[acn-l] CA and OR Scientific Assessments of Forest Practices (fwd)

peter.unmack at asu.edu
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:04:07 -0700 (MST)

This Report parallels many of the same conclusions reached by the
Scientific Review Panel on Forest Practices and Salmon Protection
commissioned by the California Resources Agency and National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) issued June, 1999. Given the fact that the IMST did not have
access to the CA report until they had already done their analysis within the
IMST, the similarities of conclusions are quite striking and it highlights
the general inadequacy of forest practices on private lands generally.

The Report of the Scientific Review Panel of California Forest Practice Rules
and Salmon Habitat (June, 1999) analyzing the California Forest Practice Act
is also available on the Internet at:

<http://www.ceres.ca.gov/cra/srp.html>

This link takes you to a cover page, and a link from there takes you to a PDF
file with the whole report (about 120 pages).

The impact of these two key scientific reports is to point out in bold
relief the failure of state forest practices to protect salmonid habitat --
as a matter of scientific concern. We believe they will be useful to anyone
working on private forestland habitat issues, on forestry HCP's or similar
forested landscapes.

We are sending this bulletin to several lists. Please forgive any
cross-postings. Also, feel free to forward this to colleagues who might be
interested.
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Glen Spain, Program Director
Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR)
PO Box 11170, Eugene, OR 97440-3370
(541)689-2000 Fax: (541)689-2500
Home Page: <http://www.pond.net/~fish1ifr>

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