Ending The Ecosystem of Yellow Creek

We took these photos on March 19. As of April 4, 1996 the unit is still not finished, but yarding (pulling the trees over the ground to the trucks) will begin tomorrow on the other units. Some of those trees have been on the ground since December '95. If you are in Sutherlin or Roseburg next week, and you happen to see huge (one to three logs per truck) ancient trees rolling through town, tip your hat and bow your head. The funeral procession is about to begin.

"Management" of Unit 3

This tree is laying directly in a small flowing creek that had beautiful yew trees on the banks. The yew trees have since been crushed and shattered. You won't see the yew trees in the funeral next week, but you might recognize this historical treasure going south on Interstate 5 from Sutherlin to Dillard.

Unit 3 has not yet been totally demolished. The tree with the person hugging it (red shirt) is awaiting its fate, watching the clearcut line advancing up the hill. Judge for yourself, is this salvage of dead and dying trees? This forest was in a Late Successional Reserve, set aside under Clinton's forest plan to be the future unlogged refuge for old-growth dependent species on the brink of extension. Roseburg Forest Products, with the help of the 104th Congress, has wiped it out with brutal old damaging logging methods.

Call the capitol switchboard now and ask to speak to your Senator or Representative.
Tell them we need to stop logging on public lands. Their Washington, D.C. numbers are:

Senator Smith at 1-202-224-3753 and Senator Wyden at 1-202-224-5244