 | Monitoring Middle East Fork Logging On March 4, 2007 the WildWest Institute went on a monitoring trip of the Bitterroot National Forest's Middle East Fork Logging Project near Sula, MT. This is one of the first Healthy Forest Restoration Act projects in Montana. About 500 acres was logged earlier in the winter. While we support efforts in that area to reduce fuels near homes (in fact we supported a Forest Service proposal to reduce fuels on 1,600 acres in the area) we believe much of the "fuel reduction" logging the Forest Service proposed would target larger trees. Our trip, unfortunately, confirmed this belief. The major themes that emerged from our weekend monitoring efforts were: Lots of big Doulgas-fir trees (two to three feet in diameter) have been cut down throughout the logging units we visited, including lots of live, big Douglas-fir. There was lots green needles/logging slash/branches in the logging units. These green needles sure call into question that just dead trees are being logged, as the Forest Service has repeatedly stated. We saw lots of elk sign and a few nice herds of elk. We also saw large mule deer herds and bighorn sheep in the area. Wolf tracks and sign was also everywhere in the area we visited. In fact, we heard wolves most of the night. The Forest Service has marked "Wildlife" trees (standing snags) in the units with an orange "W." The specifications differ for each logging unit, but the Forest Service is typically required to leave 5 to 10 of these "Wildlife" trees in each acre they log. Without question, we noticed a pattern where the largest, best "Wildlife" trees (ie large, standing snags) have been cut. Meanwhile these huge stumps surrounded by scrawny, dead trees marked with "W". This seems disingenuous at best. The areas logged were unquestionably hotter, windier and drier...not a good combo come July and August, especially if the goal is to help protect the community from wildfire. If you want to learn more about this project, please visit www.wildwestinstitute.org. |
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 | SLASH FIRE!! CAT CUTTING FIRE BREAK Cat cutting fire break |
 | SLASH FIRE!! 1978. ALMOST UNDER CONTROL More fire footage. |
 | SLASH FIRE!! 1978 More fire footage. |
 | SLASH FIRE! 1978 "Controlled burn" gone out of control, same old story! |
 | SLASH FIRE!! 1978. SMOKE INHALATION! I think the cameraman must have gotten smoked out! |
 | landslide Most landslides, mud slides and rock slides occur from a lack of tree roots to hold the earth in place. Clear cut logging, mining, slash n' burn deforestation, new roads and development are some examples. |
 | It's me. Again. Just a quick intro to my new vee-logging slash video response channel. |
 | CAT 330C HOECHUCKER ON THE MOVE Moving around in the slash. |
 | Brush Clearing in WA Novak Land Management LLC clearing up brush after the owner had it logged. We do all kinds of Brush Mulching/Removal For a free quote go to www.novaklandmanag.com |
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