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Last Friday George Shelton, Washington Department of Natural Resources =
(DNR), Southeast Region in Ellensburg, withdrew Unit # 3 from the =
Overpass Timber Sale! This is the "old growth or late seral ponderosa =
pine" stand which many of you visited and some of you wrote letters to =
the DNR, asking them to withdraw this unit from the proposed timber sale =
because of it's importance to wildlife and particularly birds dependent =
on larger diameter Ponderosa Pine and the associated snags in this stand =
located in the transition zone south of Robinson Canyon on the L.T. =
Murray Wildlife Area. There are few good examples of this type of late =
seral ponderosa pine habitat left in eastern WA. =20
George insists it was a silvicultural decision rather than anything to =
do with being the sale that has generated more letters from the birding =
community than any other in the Southeast Region!! A special thank you =
to Jim Stephenson, TFW Biologist with the Yakama Indian Nation, Cindi =
Confer, TFW bio with WDFW and all the birders who joined the Eastside =
USFS Neotropical Bird Training this Spring, the Nature Conservancy, =
Kittitas Audubon and the rest of you for your interest. I made over a =
dozen trips up that road in the last three years trying to get more =
people involved. It wasn't until the birding community got involved and =
passed the word along that we got the DNR's attention.
For those who haven't made it, but want to visit this stand in the =
future, feel free to request a map of the L.T. Murray Wildlife Area by =
e-mail or calling me at (509) 925-6746. It's a small victory, since we =
started out with a Great Gray Owl and Northern Goshawk in Unit # 1 and =
Unit # 2 may still require opening a closed road through the winter elk =
feeding area in Robinson Canyon, but I appreciate your concern and =
assistance. =20
Good birding!
Doug Kuehn
Manager, L.T. Murray Wildlife Area
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
P.S. The DNR now plans to trade this "old-growth" stand to Washington =
Department of Fish and Wildlife for timbered land elsewhere. I will keep =
you posted.
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Last Friday George Shelton, =
Washington=20
Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Southeast Region in Ellensburg, =
withdrew=20
Unit # 3 from the Overpass Timber Sale! This is the "old =
growth or=20
late seral ponderosa pine" stand which many of you visited and some =
of you=20
wrote letters to the DNR, asking them to withdraw this unit from the =
proposed=20
timber sale because of it's importance to wildlife and particularly =
birds=20
dependent on larger diameter Ponderosa Pine and the associated snags in =
this=20
stand located in the transition zone south of Robinson Canyon on the =
L.T. Murray=20
Wildlife Area. There are few good examples of this type of late =
seral=20
ponderosa pine habitat left in eastern WA. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>George insists it was a =
silvicultural decision=20
rather than anything to do with being the sale that has generated more =
letters=20
from the birding community than any other in the Southeast =
Region!! A=20
special thank you to Jim Stephenson, TFW Biologist with the Yakama =
Indian=20
Nation, Cindi Confer, TFW bio with WDFW and all the birders who joined =
the=20
Eastside USFS Neotropical Bird Training this Spring, the Nature =
Conservancy,=20
Kittitas Audubon and the rest of you for your interest. I made =
over a=20
dozen trips up that road in the last three years trying to get more =
people=20
involved. It wasn't until the birding community got involved and =
passed=20
the word along that we got the DNR's attention.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>For those who haven't made it, but want to visit =
this stand in=20
the future, feel free to request a map of the L.T. Murray Wildlife Area =
by=20
e-mail or calling me at (509) 925-6746. It's a small victory, =
since we=20
started out with a Great Gray Owl and Northern Goshawk in Unit # 1 and =
Unit # 2=20
may still require opening a closed road through the winter elk feeding =
area in=20
Robinson Canyon, but I appreciate your concern and assistance. =20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Good birding!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Doug Kuehn</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Manager, L.T. Murray Wildlife Area</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Washington Department of Fish and =
Wildlife</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>P.S. The DNR now plans to trade this =
"old-growth" stand to Washington Department of Fish and =
Wildlife for=20
timbered land elsewhere. I will keep you =
posted.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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