Author
Jane Brissett
Contributing Writer
Two Forest Natural Disasters
| Superior National Forest Blowdown, July 1999 |
Bitterroot National Forest Fires, Summer 2002 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Forest size in acres | 2,171,000 |
1,558,000 |
| Blowdown/burned areas on federal land (acres) | 477,000 |
307,000 |
| Percent of blowdown/burned area where no logging allowed due to wilderness designation | 60 |
50 |
| Approved salvage logging on federal land (acres) | 3,300 |
14,000* |
| Board feet of salvage logged/to be logged | 67 million |
60 million |
| Controlled burn area (acres) | 75,000 approved |
3,000 proposed |
| Examples of other recovery areas | 3,460 acres tree planting, 2,170 acres seeding, 7,030 acres regeneration in treated areas |
33,000 acres tree planting 150 miles of roads decommissioned, 500 miles of road repair |
| Estimated recovery expenditures for 2001 | $13 million |
$7 million |
| *The Forest Service originally suggested logging 73,000 acres, then modified the plan to about 42,000 acres. The Forest Service has been ordered to collect public comment on the modified plan, and currently, 14,000 acres of salvage logging has been approved. | ||
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