W atershed Issues Facing Congress
Watershed Protection
logging and tne c i i y s w atershed
John Williams. C ity M a n ag er
S ta le R e p re ss a la t iv e T i m Jesi
by
Congresswoman Elizabeth Fur«e
T h ro u g h o u t the leg islative session. I have vo ted
I t is clear th a t our c u rre n t system of
in fa v o r of w atersh ed protectio n
w a te rs h e d and forest m an ag em en t cannot
c o n tin u e To dale, agencies respo nsible fo r
H ig h w a y 101 w h e re th e springs w hich p ro v id e
b e lie f that the protection of clean w a te r supplies
the p rim a ry su p p ly of w a te r fo r the G t y are
fo r our « im m u n itie s is one of our most im p o rta n t
located
tasks as keepers of the public tru s t
by C avenham Division o f Hanson Resources and
th e m an ag em en t of d iffe re n t fo rest activ itie s
th a t e ffe c t o u r w a te rs h e d have adopted
In most cases, the best means fo r p ro v id in g a
c o n flic tin g policies to uphold th e ir resp e ctive
m issions
The City of Cannon Beach ow ns 6 0 acres east of
It is m y firm
State fo r e s try
lo cality w ith sound w ate rs h ed practices is to
F a ir, coo rd inated and proper
create a local w atershed m an ag em en t board
n a tu a l resource m anag em ent is a c o m p le i
The site is s u rro u n d ed b y lands o w n ed
1 he G ty has been m a n d a ted b y
DBQ to b u ild a w a te r filtr a tio n p lant to f ilte r any
By
surface w a te r it d ra w s fro m Ecola G e e k
This is
issue, b u t I b e lie v e solutions can only be
fo u n d b y e ia m in m g the e n tire resource
doing this, w e can be assured th at, as local
the G ty s secondary source of w a te r w h ic h is
citizens w e w ill have access to the policy fo rm in g
u su ally needed d u rin g the su m m e r m onths w h en
system
process f « state w atersheds "
the gpm fro m the springs decreases and the
The state nf our w atersh ed s re fle c ts
the h ea lth of our riv e rs and forests, and
d em an d fo r w a te r increases
th at is w h y it is v ita l th a t w e im p ro ve and
eng ineers K ram e r Chin, and M a y o have
m ake c u rre n t m anag em ent practices
co m pleted plans fo r a slow sand filtr a tio n system
« in s is te n t in all of these areas
As a m e m b e r of the House M erchant M a rin e and
Fisheries C o m m ittee. I am c u rre n tly w o rk in g w ith
The G t y s
capable not o n ly of filte rin g w a te r fro m ficola
G e e k but also w a te r fro m the springs should
fu tu re re q u ire m e n ts m an d ate it
th e C o m m itte e C h a irm a n G e rry Studds to c ra ft
C onstruction of
the system w ill begin so m etim e d u rin g the n e it
leg islatio n to c rea te a n a tio n al w atershed
year
m a n a g e m n t solution I look fo rw a rd to sharing this
in fo rm a tio n w ith m y co n stitu en ts as w e d ev elo p
The site o f the system w ill be h e a le d on a four
acre parcel p re s e n tly o w n ed b y C avenham
this leg islatio n
The
City is p re s e n tly neg otiating an e ic h a n g e o f that
site fo r a parcel of land h e a te d w ith in the s ilt y
C latsop Managed Forest
acres o w n ed b y the G t y
Some concerns have
been raised about w h e th e r exchanging a piece of
c
land w ith in the sixty acres m ig ht a d v e rs e ly
im pact the G ty s springs
The fo u r acres are
h e a te d a w a y fro m the springs and at an
e le v a tio n below th a t of the springs
Cavenham Forest Industries Inc.
This a m c e rn
has also p ro m p te d o th e r questions about w h a t
protections the G t y has against n e g ative im pacts
as a resu lt of clear c u ttin g or ap p lication of
herbicides b y the o w n e rs of adjacent lands
The
p rim a ry veh icle of protectio n is the Forest
Practices Act w hich governs an y k in d of a c tiv ity
UnWrap the WasteMakers
on p riv a te or p u b lic fo re s tla n d H o w ev er, the
G ty w ill not r e ly solely on the e n fo rc e m e n t of
Stop Wasteful Packaging
those provisions to p ro v id e s u fficien t protectio n,
the G ty w ill a c tiv e ly n eg otiate w ith the o w n ers
and m anagers of th e fo restlan d s in o rd e r to
Oregonians wan! to reduce, reuse
and recycie, but pat kaging Indus
try giants keep producing m ore
non recyclable, non reusable,
wasteful and expensive packaging.
