Court allows USFS to log in Angora burn area
Updated July 25 at 1:30pm:
The U.S. Forest Service today was given approval by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to begin logging the Angora burn when judges denied an emergency injunction sought by conservation groups.
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U.S. Forest Service officials intend this week to begin removing dead trees from the Angora burn area on the South Shore.
In documents filed Friday with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the agency says it is not required to ensure black-backed woodpeckers have adequate habitat in Lake Tahoe.
Earth Island Institute’s John Muir Project and the Center for Biological Diversity say otherwise.
They have sought an injunction to prevent the $3 million, 1,398-acre project from continuing after losing in U.S. District Court.
The Forest Service owns most of the 3,000-plus acres that were burned in the June 2007 Angora Fire. The federal agency contends removing a bulk of the trees will help prevent a future catastrophic fire and is the next step in its restoration plans.
The conservation groups believe preserving the woodpeckers’ habitat needs to be addressed before the logging can begin — if ever.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Finally a cost effective court decision.
right is right-this time the system worked
On to the next stomping ground. The Earth Institute seems to be hard headed. Maybe I can find some food over at their place.
I am so glad this is finally happening. Four years of waiting was enough.
According to UC Davis scientists, the woodpecker has plenty of habitat, because there is no shortage of snags in the Sierra. This is just a legal tool Chad Hansen from John Muir Project uses to make sure no tree is ever cut – a radical extremist view for a society that lives in wooden houses with wooden furniture.
The stupidest part of this whole thing is that the woodpeckers in question only occupy a post-wildfire forest for 4 to 6 years, or as long as the bugs that they prefer to consume are plentiful. Once the bugs have eaten their food source they migrate to a new area, and guess what the woodpeckers do? The same thing; they follow the food source.
So, no matter how long the Earth Island et. al. party tries to halt the project, in the name of protecting the woodpecker, eventually the woodpeckers will move out of the area by their own regard. They appear to be suggesting that the woodpeckers need this burned area to survive or else.
YES, PECKERS GO WHERE THEY CAN BE PECKERS ,JUST LIKE TOURIST.
REMEMEBER THE OLD SAYING OF KEEPING THE THE PECKERS IN YOUR POCKET, PAYS OFF IN THE LONG RUN.
WHEN THEY BUILT THE HEAVENLY EYE SORE, THERE WAS SOME KIND RARE BIRD NEST ON THE OLD MOVIE SHOW BUILDING,FUNNY AS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ,SOME S.O.B. TOOK A LADDER KNOCKED IT DOWN SO THE BALL ,CHAIN, COULD START THE PROCESS OF TEARING IT DOWN HAULING IT OFF.
ANY YOU HOME OWNERS EVER THOUGHT ABOUT A SKEET SHOOT WITH LIVE SKEET WITH BLACK WINGS ,RED HEADS?
THAT’S THE WAY THE CITY,CORPRATION, HANDLES THINGS ,EVEN IF YOU CAN’T PROVE IT.
I THINK JUST FOR KARMA, THE BIRDS WENT OUT MADE THE FINE AIRPORT, CITY HALL, THEIR BOMBING RANGE, ON WINDOWS,CARS, MAYOR HEAD IF THEY GOT LUCKY.
BIRDS ARE SMARTER THAN WE THINK.I KNOW MANY A LOCAL, LIKE TO HAVE THAT ONE CHANCE TO DROP A LOAD ON THESE PEA BRAINS.