BUR
REAU OF LAND
L
MANA
AGEMENT
Forr release: Feb
bruary 23, 2011
Contactt:
Jim W
Whittington
(541)) 618-2220
Midd
dle App
plegatte Wattersheed Piloot Prooject:
Co
ommunity Meeting
M
gs--M
March 1 and 2
M
Medford--T
The Applegatte Partnershiip and Waterrshed Counccil, the Southhern Oregonn Small
D
Diameter Co
ollaborative, and the Burreau of Land
d Managemennt (BLM) innvite the pubblic to
ccommunity meetings
m
on March 1 or 2 to share in
nformation aand solicit iddeas for the ddesign and
implementation of the Middle
M
Appleegate Watersshed Pilot Prroject. Pleasse join us on March 1
aat the Appleegate School from 6 PM
M to 8 PM or
o on March 2 at the Up
pper Appleggate
G
Grange from
m 7 PM to 9 PM.
T
The first phaase of the Pillot Project iss expected to
o be on abouut 400-800 off the approxiimately
880,000 acres within the Middle
M
Appllegate watershed. The S
Secretary of tthe Interior, Ken
S
Salazar, desiignated the Middle
M
Applegate Waterrshed Pilot P
Project to appply the guidiing
pprinciples deeveloped by forest scienttists Drs. Jerrry Franklin and Norm Joohnson. Thoose
pprinciples av
void the harv
vest of old grrowth trees greater
g
than 150 years olld and entry into
rroadless areaas. The Mid
ddle Applegaate Watersheed Pilot Projject will be ffully consisteent with
tthe Northwesst Forest Plaan and the National Enviironmental P
Policy Act.
L
Local citizen
ns, residents of the Appleegate, foresters, and reprresentatives of timber annd
eenvironmenttal interests on
o behalf of the Southern
n Oregon Sm
mall Diameteer Collaboraative and
tthe Applegatte Partnership & Watersshed Councill are workingg together w
with the BLM
M to
involve the Middle
M
Appllegate comm
munity in the cooperativee design, impplementationn, and
m
monitoring of
o the Pilot Project.
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M
More inform
mation about the Pilot, thee Applegate Partnership and the Souuthern Oregoon Small
D
Diameter Co
ollaborative may
m be foun
nd at:
http://www.applegatepartnership.org/
http://pacrim
mrcd.org/page.aasp?navid=313
http://www.blm.goov/or/districts/m
medford/foresttrypilot/
http://w
www.applegateer.org/pdf/20111/v04n01/v04n01p09.pdf
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