Northwest Oregon: King Mosby Timber Management Project Public Meeting
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Salem, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Oregon District, Upper Willamette Field Office will hold a public meeting on the King Mosby Timber Management Project on October 16.
The meeting will be held at the USDA Forest Service Cottage Grove Ranger District Office, located at 34963 Shoreview Drive in Cottage Grove, Oregon, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. This meeting will be an open house format where attendees can view project maps and alternatives, as well as take advantage of the opportunity to ask questions of the project team.
The project is located approximately eight miles southeast of Cottage Grove in Lane County. A 30-day public comment period previously ended on January 19, 2019. Using the input received, the BLM has developed several project alternatives, including a no-action alternative and the following five action alternatives. Depending on the alternative selected, the project would generate between approximately 19.8 to 51.1 million board feet of timber.
- Alternative 1 – proposes regeneration harvest (approximately 902 acres) and commercial thinning (approximately 436 acres);
- Alternative 2 – proposes only regeneration harvest (approximately 1,337 acres);
- Alternative 2A – proposes only regeneration harvest (approximately 1,337 acres), with no new roads constructed and including helicopter logging;
- Alternative 3 – proposes only commercial thinning (approximately 1,169 acres); and
- Alternative 4 – proposes regeneration harvest (approximately 803 acres) and commercial thinning (approximately 543 acres).
Commercial timber sales are an important tool used to accomplish BLM's forest management objectives in western Oregon. These objectives include production of a sustained-yield of timber, fish and wildlife habitat enhancement, dry forest restoration, wildfire hazard reduction, road maintenance and improvement, and protection of clean water. For every one million board feet of timber harvested on BLM lands in Western Oregon, 13 local jobs are created or maintained, and an estimated $647,000 of non-federal employment income is introduced into local economies. One million board feet is enough lumber to frame 63 family sized residential homes. Additional information about the western Oregon timber sale program is available online at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/oc-lands
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.