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United States Department of Agriculture
Kahler Dry Forest Restoration ProjectFinal Environmental Impact StatementVolume 5 Appendix P Responses to Literature Submitted
Project Number 40712December 2015
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Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 5 Responses to Literature Submitted
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Table of Contents
Appendix P Responses to Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project
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Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 5 Responses to Literature Submitted
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Appendix P Responses to Literature Submitted
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Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project
4
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
2
RE
FER
EN
CE
S SU
BM
ITT
ED
AN
D R
ESP
ON
SES
Com
men
ter:
Dic
k A
rtle
y
Opp
osin
g V
iew
s Atta
chm
ent #
1-R
espe
cted
Sci
entis
ts R
evea
l the
Cer
tain
ty th
at N
atur
al R
esou
rces
in th
e F
ores
t are
Har
med
(and
som
e de
stro
yed)
by
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Act
iviti
esT
imbe
r H
arve
st O
ppos
ing
Vie
w #
1
Al-j
abbe
r, Ja
bber
M. “
Hab
itat F
ragm
enta
tion:
Effe
cts a
nd Im
plic
atio
ns”
Cle
arcu
ts a
nd fo
rest
frag
men
tatio
n, W
illam
ette
NF,
Ore
gon.
From
: Cas
cadi
a W
ildla
nd P
roje
ct, S
prin
g 20
03ht
tp://
facu
lty.k
su.e
du.sa
/a/D
ocum
ents
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itat%
20Fr
agm
enta
tion%
20Ef
fect
s%20
and%
20Im
plic
atio
n.pd
f
Res
pons
e: T
his d
ocum
ent c
onta
ins o
ne p
ictu
re o
f a c
lear
cuto
n th
e W
illam
ette
Nat
iona
l For
est.
Ther
e is
no
cont
ext r
elat
ed to
the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct p
rese
nted
with
th
is o
ppos
ing
view
. The
Kah
lerP
roje
ct d
oes n
ot p
ropo
se a
ny c
lear
cuts
, and
the
proj
ect i
nclu
desw
ildlif
e co
nnec
tivity
cor
ridor
s as r
equi
red
by th
e Fo
rest
Pla
n as
am
ende
d by
Eas
tsid
e sc
reen
s. Se
e EI
S C
hapt
er 4
and
the
Wild
life
Spec
ialis
t Rep
ort f
or a
naly
siso
f how
the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct w
ill a
ffec
t con
nect
ivity
(the
bes
t av
aila
ble
conn
ectiv
ity h
abita
t wou
ld b
e m
aint
aine
d un
der a
ll al
tern
ativ
es, a
nd n
o cu
mul
ativ
e ef
fect
s to
conn
ectiv
ity a
re e
xpec
ted)
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#2
-A
nder
son,
P.G
. 199
6. “
Sedi
men
t gen
erat
ion
from
fore
stry
ope
ratio
ns a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d ef
fect
s on
aqua
tic e
cosy
stem
s”Pr
ocee
ding
s of t
he F
ores
t-Fis
h C
onfe
renc
e: L
and
Man
agem
ent P
ract
ices
Aff
ectin
g A
quat
ic E
cosy
stem
s, M
ay 1
-4, 1
996,
Cal
gary
, Alb
erta
.ht
tp://
ww
w.a
llian
ce-p
ipel
ine.
com
/con
tent
files
/45_
___S
edim
ent_
gene
ratio
n.pd
f
Res
pons
e: T
his p
aper
cou
ld n
ot b
e lo
cate
d us
ing
the
web
link
pro
vide
d. A
sear
ch o
f the
web
usi
ng B
ing
and
Goo
gle
Scho
lar (
perf
orm
ed b
y H
olly
Hut
chin
son
8/04
/15)
did
not
pro
duce
a fu
ll do
cum
ent t
o re
view
. How
ever
, we
agre
e w
ith th
e in
form
atio
n pr
esen
ted
in th
e ab
stra
ctpr
ovid
ed. S
edim
enta
tion
is a
ddre
ssed
in th
e EI
Sin
the
Hyd
rolo
gy a
nd F
ishe
ries s
ectio
ns, a
nd in
ass
ocia
ted
spec
ialis
t rep
orts
. The
For
est S
ervi
ce re
cogn
izes
and
add
ress
es th
e po
ints
from
this
opi
nion
re
gard
ing
sedi
men
tatio
n pr
oduc
ed fr
om h
arve
st a
ctiv
ities
, its
effe
cts o
n fis
h re
sulti
ng fr
om c
hang
ing
stre
am m
orph
olog
y an
d ha
bita
t con
ditio
ns in
the
Fish
erie
s se
ctio
ns o
f the
EIS
and
in th
e Fi
sher
ies S
peci
alis
t Rep
ort (
App
endi
ces)
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#3
-“A
pply
ing
Ecol
ogic
al P
rinci
ples
to M
anag
emen
t of t
he U
.S. N
atio
nal F
ores
ts”
Issu
es in
Eco
logy
Num
ber 6
Spr
ing
2000
http
://w
ww
.esa
.org
/sci
ence
_res
ourc
es/is
sues
/File
Engl
ish/
issu
e6.p
df
Res
pons
e: T
his i
s a re
view
arti
cle
sum
mar
izin
g th
e fin
ding
s of h
undr
eds o
f sci
entif
ic st
udie
s dea
ling
with
doz
ens o
f env
ironm
enta
l iss
ues a
nd o
ffer
ing
polic
y gu
idel
ines
as a
n op
inio
n pi
ece.
Thi
s rep
ort "
outli
nes k
ey e
colo
gica
l con
side
ratio
ns th
at sh
ould
und
erlie
soun
d fo
rest
man
agem
ent p
ract
ices
." It
look
s at e
colo
gica
lco
nsid
erat
ions
for f
ores
t man
agem
ent i
n fiv
e br
oad
cate
gorie
s: 1
) soi
l and
nut
rient
cyc
les,
2) h
ydro
logy
, 3) b
iodi
vers
ity,4
) lan
dsca
pe le
vel i
ssue
s, an
d 5)
glo
bal
chan
ge. K
ahle
r Pro
ject
spec
ialis
ts h
ave
cons
ider
ed th
ese
and
the
effe
cts a
re d
iscu
ssed
in th
e EI
San
d Sp
ecia
list R
epor
ts lo
cate
d in
the
appe
ndic
es to
the
docu
men
t.Th
e qu
otes
from
pro
vide
d by
the
com
men
ter c
ould
not
be
loca
ted
with
in th
is c
ited
repo
rt, th
eref
ore
no p
roje
ct sp
ecifi
c re
spon
se is
pro
vide
d he
re.
1
KA
HL
ER
DR
Y F
OR
EST
RE
STO
RA
TIO
N P
RO
JEC
T
RES
PON
SES
TOLI
TER
ATU
RE
SUB
MIT
TED
This
doc
umen
t acc
ompa
nies
the
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect R
espo
nse
to C
omm
ents
and
con
tain
s res
pons
es to
lite
ratu
re c
itatio
ns th
at w
ere
subm
itted
by
com
men
ters
for r
evie
w b
y th
e in
terd
isci
plin
ary
team
(ID
T) d
urin
g th
e re
view
and
com
men
t per
iod
for t
he d
raft
EIS.
