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December 11, 2003
Defend Allegheny Wilderness!
The US Forest Service has proposed a very large timber sale immediately adjacent to the largest old growth tract in Pennsylvania in the heart of the Allegheny Defense Project's proposed Tionesta Wilderness Area. Please act today to help protect this National Natural Landmark!
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If approved two miles of old growth boundary will be compromised by adjacent commercial logging. In the name of "forest health" the Forest Service would remove downed trees vital to restoring degraded soil health and important wildlife habitat. More than 1,000 acres is planned for the heart of the proposed Tionesta Wilderness Area.
In all, the Martin Run Timber Sale calls for 2,352 acres of commercial logging including more than 1,000 acres of clearcutting. The Forest Service also proposed new road construction, more than 1,000 acres of herbicide spraying, and 900 acres of release cutting (primarily for future timber management).
This is very important. Please write a letter to Forest Supervisor Kevin Elliott in protest of this egregious timber sale.
Write:
Supervisor Kevin B. Elliott
Allegheny National Forest
P.O. Box 847
Warren, PA 16365
kbelliott@fs.fed.us
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Posted by jkleissler at December 11, 2003 01:06 PM
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