TOTAL ZONED FOREST LAM ) = 424,761
PUBLICLY OWNED FOREST = 147,778
Thv B»U Industrial Four
Hanson Natural Resource» ( o
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INDUSTRIAL FOREST OWNERS = 253.586
Together they own
over 85% of all
zoned private forest land
ALL SMALL WOODLOT OWNERS = 23,397
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Who Owns
Clatsop County’s
Forests?
I he Coast Range Association is studs ing land
ownership for four coastal counties. Clatsop I illam ook,
Lincoln and I ane We are using public records available at
the tax assessors o ffice Bv review ing tax data for zoned
forest land we are able to construct a picture o f forest land
ownership I he numbers shown here for Clatsop Counts
reflect only those lands zoned for forestry
I he number o f owners and their exact acreages van
over tunc < >ur data is a snapshot o, Clatsop C ounty’s fores,
ownership for the spring o f 1993
forest land ownership patterns are fairly consistent
tor all coastal counties Ownership is concentrated in the
hands o f a tew large m ulti-national corporations and state
and federal agencies Clatsop County's fores, land has a
larger percentage of private industrial forests than other
coastal counties Clatsop's largest private lores, land owner
is. to no ones surprise. Hanson Natural Resources of
Portland I here are approxim ately 556 small woodlot
owners in the county I or the most part, they are clustered
along main roads and rivers
Over the course o f the next year the Association
intends to study fores, ownership and it s im plications for
forestry, w ild life habitat and com m unity Having a high
percentage <»f- tfic counts s land b.i.c IB the hands ot outside
transnational corporations is something not generally
discussed Wc think it is im portant Are public trust values
being protected bv the few industrial giants’
Harvest data supplied to the Association bv the
< begun Department ol Forestry indicates an un-sustamahle
cut rate by industrial foresters Before an hones, dialogue
between the commumtv and industrial fores, owners can
occur certain facts need to be known
Vk hat watersheds are industrial owners responsible
for and are they being stewards of the land How much
fores, are they cutting and is their forestry responsible ’ IX)
thev have a long term com m itm ent to the local economy
and com m unity’’ I he right to private ownership, on such a
large scale, comes w ith a sizable burden o f responsibility
Are C la,sop (. ountv s industrial fores, owners earning the
public- trust through responsible stew ardship’
Coastal salmon crisis
In January 1994, the ( oast Kange Vssoeiation. Oregon I rout, W ater W atch of Oregon, the
le n m ile f reek Association, the National Audubon Society, the Portland Audubon Society, and the
Northwest F.nv ironmental Defense < enter convened to develop a series of action* necessary to
protect and restore native stocks of coaxial coho salmon in Oregon. I he following seven proposals
address actions the State of Oregon could do right now to save the coho.
Coho Collapse
Seven Proposals
C o h o p o p u la t io n s a re r a p i d l y d e c l in i n g t h r o u g h o u t
m o s , o t t h e i r h is t o r ic r a n g e i n , h e l o w e r 4S s ta te s W i l d
c o h o a re n o w e x t in c t in 5 5 % o f t h e i r h i s t o r u r a n g e ,
e n d a n g e r e d in 1 3 % , t h r e a t e n e d in 2 0 " , o , s p e c ia l c o n c e r n
in 5".., a n i l h e a lt h y in o n l y b 5 % o f t h e i r f o r m e r r a n g e ,
p r i m a r i ly o n W a s h in g t o n 's O ly m p n . P e n in s u la
A lm o fc t a ll o t t h v w i l d c o h o p o p u la t io n s i n O r e g o n
c o a s ta l b a s in s a re a p p r o a c h i n g e x t i n c t i o n . I h e O P I W
n o w lis ts c o h o s to c k s in 3H o u t o f th e
c o a s ta l b a s in s
w h e re th e y s till o c c u r as d e p re s s e d
a c a te g o r y u s e d b y
th e O D I W t o d e s c r ib e p o p u la t io n s in th e " m o s t severe-
s ta te o f d e c lin e ( M ic k e ls o n e , a l l ‘ **2 a ) I w e lv e o t th e s e
b a s in p o p u la t io n s w e r e d e s c r ib e d as n e a r e x t in - C io n "
(M ic k e ls o n e t a l l l * * 2 b ) W i l d c o h o c o u n t s in c o a s ta l
O r e g o n r iv e r s h a v e d e c lin e d f r o m a n e s t im a t e d 1 ,3 8 5 ,0 0 0
f is h p e r y e a r in 1MX» t o a p p - r o x in ia t . lv 1 9 2 ,0 0 0 m o s t ly
h a t c h e r y c o h o in th e I W f S , a n 8 6 % d e c lin e (1 i c h a t o w ic h
| ‘ <SM)
f h e r e c e n t e s tim a t e o , th e 1***0 **| w i l d s p a w n in g
e s c a p e m e n t w a s o n l y 1 0 ,7 ,X, to 2 2 . 3«M> c o h o s a lm o n in
s tr e a m s a n d r iv e r s n o r t h o f C a p e B la n c o o n th e O r e g o n
c . m s , (J a c o b s a n d C o o n c v P * * l )
T o ta l c o h o s to c k a b u n d a n c e f o r I 1* * ! c o u ld b e as lo w
I. I m e r g e n c y p e t i t i . m t o l i s t c o h o as .» t h r e a te n e d s p e c ie s
u n d e r t h e O r e g o n T h r e a te n e d a n d 1 n d a n g e r e d S p e c ie s
A c t.