The
IDT
revi
ewed
all
liter
atur
e su
bmitt
ed
and
cons
ider
ed th
e re
leva
nce
of th
e m
ater
ial t
o th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
, and
det
erm
ined
if it
shou
ld b
e ci
ted
or u
sed
as th
e be
st a
vaila
ble
scie
nce.
The
resu
lts o
f tha
t re
view
are
doc
umen
ted
in th
e re
spon
ses p
rovi
ded
in th
is d
ocum
ent.
The
full
cont
ext o
f the
cita
tions
subm
itted
can
be
foun
d in
the
orig
inal
text
of t
he c
omm
ents
su
bmitt
ed, l
ocat
ed in
the
proj
ect f
ile.
CO
NTE
NTS
Ref
eren
ces S
ubm
itted
and
Res
pons
es...
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ente
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Opp
osin
g V
iew
s A
ttach
men
t #1-
Res
pect
ed S
cien
tists
Rev
eal t
he C
erta
inty
that
Nat
ural
Res
ourc
es in
the
Fore
st a
re H
arm
ed (a
nd so
me
dest
roye
d) b
y Ti
mbe
r Har
vest
Act
iviti
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O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
4-R
oads
Dam
age
the
Prop
er E
colo
gica
l Fun
ctio
ning
of t
he N
atur
al R
esou
rces
in a
For
est..
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Opp
osin
g V
iew
s A
ttach
men
t #3-
Bes
t Sci
ence
show
s Log
ging
to R
educ
e Fu
els i
s not
onl
y In
effe
ctiv
e at
Red
ucin
g Fi
re In
tens
ity a
nd R
ate
of S
prea
d, b
ut
som
etim
es E
xace
rbat
es F
ire B
ehav
ior.
Sin
ce F
uels
Red
uctio
n is
a F
avor
ite U
SFS
Excu
se to
Log
Pub
lic L
and
its E
mpl
oyee
s are
Tau
ght t
o Ig
nore
and
Den
y th
is In
form
atio
n....
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3 O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
8-Th
e N
atur
al R
esou
rces
in th
e Fo
rest
Ben
efit
from
Fire
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O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
9a-H
erbi
cide
s Con
tain
ing
Gly
phos
ate
shou
ld N
ever
be
App
lied
to A
reas
whe
re M
amm
als (
incl
udin
g hu
man
s), F
ish,
or B
irds
Mig
ht V
isit
Even
Cas
ual C
onta
ct C
ause
s Let
hal D
isea
ses.
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Gly
phos
ate
safe
ty O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws #
1-99
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2 O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
10-P
ublic
Pol
ls: E
very
Rec
ent S
urve
y A
sses
sing
the
Publ
ic A
ccep
tanc
e of
Com
mer
cial
Tim
ber H
arve
st o
n Pu
blic
Lan
d sh
ows t
hat t
he M
ajor
ity D
isap
prov
es o
f it.
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O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
21-T
imbe
r Har
vest
Deg
rade
s For
est H
ealth
and
Res
tore
s not
hing
in a
For
este
d Ec
osys
tem
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C
omm
ente
r: B
lue
Mou
ntai
ns B
iodi
vers
ity P
roje
ct, K
aren
Cou
lter.
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4
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Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 5 Responses to Literature Submitted
5
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
2
RE
FER
EN
CE
S SU
BM
ITT
ED
AN
D R
ESP
ON
SES
Com
men
ter:
Dic
k A
rtle
y
Opp
osin
g V
iew
s Atta
chm
ent #
1-R
espe
cted
Sci
entis
ts R
evea
l the
Cer
tain
ty th
at N
atur
al R
esou
rces
in th
e F
ores
t are
Har
med
(and
som
e de
stro
yed)
by
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Act
iviti
esT
imbe
r H
arve
st O
ppos
ing
Vie
w #
1
Al-j
abbe
r, Ja
bber
M. “
Hab
itat F
ragm
enta
tion:
Effe
cts a
nd Im
plic
atio
ns”
Cle
arcu
ts a
nd fo
rest
frag
men
tatio
n, W
illam
ette
NF,
Ore
gon.
From
: Cas
cadi
a W
ildla
nd P
roje
ct, S
prin
g 20
03ht
tp://
facu
lty.k
su.e
du.sa
/a/D
ocum
ents
/Hab
itat%
20Fr
agm
enta
tion%
20Ef
fect
s%20
and%
20Im
plic
atio
n.pd
f
Res
pons
e: T
his d
ocum
ent c
onta
ins o
ne p
ictu
re o
f a c
lear
cuto
n th
e W
illam
ette
Nat
iona
l For
est.
Ther
e is
no
cont
ext r
elat
ed to
the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct p
rese
nted
with
th
is o
ppos
ing
view
. The
Kah
lerP
roje
ct d
oes n
ot p
ropo
se a
ny c
lear
cuts
, and
the
proj
ect i
nclu
desw
ildlif
e co
nnec
tivity
cor
ridor
s as r
equi
red
by th
e Fo
rest
Pla
n as
am
ende
d by
Eas
tsid
e sc
reen
s. Se
e EI
S C
hapt
er 4
and
the
Wild
life
Spec
ialis
t Rep
ort f
or a
naly
siso
f how
the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct w
ill a
ffec
t con
nect
ivity
(the
bes
t av
aila
ble
conn
ectiv
ity h
abita
t wou
ld b
e m
aint
aine
d un
der a
ll al
tern
ativ
es, a
nd n
o cu
mul
ativ
e ef
fect
s to
conn
ectiv
ity a
re e
xpec
ted)
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#2
-A
nder
son,
P.G
. 199
6. “
Sedi
men
t gen
erat
ion
from
fore
stry
ope
ratio
ns a
nd a
ssoc
iate
d ef
fect
s on
aqua
tic e
cosy
stem
s”Pr
ocee
ding
s of t
he F
ores
t-Fis
h C
onfe
renc
e: L
and
Man
agem
ent P
ract
ices
Aff
ectin
g A
quat
ic E
cosy
stem
s, M
ay 1
-4, 1
996,
Cal
gary
, Alb
erta
.ht
tp://
ww
w.a
llian
ce-p
ipel
ine.
