{"id":338,"date":"2020-03-29T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skyvalleyfuture.org\/?p=338"},"modified":"2020-03-30T05:26:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T05:26:50","slug":"dnr-plans-massive-timber-sales-in-reiter-foothills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skyvalleyfuture.org\/dnr-plans-massive-timber-sales-in-reiter-foothills\/","title":{"rendered":"DNR Plans 7 New Timber Sales in Reiter Foothills"},"content":{"rendered":"
You may have heard about the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR’s) controversial proposed Middle May timber sale in Reiter Foothills Forest that was scheduled for April 2020.<\/p>\n
(Many people familiar with the blocked Singletary logging plan said that Middle May is basically a re-brand of Singletary<\/strong>, with minor changes.)<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The good news is that the Board of Natural Resources has decided to postpone the Middle May sale until at least May 2020, in part because more than 600 community members used our website form to voice their concerns<\/strong> to decision makers<\/strong> about its harmful effect on Wallace Falls State Park and the Gold Bar economy.<\/p>\n What most Gold Bar and Skykomish Valley residents aren’t aware of is that 6 more logging operations are planned between in Reiter Foothills Forest between Gold Bar and Index.<\/strong><\/p>\n The total acreage logged amounts to over 1,000 acres, much of it as a Variable Retention Harvest. (Variable Retention Harvest basically looks like a clearcut<\/strong> because it leaves only 8 trees per acre.)<\/p>\n Here’s the map from Department of Natural Resources, with our blue arrows showing the sites.<\/p>\n6 more logging operations now planned by 2025<\/h6>\n