx u n that partmpau- in tie M aJ P teierrrxe Servxe ai« eager to do so upon re tp irx I f you would h ie lo receive leu luoonal advertued mail, «are the toupoa below io let us know VM rl try to stop as rnuth of thu m ail as p o tu h ir by advising m ailen o f your w u h e i A fte r a lew months. Mad ftrfe re rx e Servxe will ngnifuam S red m e tha am ount o f d u r a mad sohucaooni you receive, although m any small local orgaruraoons m ay not partx q iaie io die program . If you cooemue ui receive m ad after this perio d, D M A suggests that you w rite diretrfy to the organuatM in to request n a m e -re m o val _ _ _ _ _ _ Mease renxrve m y nam e from commercial m aibng bus ■ - Meaw remove m y nam e from non profit m ailing lo t. N am e Street ______________________________________________________________ A p a -------- S ta ir ____ Zap C o d e . Vanatx i n i o f m y nam e "Eon t un l solve a problem on the same level that it was created. You have to rise above it to the next level " • Albert Einstein n June 18 the House Agn- culture C om m ittee passed its cerston of the A ncient Fcvest A u (H R 4899). The bill, based on legislation tntr«xjuccd hv Oregxm’s own Mike Kopetski, tetn poranly bans 1> ggtng on 6 8 nullum acres of N.irthwest federal forests Passage of any fewest protes t hm leg ivlathm iu t c4 this committee is note worthy; it’s dom inated bv a conser vative group of males that typically tasoc resource extraction. A nd. in order to survive this gauntlet, a few est prelection bill will be. by nature, less than desirable to ancient fewest .idvucatcs To his credit and c e n tury to tn.ist c4 the Northwest con g re s s io n a l d e le g a tio n R ep Kopetski has not stonew alled the process, and hts hill adopted an al tcm atlvc props wed he the cswigres- sionally a p p n n te d Scientific Panel or *1 rang of Four" These two facts, now combined with passage of his 'ill, p it Mr Kopetski in a leadership position as legislation moves to the House fkx'r The presets at urn com munity may have a more receptive audience there. T he hill provides a 50/50 chance tor survival of a functional old growth network and of marbled m urrtlet nesting habitat over the next 100 years, and offers slightly greater pnwectuwi for fish and other Id gn w th dependent spec ies Qva x ing from the panel’s report: “The atttudc fix natural catastrophes and uncertainties in current scientific knowledge under this alternative is extremely lim ited." 'A'c must ask whether we can accept odds no bet ter than a coin toss when deciding the fate of old growth forests and their inh.»hit.uus. There arc many ipportunittes few citizen action as egislarun approaches a fkx>r vote. At this writing, the House In terior C om m ittee is scheduled to draft its own, mere preservation-on- en te d version of H .R 4N99 ingress in this com m ittee has seen delayed repeatedly by the yl.it.uu meddling of the Speaker >f the House Tom Foley, and by com m ittee m em ber Peter IV •axio. who is uncom ketahle with the high level of pnitecticwi being proposed. E.irher this m onth, U S !>». tnct Judge Vt illiam I Sever issued vet anc»thcr injunction against the For est Service, effectively shutting .ksvo the agency’s tim ber s_ile program in the Northwest In his statem ent. Judge 1 Se ver states the agency had not com pletely assessed and in cluded 1) a recent scientific studs showing an accelerated rate of Sjxx ted owl decline in four study areas (eight percem per year decline in female owls); 2) r - .................— , the findings of the uxigresisuxv ally ap p o in ted the ( .cist Range. w»me c»t the BI M land' c»n the s«xith side of Marys Peak, ind m uch of the rem aining native fewest in the Ncwthem Coast Range (H cN i area) would he open fivr harvest. In th e (. ascades. Big M eadows, Ju m p -tiff Joe and the western side of Three lYramids wvxikl also receive no prutectuxi. W h a t can y o u do? Eirst, c a ll or w rite M ike Kopetski and thank him f«< his Ic.xl ership in the A griculture C om m it- “ f M •’»“’U c S P u D 's S c ie n tific P anel; and M the effect cwt .rwl sure IV.il should the (.rod Squad exem pt any .