com
/con
tent
files
/45_
___S
edim
ent_
gene
ratio
n.pd
f
Res
pons
e: T
his p
aper
cou
ld n
ot b
e lo
cate
d us
ing
the
web
link
pro
vide
d. A
sear
ch o
f the
web
usi
ng B
ing
and
Goo
gle
Scho
lar (
perf
orm
ed b
y H
olly
Hut
chin
son
8/04
/15)
did
not
pro
duce
a fu
ll do
cum
ent t
o re
view
. How
ever
, we
agre
e w
ith th
e in
form
atio
n pr
esen
ted
in th
e ab
stra
ctpr
ovid
ed. S
edim
enta
tion
is a
ddre
ssed
in th
e EI
Sin
the
Hyd
rolo
gy a
nd F
ishe
ries s
ectio
ns, a
nd in
ass
ocia
ted
spec
ialis
t rep
orts
. The
For
est S
ervi
ce re
cogn
izes
and
add
ress
es th
e po
ints
from
this
opi
nion
re
gard
ing
sedi
men
tatio
n pr
oduc
ed fr
om h
arve
st a
ctiv
ities
, its
effe
cts o
n fis
h re
sulti
ng fr
om c
hang
ing
stre
am m
orph
olog
y an
d ha
bita
t con
ditio
ns in
the
Fish
erie
s se
ctio
ns o
f the
EIS
and
in th
e Fi
sher
ies S
peci
alis
t Rep
ort (
App
endi
ces)
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#3
-“A
pply
ing
Ecol
ogic
al P
rinci
ples
to M
anag
emen
t of t
he U
.S. N
atio
nal F
ores
ts”
Issu
es in
Eco
logy
Num
ber 6
Spr
ing
2000
http
://w
ww
.esa
.org
/sci
ence
_res
ourc
es/is
sues
/File
Engl
ish/
issu
e6.p
df
Res
pons
e: T
his i
s a re
view
arti
cle
sum
mar
izin
g th
e fin
ding
s of h
undr
eds o
f sci
entif
ic st
udie
s dea
ling
with
doz
ens o
f env
ironm
enta
l iss
ues a
nd o
ffer
ing
polic
y gu
idel
ines
as a
n op
inio
n pi
ece.
Thi
s rep
ort "
outli
nes k
ey e
colo
gica
l con
side
ratio
ns th
at sh
ould
und
erlie
soun
d fo
rest
man
agem
ent p
ract
ices
." It
look
s at e
colo
gica
lco
nsid
erat
ions
for f
ores
t man
agem
ent i
n fiv
e br
oad
cate
gorie
s: 1
) soi
l and
nut
rient
cyc
les,
2) h
ydro
logy
, 3) b
iodi
vers
ity,4
) lan
dsca
pe le
vel i
ssue
s, an
d 5)
glo
bal
chan
ge. K
ahle
r Pro
ject
spec
ialis
ts h
ave
cons
ider
ed th
ese
and
the
effe
cts a
re d
iscu
ssed
in th
e EI
San
d Sp
ecia
list R
epor
ts lo
cate
d in
the
appe
ndic
es to
the
docu
men
t.Th
e qu
otes
from
pro
vide
d by
the
com
men
ter c
ould
not
be
loca
ted
with
in th
is c
ited
repo
rt, th
eref
ore
no p
roje
ct sp
ecifi
c re
spon
se is
pro
vide
d he
re.
1
KA
HL
ER
DR
Y F
OR
EST
RE
STO
RA
TIO
N P
RO
JEC
T
RES
PON
SES
TOLI
TER
ATU
RE
SUB
MIT
TED
This
doc
umen
t acc
ompa
nies
the
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect R
espo
nse
to C
omm
ents
and
con
tain
s res
pons
es to
lite
ratu
re c
itatio
ns th
at w
ere
subm
itted
by
com
men
ters
for r
evie
w b
y th
e in
terd
isci
plin
ary
team
(ID
T) d
urin
g th
e re
view
and
com
men
t per
iod
for t
he d
raft
EIS.
The
IDT
revi
ewed
all
liter
atur
e su
bmitt
ed
and
cons
ider
ed th
e re
leva
nce
of th
e m
ater
ial t
o th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
, and
det
erm
ined
if it
shou
ld b
e ci
ted
or u
sed
as th
e be
st a
vaila
ble
scie
nce.
The
resu
lts o
f tha
t re
view
are
doc
umen
ted
in th
e re
spon
ses p
rovi
ded
in th
is d
ocum
ent.
The
full
cont
ext o
f the
cita
tions
subm
itted
can
be
foun
d in
the
orig
inal
text
of t
he c
omm
ents
su
bmitt
ed, l
ocat
ed in
the
proj
ect f
ile.
CO
NTE
NTS
Ref
eren
ces S
ubm
itted
and
Res
pons
es...
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Opp
osin
g V
iew
s A
ttach
men
t #1-
Res
pect
ed S
cien
tists
Rev
eal t
he C
erta
inty
that
Nat
ural
Res
ourc
es in
the
Fore
st a
re H
arm
ed (a
nd so
me
dest
roye
d) b
y Ti
mbe
r Har
vest
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iviti
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O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
4-R
oads
Dam
age
the
Prop
er E
colo
gica
l Fun
ctio
ning
of t
he N
atur
al R
esou
rces
in a
For
est..
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Opp
osin
g V
iew
s A
ttach
men
t #3-
Bes
t Sci
ence
show
s Log
ging
to R
educ
e Fu
els i
s not
onl
y In
effe
ctiv
e at
Red
ucin
g Fi
re In
tens
ity a
nd R
ate
of S
prea
d, b
ut
som
etim
es E
xace
rbat
es F
ire B
ehav
ior.
Sin
ce F
uels
Red
uctio
n is
a F
avor
ite U
SFS
Excu
se to
Log
Pub
lic L
and
its E
mpl
oyee
s are
Tau
ght t
o Ig
nore
and
Den
y th
is In
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atio
n....
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3 O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
8-Th
e N
atur
al R
esou
rces
in th
e Fo
rest
Ben
efit
from
Fire
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O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
9a-H
erbi
cide
s Con
tain
ing
Gly
phos
ate
shou
ld N
ever
be
App
lied
to A
reas
whe
re M
amm
als (
incl
udin
g hu
man
s), F
ish,
or B
irds
Mig
ht V
isit
Even
Cas
ual C
onta
ct C
ause
s Let
hal D
isea
ses.
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Gly
phos
ate
safe
ty O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws #
1-99
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2 O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
10-P
ublic
Pol
ls: E
very
Rec
ent S
urve
y A
sses
sing
the
Publ
ic A
ccep
tanc
e of
Com
mer
cial
Tim
ber H
arve
st o
n Pu
blic
Lan
d sh
ows t
hat t
he M
ajor
ity D
isap
prov
es o
f it.
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O
ppos
ing
Vie
ws
Atta
chm
ent #
21-T
imbe
r Har
vest
Deg
rade
s For
est H
ealth
and
Res
tore
s not
hing
in a
For
este
d Ec
osys
tem
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C
omm
ente
r: B
lue
Mou
ntai
ns B
iodi
vers
ity P
roje
ct, K
aren
Cou
lter.
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4
-
Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project
6
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
4
Cha
pter
4 a
nd T
rans
porta
tion
Spec
ialis
t Rep
ort f
or fu
rther
info
rmat
ion
on ro
ads a
nd tr
ansp
orta
tion.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#8
-D
ombe
ck, M
ike
Ph.D
.M
essa
ge o
n "C
onse
rvat
ion
Lead
ersh
ip”
sent
to a
ll U
SFS
empl
oyee
s on
July
1, 1
998
http
://w
ww
.wvh
ighl
ands
.org
/Voi
cePa
st/V
oice
Aug
98/D
ombe
ck.A
ug98
.htm
l
Res
pons
e: C
omm
unic
atio
n le
tter s
ent t
o al
l USF
S em
ploy
ees b
y th
en C
hief
Dom
beck
rega
rdin
g do
ing
a be
tter j
ob in
talk
ing
abou
t and
man
agin
g va
lues
such
as
“wild
erne
ss a
nd ro
adle
ss a
reas
, cle
an w
ater
, pro
tect
ion
of ra
re sp
ecie
s, ol
d gr
owth
fore
sts,
natu
raln
ess”
as t
hese
are
wha
t the
Am
eric
an p
eopl
e ch
eris
h.Th
e K
ahle
rPr
ojec
t add
ress
es a
ll of
thes
e va
lues
in th
e EI
S, in
clud
ing
an a
naly
sis o
f lan
ds w
ithw
ilder
ness
char
acte
ristic
sand
oth
er u
ndev
elop
ed la
nds (
see
Kah
ler R
ecre
atio
n R
epor
t Ape
ndix
A),
disc
ussi
on o
f thr
eate
ned,
end
ange
red,
sens
itive
, and
man
agem
ent i
ndic
ator
spec
ies.
