PL Bear River Oldgrowth Clearcutting Plan Update

"Brush Up", one of Pacific Lumbers new oldgrowth logging plans in Bear River is up for "second review" on Thursday, March 30th. Public comment period will end about 10 days after that. After public comment closes it will probably be around 15 days at the earliest that CDF could approve it as long as things go smoothly. Located on the extremely steep north face of Rainbow Ridge, 14 acres of Oldgrowth Douglas Fir will be clearcut and then burned or sprayed with herbicides if this plan goes unchallenged. A similiar plan called "PC Road"is proposed just a few miles away next to Peaked Creek, also in Bear River. Together these plans propose 87.6 acres of clearcutting on these steep, landslide prone slopes. The Brush Up plan also includes over a mile of proposed roadbuilding. One section of road leads away from the logging and towards other stands. The road will likely be used to access other stands in the future. Included in the plan is a map showing a proposed road from a previous logging plan that was never constructed.This road would drop over 1,300 ft. in elevation and cross the river, connecting to the main haul road there. This road is not shown on any other proposed road map in the plan. PL proposes to " broadcast burn", aka napalm, the entire logging area. Some of the units are direcly adjacent to existing clearcuts logged a few years ago. In the picture above you can see the edge of unit 3 of "Brush Up". Contrary to what I first reported, word has it from surveyors that there is no oldgrowth in the new Monument Creek logging plan near Scotia. Technical info.: 1-05-237 "PC Road" clearcut 55 acres selection 0.8 no harvest 11.4 1-06-001 "Brush Up" clearcut 55 acres selection 0.3 right of way (road buliding) 4.1 no harvest 54.4 you can send public comment to CDF at; santarosapubliccomment@fire.ca.gov or California Department of Forestry attn. forest practice 135 Ridgeway Ave. Santa Rosa, Ca. 95401