2 P e t it io n to t h e P a c ific I is h e ric -s M a n a g e m e n t C o u n c il
a n d t h e O r e g o n I is h a n d W i l d l i f e C o m m is s io n t o r a z e r o
o c e a n h a r v e s t o f c o h n s a lm o n in I***-!
3. P e t it io n t o th e O r e g o n I is h a n d W i l d l i f e (. o m m is s io n
t o b r i n g w i l d p o p u la t io n s o f ( b e g u n c o a s ta l c o h o i n t o
c o m p lia n c e w i t h th e W i l d I is h M a n a g e m e n t P o lic y a n d
r e d u c e t h e a d v e r s e e ffe c ts o f h a t c h e r y p r o d u c t io n o n w i l d
coho.
4 P e t it io n s to th e I n v i r o n m e n t a l Q u a l i t y C o m m is s io n to
(1 ) d e s ig n a t e e lig ib le c o a s ta l c o h o s tr e a m s a s O u t s t a n d i n g
R e s o u rc e W a te r s to p r o t e c t c o h o h a b it a t f r o m d e g r a d a t io n
d u e t o p o l l u t i o n a n d , (2 ) a d o p t a p o lic y w h ic h p r e c lu d e s
f u t u r e n e w o r in c r e a s e d d is c h a r g e s o , p o l lu t a n t s i n t o a ll
c r it ic a l c o a s ta l c o h o h a b it a t
5. P e t it io n t h e O r e g o n f i s h a n d W i l d l i f e C o m m is s io n to
i m m e d i a t e l y e n fo r c e e x is t in g la w s r e q u i r i n g f is h p a s s a g e
a n d d iv e r s io n s c r e e n in g in c o a s ta l b a s in s
as 2 5 0 ,(XX) a d u lt s , w i t h o n ly f5 0 ,( X X ) n a t iv e a d u l t c o h o . I h e
la c k ( e a r ly r e t u r n i n g m a le s ) c o u n t f o r a ll h a tc h e r ie s o n
b o th th e C o lu m b ia R iv e r a n d th e O r e g o n c o a s t. a c o m
m o n l y u s e d in d ic a t o r f o r f u t u r e s to c k a b u n d a n c e w a s
6 P e t it io n to th e W a t e r R e s o u rc e s C o m m is s io n ( W R C ) to
h a lt th e is s u a n c e o f n e w o u , o f s tr e a m w a t e r u s e p e r m it s
w h ic h t h r e a te n in s t r v a m f l o w s n e e d e d t o r n a t iv e c o h o .
o n ly 5 ,2 tX ) fis h , a m e r e o n e - f i f t h o f t h e p o o r e s t r e t u r n o n
7. P e t it io n G o v e r n o r R o b e r ts to e x p a n d w a t e r s h e d
a n a ly s is t o a ll c o a s ta l b a s in s , to c o m p le m e n t o n g o in g
f e d e r a l in it ia t iv e s
re c o rd
( I in le v l l **4 )
F xtensive lugging and road building, especially on steep, unstable slopes, have led to sedi
mentation of spawning areas, increased turbidity and high w ater temperatures, loss of large
woody debris from the stream bed, much reduced stream channel complexity and caused
the loss of large over wintering pools.
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