ODF: Cuts coming due to lawsuit over endangered species
COOS COUNTY, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Forestry is cutting six to seven jobs at its Coos District office.
According to ODF spokesman Rod Nichols, the cuts will come from those working with the Elliott State Forest Management Plan.
They say it is a response to timber harvests being reduced from 40 million board feet to just 15 million board feet.
Nichols says they will try to give those employees other positions within the department.
Officials say there is a lawsuit that halted logging in 11 forests, including Elliott, because of a threatened species, the Marbled Murrelet.
So, the projected 40 million board feet that they were going to be able to harvest in the Elliott State Forest for 2013-2014 has been reduced to 15 million board feet.
There are 23 total positions with the Elliott State Forest Management Plan. They actually have to cut 9 to 10 positions, but three of those are currently vacant.
Shoot the birds and keep logging. If u dont like it get the hell out of oregon
STOP SENDING OUR RESOURCES OVERSEAS!!! Oregon is about cut down now.
Since responsible harvesting more trees are planted than harvested. Leave them alone they grow diseased and die. The economy needs boosted not destroyed. Logging is not hurting the animals or the air we breath. Probably helps more than you think.
Then the idiots that run this state wonder why the counties cannot meet the needs of our schools and other county bills. A reduction of 75% of cutting on a managed forest that is cut, replanted and cut again is stupid to the maximum.
ugh these stupid groups
sweet more money for our schools..Haha
:)
Families are the real endangered species and our "government" is letting those special interest groups end us altogether.
Trees are a renewable resource. The archaic practices of decades ago are still prevalent in the minds of those who have come against logging. Today, reforestation is required. Add to this that younger, actively growing trees absorb more carbon dioxide and produce more oxygen than overly mature trees. They also have rapidly growing root systems that prevent soil erosion by holding the soil in place. As for the wildlife, studies have shown that a variety of habitat in the forest setting does not prove to be detrimental to the health/well-being of a species.
No way. We need to keep logging. And replant what we do log. : )
The local Mayor and city council should be busting butt to bring new business too town whether it's manufacturing,restaurants or any small business through tax break incentives or outright loans with stipulations like producing x number of jobs within x amout of time.
Logging is the blood of our county. The more it is cut back the more our county dies.
Cut down on logging. Not only is it running out the animals, but the air we breath.
Logging helps jobs, thins out the trees and helps our economy. Guess what the animals move! They've been breeding with other species! These towns are dying because there are no jobs.
Who the hell is KCBY to tell me who to blame it on?
folks here had a sustainable industry until around the early 90s. You over cut. Now you've over fished. Nothing left but catering to tourists and attracting retirees. I feel so sorry for your community.