The
Kah
lerP
roje
ct c
ompl
ies w
ith th
e C
lean
Wat
er A
ct,
and
prop
oses
mul
tiple
miti
gatio
n m
easu
res,
proj
ect d
esig
n cr
iteria
, and
bes
t man
agem
ent p
ract
ices
to a
chie
ve m
axim
um p
rote
ctio
n of
all
of th
e va
lues
list
ed h
ere.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#9
-Eh
rlich
, Ann
e Ph
.D.,
Dav
id F
oste
r Ph.
D. a
nd P
eter
Rav
en P
h.D
. 200
2 “C
all t
o En
d Lo
ggin
g B
ased
on
Con
serv
atio
n B
iolo
gy.”
Nat
ive
Fore
st N
etw
ork.
http
://w
ww
.nat
ivef
ores
t.org
/cam
paig
ns/p
ublic
_lan
ds/s
tb_5
_30_
02.h
tm
Res
pons
e:A
rticl
e in
Nat
ive
Fore
st N
etw
ork
to P
resi
dent
Bus
h ca
lling
for a
n en
d of
com
mer
cial
logg
ing
and
inst
ead
focu
s on
rest
orat
ion
and
utili
zing
tree
-free
pr
oduc
ts.T
he p
urpo
se a
nd n
eed
of th
e K
ahle
rPro
ject
is to
rest
ore
dry
upla
nd fo
rest
. Whi
le e
cono
mic
s is a
com
pone
nt o
f the
pur
pose
and
nee
d, it
is n
ot th
e pr
imar
y fa
ctor
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#10
-“B
ush
Fire
Pol
icy:
Cle
arin
g Fo
rest
s So
They
Do
Not
Bur
n”FO
RES
T C
ON
SER
VA
TIO
N N
EWS
TOD
AY
, Aug
ust 2
7, 2
002
http
://fo
rest
s.org
/arc
hive
d_si
te/to
day/
rece
nt/2
002/
tipor
efl.h
tml
Res
pons
e: T
his a
rticl
e co
uld
not b
e lo
cate
d us
ing
the
link
prov
ided
(8/0
4/20
15),
or b
y us
ing
the
sear
ch e
ngin
e on
the
fore
sts.o
rg w
ebsi
te. H
owev
er, a
pre
viou
s re
view
of t
his F
ores
t Con
serv
atio
n N
ews T
oday
arti
cle
from
mor
e th
an a
ppro
xim
atel
y 13
yea
rs a
gofo
und
that
the
artic
le st
ated
that
form
er P
resi
dent
Bus
h an
d th
e Fo
rest
Ser
vice
wer
eut
ilizi
ng fe
ar o
f fire
to in
crea
se la
rge-
scal
e lo
ggin
g pr
ojec
ts. T
he fo
cus o
f the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct is
to re
stor
e dr
y up
land
fore
st, a
nd re
intro
duce
a
mor
e ap
prop
riate
fire
regi
me,
whi
le re
duci
ng th
e ris
k of
cat
astro
phic
wild
fire.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#11
-Fr
ankl
in, J
erry
Ph.
D.,
Dav
id P
erry
Ph.
D.,
Ree
d N
oss P
h.D
., D
avid
Mon
tgom
ery
Ph.D
.and
Chr
isto
pher
Fris
sell
Ph.D
. 200
0. "
Sim
plifi
ed F
ores
t Man
agem
ent t
o A
chie
ve W
ater
shed
and
For
est H
ealth
: A C
ritiq
ue."
http
://w
ww
.coa
stra
nge.
org/
docu
men
ts/fo
rest
repo
rt.pd
f
Res
pons
e: T
his r
efer
ence
was
not
exp
licitl
y ci
ted
with
in th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
silv
icul
ture
ana
lysi
s, bu
t man
y of
the
broa
d fin
ding
s of t
his r
efer
ence
are
gen
eral
ly
cons
iste
nt w
ith th
e re
fere
nces
(suc
h as
Pow
ell (
2000
) and
bas
is fo
r ana
lysi
s fin
ding
s tha
t are
cite
d in
the
EIS.
The
quo
te p
rovi
ded
by th
e co
mm
ente
rapp
ears
to b
ean
opi
nion
stat
emen
t atte
stin
g to
wha
t mak
es fo
rest
man
agem
ent a
ppea
l to
certa
in g
roup
s or i
ndiv
idua
ls. T
hese
are
not
rele
vant
to th
e an
alys
is o
f silv
icul
tura
l ef
fect
s of t
he K
ahle
rPro
ject
. For
thes
ere
ason
s, th
is re
fere
nce
was
not
util
ized
in th
e EI
S.
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
3
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#4
-“B
arry
, Gle
n, P
h.D
. “C
omm
erci
al L
oggi
ng C
ause
d W
ildfir
es”
Publ
ishe
d by
the
Portl
and
Inde
pend
ent M
edia
Cen
ter,
Aug
ust 2
002.
http
://po
rtlan
d.in
dym
edia
.org
/en/
2002
/08/
1746
4.sh
tml
Res
pons
e: A
rticl
e in
the
Portl
and
Inde
pend
ent M
edia
Cen
ter n
ewsw
ire th
at sa
ys re
cent
wild
fires
in th
e w
est a
re b
eing
inap
prop
riate
ly b
lam
ed o
n en
viro
nmen
talis
ts b
y th
e Pr
esid
ent,
timbe
r ind
ustry
repr
esen
tativ
es a
nd th
e Fo
rest
Ser
vice
. It s
ays t
hat o
ld g
row
th lo
ggin
gsh
ould
be
halte
d an
d m
ore
conc
ern
arou
nd h
ousi
ng a
nd c
omm
uniti
es sh
ould
be
unde
rtake
n. T
here
are
no
com
mun
ities
with
in th
e K
ahle
rPro
ject
are
a; th
e pr
ojec
t are
a is
app
roxi
mat
ely
40 m
iles
sout
hwes
t of t
he to
wn
of H
eppn
er.A
ppro
xim
atel
y 11
acr
es o
f har
vest
is p
ropo
sed
inol
d-gr
owth
for t
he K
ahle
rPro
ject
, and
thes
e ac
res w
ould
be
repl
aced
by
16
acre
s cur
rent
ly d
esig
nate
d fo
r tim
ber m
anag
emen
t by
the
Fore
st P
lan
(see
EIS
Cha
pter
1, F
ores
t Pla
n A
men
dmen
ts).
