TOTAL ZONED FOREST LAM ) = 424,761 PUBLICLY OWNED FOREST = 147,778 Thv B»U Industrial Four Hanson Natural Resource» ( o I ongv iew I iber ( o kgenev < reek Management < o Stimson I umber ( o INDUSTRIAL FOREST OWNERS = 253.586 Together they own over 85% of all zoned private forest land ALL SMALL WOODLOT OWNERS = 23,397 J NAME1 l o n q v x - w fibr e 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 . 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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 | ‘ 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. 10 iraiifTTD&t StPTEMR IW I co • *RE', *• ••’ A*1 » MANSON N A T U R E B f an[ALOES jÇÇWAe L0NGMEW R : [HANSON NATURAL RE ¡OREGON STATE OF A , ’ !• > " • i P 0 R TLAND P0RTLAN0 [O regon stati HAN *, >4A’ ■ MAN ORNATURA. ••• LO N O vRC£S C 0 NATURE CONSERVANCY THE ’ OENNfcCXt GLENN F HANSON I LA TURA. 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