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 *  msg originally in Sierra Club, Xposted:

   Yep, Stan Gloeckner wrote to All on 19 Feb 95  17:32:00 
    about: Sierra Nevada Spotted Owl:
 

g>  SIERRA NEVADA SPOTTED OWL ON THE BLOCK

g>  In a situation paralleling that in the Pacific Northwest, the rapid 
   logging of the largest, oldest trees in the Sierra Nevada threatens
   the  long-term viability of old-growth ecosystems and the survival of
   their  "indicator species," the California spotted owl. 

g>  Two years ago the U.S. Forest Service adopted interim guidelines for 
   the protection of the California spotted owl after the agency 
   determined that its existing strategy was creating isolated islands of
   ancient forest surrounded by a sea of habitat unsuitable for the owl. 
   But this temporary protection for California's spotted owl population 
   is about to end: The Forest Service will soon release a new draft 
   environmental impact statement, or EIS, for the owl. "The draft 
   document cannot be allowed to continue timber harvests at levels that 
   affect the owl and the vanishing ecosystem it represents," said Larry 
   Freilich, associate representative in the Sierra Club's Southern 
   California field office. "The public needs to cast a watchful eye over
   this new plan to ensure that it provides permanent protection for the 
   Sierra Nevada's old-growth communities. 

g>  "We fear this plan will be inadequate because it's based on unproven, 
   experimental forestry practices," Freilich said. Until such logging 
   practices are formally tested in isolated, structured experiments and 
   additional scientific information is collected, he added, they should 
   not be relied upon to maintain a declining ecosystem. 

   To take action: Write the U.S. Forest Service at 630 Sansome St., San 
   Francisco, CA 94111. Urge the agency to provide permanent protection 
   for remaining Sierra Nevada ancient forests;  prohibit logging in the 
   last remaining old-growth stands or stream-side corridors; halt 
   roadbuilding in roadless areas; and retain existing interim guidelines
   until real scientific protections, not science experiments, are used
   to  manage remaining Sierra Nevada wildlands. 

   For more information: Call Larry Freilich at the Southern California/ 
   Nevada/Hawaii field office, (213) 387-6528; or Frannie Hoover,
   regional  representative, Northern California field office, (510)
   450-1387. 
   Reprinted from THE PLANET
   February/March, 1995

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