Timber Sale Lawsuit Heads to 9th Circuit Court

Wed, March 17, 2010
Posted in Alaska News

Three environmental groups are taking their case against a Prince of Wales Island timber sale to a higher court. They’re seeking an injunction to stop logging they say will hurt wolves, deer and salmon. The timber industry says the sale will keep Southeast’s last mid-sized mill in business. And the Forest Service says tree-cutting near Coffman Cove will preserve enough wildlife habitat.

Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska – Juneau

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Ervon Fairbanks

I have a son who is a Washington State game warden and I has a daughter in law who was an enfocement officer for the Forest Service in the Olympic National Forest. Both of them are advocates of controlled and regulated logging and timber harvest. The Olympic National Forest is so dense and under grown that it is not animal habitat for the big animals. You can drive the the Olympic Penninsula and you find the deer, elk, bear, and mountain lyons living in the areas that have been clear cut and on the ranchers range because they cannot move through dense unlogged forests. Logging and cleaning out the dense under growth actually enhanses the animal habitat.
leeeedwards

I live on Prince of Wales Island and can tell you the tree harvest actually helps the deer population. These people who are against it live in places like Pelosi ville - Frisco- along with their gay judges and weird Ideas. They are sheep , following Their lame leader. The tree harvest opens up the forrest to sunlight so the grass and berry bushes can grow.
rayrusaw

I worked in POW as a teenager for the forest service as a tree thinner and I can tell you the forest here in Southeast comes back fast. Why is it that all the tree huggers cry dont hurt the planet and let hundred of others go without a job. Signed Ray Rusaw