# the tc>n\ four (Bureau of l and M anage m e n t (B L M ) ! jeopardy timber s,des fnxn the re- I cjuircm ents erf the trul.uigered ! Species Act. (It 1 exem pted th ir teen.) In a tc- cent m em o re leased to the public, Forest Serv ice Uhicf F. | Dale Robertson prtx burned that the agency can ' reduce us clear ; cuffing by as m uch.is seventy p e rc e n t from Thia photo was takan wfthln the Bateman and Robin 1988 le v e ls. sale of old -growth timber in the Cooa BLM diatrict The The m em o, "God Squad" choaa to axampt thia «ala from the brim ming with protection of the Endangered Species A ct ceo-sp-.ik. Mates clear cutting would he reduced e x tee. Specifically, th,«nk him fur cept in * areas where it is essential to adopting a xcientific approach to meet forest plan objectives,’’ and "to ancient forest m anagem ent. Addi- provide tor the establishm ent and tionally, urge him to lobby for greater growth o f desired trees that are sh.ule p rotection th an h o hill currently intolerant |c g.. iX uglas fir|." In proposes; a 5C/50 chance of survival case there were any doubts, the let for our rem aining ancient forests ts ter c kwt-v “There will Iw little reduc not som ething that «sir represent.! turn in timber volume over the long five should he pnxnoting. Make it term." clear that you strongly support him This “directive" comes on the •n going beyond m inimum protec heels «if agency attem pts to severely tion levels. How can we ever expect lunu citizen access to the adm inis our representatives to do the right trative appeals process Uiuler the thing for ecosystems if we «kwi’t drin guidance of the Ruth adm inistr.i onstratc a willingness and a con turn, the Forest Service continues to stitucncy that supports such act ions.’ he an «>hst.n lc to progress Make no mistake, by p r o p p The BLM’s decision to re«|ucsf ing even a minimum level «if p ie c e - exem ption from the Endangered tuxi. Rep Kopetski has incurred the S jk ' cics A c t for fony-four W estern wrath of the radical industrialists A5<T»CiX ^ 5 CHegon tim ber sales reflects that and their followers. He is now tar agency’s similar unw illingness to geted for unseating in the general ) v . v 'S r t 'f t A f - 'S consider non-tim ber resources. election, and effixi will he needed to □ ouï W hat does the current situa prove that «uppm ing biodiversity is lion mean tor our U k . i I fcwests.’ For not pilitical suicide. People arc or ganizing st.ue-wtde m order to make an exam ple out of Rep. Kopetski** initiative M.ikr the call «< write the letter today! R ep esen t.itivc Peter IkE.m o, in his role as a member of the House Interior C o m m itte e , has been a t ome oin s for tem pting to derail th e M iller hill (w hich advocate* stronger protcc- tum measures th a n the A griculture (.aim inittcc version), and he has strayed from the alternative* p ro We C ille r' 753-0791 vided by the Scientific Panel. As 109 N W 15tli Street C o rv a llis noted aFxjvc, his and Speaker Eoley’s efforts have been resp m sih lc for H e a lin g Cilobal W o u n d s gridlock in the Interior C om m ittee; axa^anuua faum an! Caianiunf Neva«!» Tr»t S ilr/L a a Vegas • (.Xl«>t>r-r 2-12, 1W2 and a weakened version of C h a ir Slop Nwcloa, Toiling o Ind M0 tooro el ln|u>li<o man M iller’s hill may he th e end result. Rep. IkF azio is telling p c s - ervatton group* that he isn’t hearing any support for strong p ro te c tio n m easures from his c o n stitu e n c y . W hether this is true c>r n o t, d o n ’t the vou think it’s time to prove o th er- Nearly Normal's GonzoCuisine C J U SUNDAY BRUNCH We're going to have the best - educated American people in world No, 1 had no problem communicating with Latin American heads of state though now I do wish I had paid more attention to Latin when I was in high school. H ^v*f Z. Jesus said What a t e r r ib le thing to have lost one's mind. Or not at a l l . How true that i s . -- winning friends while speaking to the College Fund I would guess that th ere's adequate low-income housing country. "Lose thy neighbor as thyself.0 Matthew 22 J9 Religbiui Kr«p.-r,»f S etw .xt 45* Blau, tugcnc OR 97402 ■ M MB as •