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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.
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"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
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for
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wrath
of the radical industrialists
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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
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