Plastic pat kaging is one of I he
worst offenders, making up about
20%, by volum e, o f htxiseboltl
waste Plastic packaging is the
fastest grow ing pat kaging material
by far, n*plat ing more recyclable
glass, steel, alum inum and paper
In ( >rrgon, about 90 percent of all
plastic fiat kaging is dum ped into
landfillsor burned in incinerator*.
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achieve a higher s tan d a rd of p rotectio n
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forests are m anaged p ro p e rly , th e G t y s w a te r
sources should not be jeo p ard ized
I’hilip M o m s w as the largest single
corporate contributor against the
O regon Recycling Initiative in
1990. Its subsidiary com pany,
Kraft (.ietMTal Foods, is lobbying to
exem pt most plastic packaging
from O regon's 1991 plastic pat kag
ing law.
W hy does Philip M om s o p p o se
reduction anti n x y clin g of packag
ing? ITulip Morris is Ihe w orld's
largest seller of packaged g ood s,
spending $2 6 billion each year on
pat kaging alone!
ITulip M om s also produces on e of
Hie most wastefully packaged
products on the m arket Kool Aid
KoolRursts, a six -park of non
recyclable plastic bottles in a
cardboard box, shrink w rapped in
more plastic This over pac kaged
drink costs 10 tim es m ore than
Kool Awl concentrate in a sim ple
paper pac ket, and gives you 50%
less product.
I’hilip M o m s profits from w aste
They w ant to continue to produce
throw aw ay pat kaging anti avoid
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At the
present tim e, the G t y is not re q u ire d to test its
w a te r supply fo r th e presence of h erbicides of
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sed im en tatio n due to the fact th at th e re has not
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been an y h arv e s tin g o f lim b e r, road construction,
or h erb icid e ap p licatio n u p stream fro m the G t y s
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w a te r su p p ly
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w ould then need to im p le m e n t and m a in ta in a
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f a ir ly .a w t ly ongoing program of testing to insure
What titd thry way ?
O regonians support law s to reduce
wasteful packaging. The Philip
M tim s C om pany, one of the
w orld's largest corporations with
annual reven ues of nearly $60
billion, has led the opposition to
O regon s attem pts to reduce, reuse
anti recycle.
If the
that th e re has been no c o n tam in atio n of the G t y s
w a te r supply
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responsibility for the resulting
w aste and pollution.
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1. Reduce Waste.
The best way to save resources ls to
elim inate wasteful pat kaging and
replace throwaway products with
m ore durable products I’bilip
M om s should elim inate Kool Aid
KoolRursts.
2. Reuse and Recycle.
Pat kaging should be reduced to the
m inimum necessary, anti remain
ing |Mt kaging should be reused
anti recycled. I Tulip Morris should
chtxwe fiat kaging that can be
recycled anti take steps to produce
more reusable, refillable packaging.
3. Stop Harmful D isposal.
Liixlfills leak, jxilluting grou n d w a
ter Incinerator* belch toxic p ollu
tion into the air anti create hazard
ous ash that must he landfilled.
When pnxlucts are burned, they
are destroyed forever anti new
virgin raw materials must be used
to make new pnxlucts. Reusing
anti recycling instead of landfilling
or burning saves resources anti
energy Philip Morris shoukl
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opjxise landfilling and burning,
anti invest in reduction, reuse and
recycling.
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WasteMakers
By opposing envinmmt*ntal legisla
tion anti pnxlucing mom wasteful
pat kaging, Philip Morris sh ow s a
com plete lack of commitment to the
environm ent and to recycling.
Consum ers need to send I’hilip
M o m s a strong m essage that they
w on't tolerate its anti-environm en
tal activities OSPIRG arxl other
supporters of fiat kaging reform
anti recycling have undertaken a
public education cam paign to
'U n w rap the WasteMakers’ by
exposin g corporate interests that
op p o se packaging reform for their
ow n short ti*rm financial gain.
W hen consum ers buy a product
they are ’ voting" in favor of the
p n xlu cl aixl its pat kaging When
tonsum ers vote with their dollars
by rejecting w astefully packaged
pnxlucts, corporations will have to
take notice
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