SIZE
213 acres; 6.4 million board feet from 21 harvest units

CONTRACT HOLDER
Herbert Lumber

MEDFORD BLM CONTACT
Lynda Boody, (541 - 618 2279), 3040 Biddle Road, Medford 97504

LOCATION
Wilson/Walker Creeks, West Fork Cow Creek, South Umpqua River drainage, Douglas County. T 32S, R 9W

STATUS
EA was completed in July 2001, Decision Record came out October 2001. Auctioned in November 2001 to Herbert Lumber. Logging began in spring 2003. Injunction denied, case is in court. Attorney Ralph Bloemers, from Cascadia Resource Advocacy Group, is handling the lawsuit for KS Wild.

BACKGROUND
Much of the proposed timber extraction areas are located in Critical Habitat designated for the recovery and eventual de-listing of the northern spotted owl from the Endangered Species Act.

The integrity of late-successional forests in the Mr. Wilson project area are severely compromised by past extraction activities. The West Fork Cow Creek Ecosystem Analysis anticipates that all remaining older forests in private lands will be removed, and that, "virtually all of this habitat will occur only on federal lands." Even fragments of late-successional habitat are ecologically significant and irreplaceable. The BLM must start planning wood extraction activities in plantations instead of mature forests.

Five of the 21 harvest units have red tree voles, and several units have Del Norte salamander, Survey and Manage fungi, mollusks, and bat roost trees.

This project will cause unacceptable impacts to soil resources. The use of ground based logging equipment almost always compacts soil causing reduced site productivity, drastically altered soil food web relationships, reduced infiltration and increases in surface run-off, as well as causes higher incidences of root damage. The West Fork of Cow Creek, Wilson Creek and Walker Creek are beyond all conceivable thresholds for adverse cumulative hydrologic effects. According to the Ecosystem Analysis, Walker Creek is a "high concern" for adverse cumulative hydrologic effects.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Visit the Mr. Wilson Timber Sale! The Medford BLM is threatening forest ecosystems throughout their jurisdiction. Cumulative effects from a century of industrial logging is taking a toll on our bioregion. Call KS Wild for maps and directions to this and other Medford BLM timber sales.

PLEASE CALL the BLM and ask that they stop preparing mature and old-growth timber sales. Ron Wenker, Medford BLM Manager 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97501 541-618-2411 Lynda Boody, Glendale Resource Area Field Manager 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, Oregon 97501 (541 - 618 2279)