The
purp
ose
and
need
of t
he K
ahle
rpro
ject
is
incr
easi
ngol
d fo
rest
stru
ctur
e an
d im
prov
ing
resi
stan
ce to
fire
and
dis
ease
in th
e pr
ojec
t are
a.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#5
-B
arry
, Joh
n B
yrne
. “St
op th
e Lo
ggin
g, S
tart
the
Res
tora
tion”
from
The
Pla
net n
ewsl
ette
r,Ju
ne 1
999,
Vol
ume
6, N
umbe
r 5ht
tp://
ww
w.si
erra
club
.org
/pla
net/1
9990
5/ec
l1.a
sp
Res
pons
e: S
ierr
a C
lub
artic
le th
at st
ates
tim
ber a
dvoc
ates
say
com
mer
cial
logg
ing
on fe
dera
l lan
ds c
an b
e su
stai
ned,
whe
reas
the
Nor
th S
tar c
hapt
er (M
inne
sota
) sa
ys p
ublic
dat
a do
es n
ot su
ppor
t thi
s. In
stea
d th
ey su
ppor
t bill
, H.R
.139
6, w
hich
“w
ould
elim
inat
e th
e m
oney
-losi
ng c
omm
erci
al lo
ggin
g” a
nd h
elp
logg
ing
com
mun
ities
dev
elop
alte
rnat
ive
mea
ns o
f cre
atin
g re
venu
e. T
his a
rticl
e is
not
spec
ific
to E
aste
rn O
rego
n, w
here
at t
he p
rese
nt ti
me
ther
e is
a fo
cus o
n in
crea
sing
the
pace
of r
esto
ratio
n in
dry
fore
sts (
as th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
pro
pose
s).
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#6
-C
ushm
an, J
ohn
H. J
r. “A
udit
Faul
ts F
ores
t Ser
vice
on
Logg
ing
Dam
age
in U
.S. F
ores
ts”
New
Yor
k Ti
mes
, Feb
ruar
y 5,
199
9ht
tp://
quer
y.ny
times
.com
/gst
/fullp
age.
htm
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on=&
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ted=
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t
Res
pons
e: N
ew Y
ork
Tim
es a
rticl
e re
fers
to 1
2 sp
ecifi
c tim
ber s
ales
from
199
5-19
99 a
nd th
at F
eder
al a
udito
rs fo
und
logg
ing
was
poo
rly d
one,
stre
ams a
nd
wild
life
wer
e no
t bei
ng a
dequ
atel
y pr
otec
ted,
and
miti
gatio
n m
easu
res w
ere
not i
ncor
pora
ted.
The
Kah
ler P
roje
ct w
ill h
ave
a Ti
mbe
r Sal
e A
dmin
istra
toro
n th
e gr
ound
dur
ing
the
entir
e tim
ber h
arve
st p
roce
ss to
ens
ure
com
plia
nce.
In a
dditi
on p
roje
ct d
esig
n fe
atur
es, m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s, an
d m
onito
ring
are
inco
rpor
ated
in
the
EIS
and
will
be
follo
wed
up
by re
sour
ce sp
ecia
lists
to e
nsur
e co
mpl
ianc
e.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#7
-D
ombe
ck, M
ike
Ph.D
. "Th
roug
h th
e W
oods
"Th
e N
ews H
our w
ith Ji
m L
ehre
r. 19
June
199
8.ht
tp://
ww
w.p
bs.o
rg/n
ewsh
our/b
b/fe
dage
ncie
s/ja
n-ju
ne98
/road
_6-1
9.ht
ml
Res
pons
e: 1
998
TV In
terv
iew
/dis
cuss
ion
with
stak
ehol
ders
is ta
ken
out o
f con
text
by th
e co
mm
ente
r. A
n 18
mon
th m
orat
oriu
m to
reas
sess
bui
ldin
g ro
ads i
n ro
adle
ss a
reas
of s
ome
natio
nal f
ores
ts, l
ack
of fu
ndin
g to
mai
ntai
n th
em, a
nd th
e ef
fect
s to
fish
and
wild
life
are
disc
usse
d in
the
inte
rvie
w. T
he U
mat
illa
Nat
iona
l Fo
rest
impl
emen
ted
a tra
vel m
anag
emen
t pla
n in
the
early
199
0’s a
nd c
ompl
eted
a tr
avel
ana
lysi
s for
the
prop
osed
syst
em ro
ad b
uild
ing
in th
e K
ahle
r pro
ject
. Th
ere
are
no ro
ads p
ropo
sed
in in
vent
orie
d ro
adle
ss a
reas
and
the
EIS
cont
ains
ana
lysi
s of l
ands
with
wild
erne
ss c
hara
cter
istic
s tha
t con
side
rs ro
ads.
See
EIS
-
Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 5 Responses to Literature Submitted
7
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
4
Cha
pter
4 a
nd T
rans
porta
tion
Spec
ialis
t Rep
ort f
or fu
rther
info
rmat
ion
on ro
ads a
nd tr
ansp
orta
tion.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#8
-D
ombe
ck, M
ike
Ph.D
.M
essa
ge o
n "C
onse
rvat
ion
Lead
ersh
ip”
sent
to a
ll U
SFS
empl
oyee
s on
July
1, 1
998
http
://w
ww
.wvh
ighl
ands
.org
/Voi
cePa
st/V
oice
Aug
98/D
ombe
ck.A
ug98
.htm
l
Res
pons
e: C
omm
unic
atio
n le
tter s
ent t
o al
l USF
S em
ploy
ees b
y th
en C
hief
Dom
beck
rega
rdin
g do
ing
a be
tter j
ob in
talk
ing
abou
t and
man
agin
g va
lues
such
as
“wild
erne
ss a
nd ro
adle
ss a
reas
, cle
an w
ater
, pro
tect
ion
of ra
re sp
ecie
s, ol
d gr
owth
fore
sts,
natu
raln
ess”
as t
hese
are
wha
t the
Am
eric
an p
eopl
e ch
eris
h.Th
e K
ahle
rPr
ojec
t add
ress
es a
ll of
thes
e va
lues
in th
e EI
S, in
clud
ing
an a
naly
sis o
f lan
ds w
ithw
ilder
ness
char
acte
ristic
sand
oth
er u
ndev
elop
ed la
nds (
see
Kah
ler R
ecre
atio
n R
epor
t Ape
ndix
A),
disc
ussi
on o
f thr
eate
ned,
end
ange
red,
sens
itive
, and
man
agem
ent i
ndic
ator
spec
ies.
The
Kah
lerP
roje
ct c
ompl
ies w
ith th
e C
lean
Wat
er A
ct,
and
prop
oses
mul
tiple
miti
gatio
n m
easu
res,
proj
ect d
esig
n cr
iteria
, and
bes
t man
agem
ent p
ract
ices
to a
chie
ve m
axim
um p
rote
ctio
n of
all
of th
e va
lues
list
ed h
ere.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#9
-Eh
rlich
, Ann
e Ph
.D.,
Dav
id F
oste
r Ph.
D. a
nd P
eter
Rav
en P
h.D
. 200
2 “C
all t
o En
d Lo
ggin
g B
ased
on
Con
serv
atio
n B
iolo
gy.”
