Forest Service Admits 'Serious' Mistake In Logging Rare Tree Preserve

[matcom]

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GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The Forest Service admitted Wednesday to making a "serious" mistake that allowed the logging of 17 acres inside a rare tree reserve as part of the salvage harvest of timber burned by a fire in 2002.

The logging inside the 350-acre Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area, created in 1966 to protect Brewer spruce and other rare plant species in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, was discovered last week by environmentalists after the timber was harvested and a forest closure intended to bar protesters was lifted.

Forest Service personnel mismarked the border of part of the timber sale next to the botanical area, said Illinois Valley District Ranger Pam Bode. Normally trees are marked with stapled tags and paint to show the boundaries of timber sales and reserves within them.

"For us to have changed the ecology in that area through removal of these dead trees is a serious error," Bode said.

Spokeswoman Patty Burel said the Forest Service would look into the blunder.

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/4894720/detail.html

[DS1]

1. But we gotta have jobs!

hey, that was in my auto-fill, I think I'll use it more

[Fenris]

5. Is this for some kind of homosexual rodeo?

**thanks, auto-fill**

[GOPisEvil]

Yeah, great, look into the blunder, Patty.

How about not screwing things up in the first place?

[opihimoimoi]

2. It was a MISTAKE??? Thats all? What else? The whole BushCo thing

turns out to be a MISTAKE....

[Zuni]

3. "It was like a Threes Company Episode" Forestry Officials said

[curse10]

4. Jesus H. Fucking Christ!

Why can't we just let the forests alone! They fucking burn down for a reason! Fucking idiots! And these people are supposed to be protecting our "national treasures." :eyes: