NEWS BRIEFS
question is why are board members of the
Oregon Board of Forestry who are involved
in this ‘land disposal’ process allowed to buy
these parcels at rock bottom prices?”
Eco Advocates NW will be gathering at
10:30 am Sunday, June 19 at the boat ramp
below the Galice Resort on the Rogue
River to help garner public opposition to
the proposed land auction. The group also
plans to hike to Rainie Falls downriver,
and hike about 1 mile to view the 159-acre
“Grave Creek” parcel above the river that
is also proposed for auction. For more
information on the sales and the hike, go to
www.eco-advocates.org
On June 18, Klamath-Siskiyou Wild-
lands Center is leading a hike into the Zane
Grey Roadless area on the Wild Rogue.
says that the auction is slated for 2012,
although the State Land Board has yet to
make the final approval.
According to Ecosystem Advocates
Northwest, one 640-acre parcel proposed
for auction is inside Oregon’s largest
unprotected roadless area, the South
Kalmiopsis in the Siskiyou Mountains. The
group says the Woodcock Creek area is
considered one of the most diverse botanical
hotspots in Oregon and is registered by the
Oregon Biodiversity Information Center as
one of Oregon’s most important biological
heritage resource sites.
Wilson wants to know why the state of
Oregon is selling these lands “when the value
of timber and the land is at their lowest values
in recent times.” He says, “Another big
ROGUE RIVER
LAND SALE
PLANNED
The Oregon Department of State Lands
intends to auction off land parcels that
Eugene-based Ecosystem Advocates
Northwest say are “literally on the banks
of the Wild and Scenic Rogue River.”
The lands are Common School Fund
lands, and Shannon Wilson of Eco-
Advocates says the Rogue River parcels
are part of 4,920 acres of Common School
Fund lands proposed for auction by ODSL
in Josephine and Jackson counties. Wilson
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CORRECTIONS/
CLARIFICATIONS
• In our Letters section last week we
printed the wrong day for the anniversary
of David Minor’s death, due to an editor’s
error. The correct date is June 2.
• Last week in News Briefs we
mentioned Dexter’s Farmers Market but
we hear from Pam Driscoll that it’s actually
called Dexter Lake Farmers Market and
it’s open only Sundays from noon to 3 pm.
“We are having a slow season and need to
get more people out here,” she says. “It’s
such a great place, right on the lake.”
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