Nat
ive
Fore
st N
etw
ork.
http
://w
ww
.nat
ivef
ores
t.org
/cam
paig
ns/p
ublic
_lan
ds/s
tb_5
_30_
02.h
tm
Res
pons
e:A
rticl
e in
Nat
ive
Fore
st N
etw
ork
to P
resi
dent
Bus
h ca
lling
for a
n en
d of
com
mer
cial
logg
ing
and
inst
ead
focu
s on
rest
orat
ion
and
utili
zing
tree
-free
pr
oduc
ts.T
he p
urpo
se a
nd n
eed
of th
e K
ahle
rPro
ject
is to
rest
ore
dry
upla
nd fo
rest
. Whi
le e
cono
mic
s is a
com
pone
nt o
f the
pur
pose
and
nee
d, it
is n
ot th
e pr
imar
y fa
ctor
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#10
-“B
ush
Fire
Pol
icy:
Cle
arin
g Fo
rest
s So
They
Do
Not
Bur
n”FO
RES
T C
ON
SER
VA
TIO
N N
EWS
TOD
AY
, Aug
ust 2
7, 2
002
http
://fo
rest
s.org
/arc
hive
d_si
te/to
day/
rece
nt/2
002/
tipor
efl.h
tml
Res
pons
e: T
his a
rticl
e co
uld
not b
e lo
cate
d us
ing
the
link
prov
ided
(8/0
4/20
15),
or b
y us
ing
the
sear
ch e
ngin
e on
the
fore
sts.o
rg w
ebsi
te. H
owev
er, a
pre
viou
s re
view
of t
his F
ores
t Con
serv
atio
n N
ews T
oday
arti
cle
from
mor
e th
an a
ppro
xim
atel
y 13
yea
rs a
gofo
und
that
the
artic
le st
ated
that
form
er P
resi
dent
Bus
h an
d th
e Fo
rest
Ser
vice
wer
eut
ilizi
ng fe
ar o
f fire
to in
crea
se la
rge-
scal
e lo
ggin
g pr
ojec
ts. T
he fo
cus o
f the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct is
to re
stor
e dr
y up
land
fore
st, a
nd re
intro
duce
a
mor
e ap
prop
riate
fire
regi
me,
whi
le re
duci
ng th
e ris
k of
cat
astro
phic
wild
fire.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#11
-Fr
ankl
in, J
erry
Ph.
D.,
Dav
id P
erry
Ph.
D.,
Ree
d N
oss P
h.D
., D
avid
Mon
tgom
ery
Ph.D
.and
Chr
isto
pher
Fris
sell
Ph.D
. 200
0. "
Sim
plifi
ed F
ores
t Man
agem
ent t
o A
chie
ve W
ater
shed
and
For
est H
ealth
: A C
ritiq
ue."
http
://w
ww
.coa
stra
nge.
org/
docu
men
ts/fo
rest
repo
rt.pd
f
Res
pons
e: T
his r
efer
ence
was
not
exp
licitl
y ci
ted
with
in th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
silv
icul
ture
ana
lysi
s, bu
t man
y of
the
broa
d fin
ding
s of t
his r
efer
ence
are
gen
eral
ly
cons
iste
nt w
ith th
e re
fere
nces
(suc
h as
Pow
ell (
2000
) and
bas
is fo
r ana
lysi
s fin
ding
s tha
t are
cite
d in
the
EIS.
The
quo
te p
rovi
ded
by th
e co
mm
ente
rapp
ears
to b
ean
opi
nion
stat
emen
t atte
stin
g to
wha
t mak
es fo
rest
man
agem
ent a
ppea
l to
certa
in g
roup
s or i
ndiv
idua
ls. T
hese
are
not
rele
vant
to th
e an
alys
is o
f silv
icul
tura
l ef
fect
s of t
he K
ahle
rPro
ject
. For
thes
ere
ason
s, th
is re
fere
nce
was
not
util
ized
in th
e EI
S.
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
3
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#4
-“B
arry
, Gle
n, P
h.D
. “C
omm
erci
al L
oggi
ng C
ause
d W
ildfir
es”
Publ
ishe
d by
the
Portl
and
Inde
pend
ent M
edia
Cen
ter,
Aug
ust 2
002.
http
://po
rtlan
d.in
dym
edia
.org
/en/
2002
/08/
1746
4.sh
tml
Res
pons
e: A
rticl
e in
the
Portl
and
Inde
pend
ent M
edia
Cen
ter n
ewsw
ire th
at sa
ys re
cent
wild
fires
in th
e w
est a
re b
eing
inap
prop
riate
ly b
lam
ed o
n en
viro
nmen
talis
ts b
y th
e Pr
esid
ent,
timbe
r ind
ustry
repr
esen
tativ
es a
nd th
e Fo
rest
Ser
vice
. It s
ays t
hat o
ld g
row
th lo
ggin
gsh
ould
be
halte
d an
d m
ore
conc
ern
arou
nd h
ousi
ng a
nd c
omm
uniti
es sh
ould
be
unde
rtake
n. T
here
are
no
com
mun
ities
with
in th
e K
ahle
rPro
ject
are
a; th
e pr
ojec
t are
a is
app
roxi
mat
ely
40 m
iles
sout
hwes
t of t
he to
wn
of H
eppn
er.A
ppro
xim
atel
y 11
acr
es o
f har
vest
is p
ropo
sed
inol
d-gr
owth
for t
he K
ahle
rPro
ject
, and
thes
e ac
res w
ould
be
repl
aced
by
16
acre
s cur
rent
ly d
esig
nate
d fo
r tim
ber m
anag
emen
t by
the
Fore
st P
lan
(see
EIS
Cha
pter
1, F
ores
t Pla
n A
men
dmen
ts).
The
purp
ose
and
need
of t
he K
ahle
rpro
ject
is
incr
easi
ngol
d fo
rest
stru
ctur
e an
d im
prov
ing
resi
stan
ce to
fire
and
dis
ease
in th
e pr
ojec
t are
a.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#5
-B
arry
, Joh
n B
yrne
. “St
op th
e Lo
ggin
g, S
tart
the
Res
tora
tion”
from
The
Pla
net n
ewsl
ette
r,Ju
ne 1
999,
Vol
ume
6, N
umbe
r 5ht
tp://
ww
w.si
erra
club
.org
/pla
net/1
9990
5/ec
l1.a
sp
Res
pons
e: S
ierr
a C
lub
artic
le th
at st
ates
tim
ber a
dvoc
ates
say
com
mer
cial
logg
ing
on fe
dera
l lan
ds c
an b
e su
stai
ned,
whe
reas
the
Nor
th S
tar c
hapt
er (M
inne
sota
) sa
ys p
ublic
dat
a do
es n
ot su
ppor
t thi
s. In
stea
d th
ey su
ppor
t bill
, H.R
.139
6, w
hich
“w
ould
elim
inat
e th
e m
oney
-losi
ng c
omm
erci
al lo
ggin
g” a
nd h
elp
logg
ing
com
mun
ities
dev
elop
alte
rnat
ive
mea
ns o
f cre
atin
g re
venu
e. T
his a
rticl
e is
not
spec
ific
to E
aste
rn O
rego
n, w
here
at t
he p
rese
nt ti
me
ther
e is
a fo
cus o
n in
crea
sing
the
pace
of r
esto
ratio
n in
dry
fore
sts (
as th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
pro
pose
s).
