Action Needed by February 24, 2005

Elk Creek Photo: www.kswild.org

The Happy Camp Ranger District of the Klamath National Forest is proposing the 358-acre Elk Thin timber sale. The Elk Creek watershed is already fragmented from past logging and roadbuilding activities, and it is designated a "key watershed" for salmon recovery.

While we support one of the alternatives for the project, unfortunately, it is not the preferred alternative of the Forest Service. Please write the Forest Service and ask that they choose Alternative C, which protects forest canopy and avoids ground based yarding systems in this sensitive watershed.

Please write Klamath Forest Supervisor Peg Boland regarding the Elk Thin Project. A sample letter is below and comments are due February 23.

For more information and photos, visit:
http://www.kswild.org/TimberSales/elkthin/