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#6
-C
ushm
an, J
ohn
H. J
r. “A
udit
Faul
ts F
ores
t Ser
vice
on
Logg
ing
Dam
age
in U
.S. F
ores
ts”
New
Yor
k Ti
mes
, Feb
ruar
y 5,
199
9ht
tp://
quer
y.ny
times
.com
/gst
/fullp
age.
htm
l?re
s=9B
00E2
DF1
63B
F936
A35
751C
0A96
F958
260&
sec=
&sp
on=&
page
wan
ted=
prin
t
Res
pons
e: N
ew Y
ork
Tim
es a
rticl
e re
fers
to 1
2 sp
ecifi
c tim
ber s
ales
from
199
5-19
99 a
nd th
at F
eder
al a
udito
rs fo
und
logg
ing
was
poo
rly d
one,
stre
ams a
nd
wild
life
wer
e no
t bei
ng a
dequ
atel
y pr
otec
ted,
and
miti
gatio
n m
easu
res w
ere
not i
ncor
pora
ted.
The
Kah
ler P
roje
ct w
ill h
ave
a Ti
mbe
r Sal
e A
dmin
istra
toro
n th
e gr
ound
dur
ing
the
entir
e tim
ber h
arve
st p
roce
ss to
ens
ure
com
plia
nce.
In a
dditi
on p
roje
ct d
esig
n fe
atur
es, m
itiga
tion
mea
sure
s, an
d m
onito
ring
are
inco
rpor
ated
in
the
EIS
and
will
be
follo
wed
up
by re
sour
ce sp
ecia
lists
to e
nsur
e co
mpl
ianc
e.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#7
-D
ombe
ck, M
ike
Ph.D
. "Th
roug
h th
e W
oods
"Th
e N
ews H
our w
ith Ji
m L
ehre
r. 19
June
199
8.ht
tp://
ww
w.p
bs.o
rg/n
ewsh
our/b
b/fe
dage
ncie
s/ja
n-ju
ne98
/road
_6-1
9.ht
ml
Res
pons
e: 1
998
TV In
terv
iew
/dis
cuss
ion
with
stak
ehol
ders
is ta
ken
out o
f con
text
by th
e co
mm
ente
r. A
n 18
mon
th m
orat
oriu
m to
reas
sess
bui
ldin
g ro
ads i
n ro
adle
ss a
reas
of s
ome
natio
nal f
ores
ts, l
ack
of fu
ndin
g to
mai
ntai
n th
em, a
nd th
e ef
fect
s to
fish
and
wild
life
are
disc
usse
d in
the
inte
rvie
w. T
he U
mat
illa
Nat
iona
l Fo
rest
impl
emen
ted
a tra
vel m
anag
emen
t pla
n in
the
early
199
0’s a
nd c
ompl
eted
a tr
avel
ana
lysi
s for
the
prop
osed
syst
em ro
ad b
uild
ing
in th
e K
ahle
r pro
ject
. Th
ere
are
no ro
ads p
ropo
sed
in in
vent
orie
d ro
adle
ss a
reas
and
the
EIS
cont
ains
ana
lysi
s of l
ands
with
wild
erne
ss c
hara
cter
istic
s tha
t con
side
rs ro
ads.
See
EIS
-
Kahler Dry Forest Restoration Project
8
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
6
Han
son,
Cha
d Ph
.D.,
“Com
mer
cial
Log
ging
Doe
sn't
Prev
ent C
atas
troph
ic F
ires,
It C
ause
s The
m.”
Pub
lishe
d in
the
New
Yor
k Ti
mes
,May
19,
200
0ht
tp://
ww
w.c
omm
ondr
eam
s.org
/vie
ws/
0519
00-1
01.h
tm
Res
pons
e:N
ew Y
ork
Tim
es a
rticl
e re
gard
ing
the
Los A
lam
os p
resc
ribed
fire
that
“w
ent a
wry
”. A
rticl
e di
scus
sesl
oggi
ng o
f lar
ge tr
ees t
hat w
ould
surv
ive
a fir
e of
this
type
and
use
of t
imbe
r sal
es a
s a to
ol fo
r fire
man
agem
ent b
eing
a p
ooro
ptio
n as
mos
t tre
ss th
at n
eed
to b
e re
mov
ed a
re o
f the
smal
ler d
iam
eter
var
iety
that
ha
ve v
ery
little
com
mer
cial
val
ue.T
he K
ahle
r Pro
ject
doe
spro
pose
to re
mov
eso
me
trees
ove
r 21”
DB
H, b
utpr
ovid
es d
esig
n cr
iteria
for p
rote
ctin
g la
rge,
old
tree
s of
des
irabl
e sp
ecie
s (se
e EI
S C
hapt
er 2
).
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#17
-H
anso
n, C
had,
Ph.
D. “
Logg
ing
for D
olla
rs in
Nat
iona
l For
ests
” Sp
ecia
l to
The
Sacr
amen
to B
ee -
Nov
embe
r 14,
200
1ht
tp://
ww
w.jo
hnm
uirp
roje
ct.o
rg/n
ews-
logg
ing-
for-
dolla
rs.h
tml
Res
pons
e:A
rticl
e in
The
John
Mui
r Pro
ject
in th
e Ea
rth Is
land
Inst
itute
on
post
-fire
logg
ing
and
how
the
Fore
st S
ervi
ce is
tryi
ng to
“m
anip
ulat
e th
e pu
blic
's m
isun
ders
tand
ing
of p
ost-f
ire e
colo
gy to
supp
ort m
assi
ve lo
ggin
g in
old
-gro
wth
fore
sts.”
The
Kah
ler P
roje
ct d
oes n
ot p
ropo
sean
y la
rge
scal
e lo
ggin
g in
old
grow
th, a
ndpo
st-f
iresa
lvag
elo
ggin
g is
not
a fo
cus o
f the
pro
ject
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#18
-H
anso
n, C
had
Ph.D
., “L
oggi
ng In
dust
ry M
isle
ads o
n C
limat
e an
d Fo
rest
Fire
s.” G
uest
Com
men
tary
in N
ew W
est,
July
11,
200
8ht
tp://
ww
w.n
eww
est.n
et/to
pic/
artic
le/lo
ggin
g_in
dust
ry_m
isle
ads_
on_c
limat
e_an
d_fo
rest
_fire
s/C
41/L
41/
Res
pons
e:Th
e re
fere
nce
(not
app
aren
tly p
eer r
evie
wed
lite
ratu
re)c
onta
ins b
road
opi
nion
s abo
ut b
ioph
ysic
al c
ause
-eff
ect r
elat
ions
hips
that
are
gen
eral
ly n
ot
appl
icab
le to
the
site
-spe
cific
act
iviti
es, d
esig
n fe
atur
es, l
ikel
y ef
fect
s, an
d co
nditi
ons o
f the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct. I
n pa
rticu
lar,
this
refe
renc
e m
akes
cla
ims a
bout
“t
imbe
r ind
ustry
stat
emen
ts”
that
, eve
n if
accu
rate
, are
not
as re
leva
nt a
sthe
ana
lytic
al p
roce
dure
s, as
sum
ptio
ns, d
atas
ets u
sed
to in
form
the
Kah
lerP
roje
ct
silv
icul
ture
ana
lysi
s. A
mon
g th
e se
vera
l fin
ding
s of t
he sc
ient
ific
stud
ies r
efer
red
to b
y th
is d
ocum
ent c
onsi
sten
t with
the
basi
s of t
he K
ahle
rPro
ject
silv
icul
ture
ana
lysi
s, ar
e fin
ding
s th
at c
limat
e pl
ays a
n im
porta
nt in
fluen
ce o
n fir
e be
havi
or a
nd e
xten
t, fu
rther
und
ersc
orin
g th
e im
porta
nce
of th
e K
ahle
r Pro
ject
pur
pose
and
nee
d. T
hese
find
ings
do
not
con
tradi
ct th
e an
alys
is, p
urpo
se a
nd n
eed,
or a
ctiv
ities
of t
he K
ahle
rPro
ject
bec
ause
non
e of
thes
e el
emen
ts p
ropo
se th
at ti
mbe
r har
vest
, in
and
of it
self,
w
ill c
ompl
etel
y re
mov
e th
e th
reat
of w
ildfir
e fr
om th
e la
ndsc
ape
to v
alue
s at r
isk.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#19
-H
arve
y, A
. E.,
M. J
. Lar
sen,
and
M. F
. Jur
gens
en “
Dis
tribu
tion
of E
ctom
ycor
rhiz
ae in
a M
atur
e D
ougl
as-f
ir/la
rch
Fore
st S
oil i
n W
este
rn M
onta
na”
Fore
st
Scie
nce,
Vol
ume
22, N
umbe
r 4, 1
Dec
embe
r 197
6 , p
p. 3
93-3
98(6
http
://w
ww
.inge
ntac
onne
ct.c
om/c
onte
nt/s
af/fs
/197
6/00
0000
22/0
0000
004/
art0
0007
;jses
sion
id=l
2sdf
2hph
ia2.
alex
andr
a
Res
pons
e:Th
is st
udy
was
con
duct
ed o
n a
250-
year
old
mat
ure
Dou
glas
-fir
fore
st w
ith li
mes
tone
-bas
ed so
il, th
us it
is n
ot re
leva
nt to
the
dry,
eas
tsid
e po
nder
osa
and
lodg
epol
e pi
ne o
f the
Kah
lerp
lann
ing
area
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#20
-H
oust
on, A
lan
Ph.D
.,"W
hy F
ores
try is
in T
roub
le w
ith th
e Pu
blic
."
Kah
ler D
ry F
ores
t Res
tora
tion
Proj
ect-
Resp
onse
s to
Lite
ratu
re S
ubm
itted
5
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#12
-Fr
ankl
in, J
erry
F. P
h.D
. and
Jam
es K
. Age
e Ph
.D.2
007.
“Fo
rgin
g a
Scie
nce-
Bas
ed N
atio
nal F
ores
t Fire
Pol
icy.
” Is
sues
in S
cien
ce a
nd T
echn
olog
y.A
Nat
iona
l W
ildlif
e Fe
dera
tion
publ
icat
ion
spon
sore
d by
the
Bul
litt F
ound
atio
nht
tp://
ww
w.c
oast
rang
e.or
g/do
cum
ents
/fore
stre
port.
pdf
Res
pons
e: P
rovi
ded
link
dire
cts b
row
ser t
o th
e re
fere
nce
for T
imbe
r Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#11
. Quo
tes p
rovi
ded
by c
omm
ente
r do
not a
ppea
r in
Fran
klin
and
A
gee
(200
7) F
orgi
ng a
Sci
ence
-bas
ed N
atio
nal F
ores
t Fire
Pol
icy.
Thi
s pap
er is
on
the
need
for a
Nat
iona
l For
est F
ire P
olic
y (N
FFP)
bas
ed o
n sc
ienc
e vi
ce th
e cu
rren
t sys
tem
whe
re e
ach
Fede
ral l
and
man
agem
ent a
genc
y ha
s the
ir ow
n es
tabl
ishe
d fir
e po
licie
s. Th
e au
thor
s rec
ogni
ze th
at a
ll fo
rest
s are
not
alik
e an
d ca
nnot
be
man
aged
und
er o
ne 'u
nive
rsal
pol
icy'
and
that
reco
gniti
on o
f diff
eren
t for
est t
ypes
and
regi
ons i
s an
impo
rtant
key
that
an
NFP
P m
ust a
ccom
mod
ate.
The
K
ahle
r Pro
ject
fire
and
fuel
man
ager
s hav
e ta
ken
this
into
con
side
ratio
n in
the
EIS,
how
ever
Nat
iona
l fire
pol
icy
is b
eyon
d th
e sc
ope
of th
e pr
ojec
t lev
el a
naly
sis
for t
he K
ahle
r pro
ject
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#13
-G
iulia
no, J
acki
e A
lan,
Ph.
D. “
Fire
Sup
pres
sion
Bus
h St
yle:
Cut
Dow
n th
e Tr
ees!
” En
viro
nmen
tal N
ews S
ervi
ce, 2
008.
http
://w
ww
.ens
-new
swire
.com
/ens
/aug
2002
/200
2-08
-23g
.asp
Res
pons
e: T
he li
nk p
rovi
ded
no lo
nger
wor
ks (8
/4/1
5) H
owev
er a
pre
viou
s rev
iew
was
con
duct
ed o
f thi
s 200
2 ar
ticle
in th
e En
viro
nmen
tal N
ews S
ervi
ce a
n In
tern
atio
nal D
aily
New
swire
con
cern
ing
Pres
iden
t Bus
h w
antin
g to
incr
ease
logg
ing
and
road
bui
ldin
g ac
tiviti
es o
n Fe
dera
l lan
ds. C
asca
dia
Fore
st A
llian
ce
agre
es th
at th
e fo
rest
s are
out
of b
alan
ce d
ue to
dec
ades
of f
ire su
ppre
ssio
n bu
t the
y sa
y “i
ncre
asin
g lo
ggin
g is
the
exac
t opp
osite
of w
hat s
houl
d be
don
e.”
The
Kah
lerP
roje
ct is
util
izin
ga
com
bina
tion
of p
resc
ribed
fire
and
thin
ning
pre
scrip
tions
toad
dres
s the
purp
ose
and
need
as s
tate
d in
Cha
pter
1 o
f the
EIS
.
Tim
ber
Har
vest
Opp
osin
g V
iew
#14
-G
over
nmen
t Acc
ount
ing
Off
ice
“Wes
tern
Nat
iona
l For
ests
: A C
ohes
ive
Stra
tegy
is N
eede
d to
Add
ress
Cat
astro
phic
Wild
fire
Thre
ats”
GA
O/R
CED
-99-
65ht
tp://
ww
w.g
ao.g
ov/a
rchi
ve/1
999/
rc99
065.
pdf
Res
pons
e: R
epor
t to
the
Subc
omm
ittee
on
Fore
st a
nd F
ores
t Hea
lth, C
omm
ittee
on
Res
ourc
es, H
ouse
of R
epre
sent
ativ
es o
n th
e ne
ed fo
r a c
ohes
ive
stra
te