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ALERT - December 4, 2006: Protect Our Woods joins allies to submit a response to the Draft Supplement to the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the German Ridge Restoration Project in Hoosier National Forest1. The Public Wants No Logging2. The Pines Are Getting Old - Timber Industry Focus3. Inconsistent Information about the Time Frame of the Analysis4. Why Are Natural Disturbances Not Enough?5. Edge and Early Successional Habitats in Short Supply?6. Alternatives to Cutting and Burning for Creating Early Successional Habitat Not Considered7. The Questionable Need of Restoring Oak Hickory: Part 1 of 2, Part 2 of 28. Are Logging and Fire the Right Tools to Restore Oak Hickory? Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 39. Failure To Consider Reasonable Alternatives to Logging For Oak-Hickory Restoration10. Cumulative Effects Analysis Is Still Insufficient: Part 1 of 4, Part 2 of 4, Part 3 of 4, Part 4 of 411. Standards and Guidelines12. Deficiencies of Cash Flow Analysis13. Roadless Areas14. The Size of Clearcuts15. Blowdown of Hardwoods – Where is the Evidence?16. Logging of Hardwoods: Part 1 of 2, Part 2 of 217. Prescribed Burning: Part 1 of 6, Part 2 of 6, Part 3 of 6, Part 4 of 6, Part 5 of 6, Part 6 of 618. Illegal Hoosier-Shawnee Ecological Assessment is Heavily Relied Upon in the Hoosier Plan19. The Forest Plan is Illegal20. Indiana bat: Part 1 of 5, Part 2 of 5, Part 3 of 5, Part 4 of 5, Part 5 of 521. Species Survival22. Persons Who May Be Interested Or Affected Were Left Out Of Scoping Process For The DSFEIS23. Recreation24. Forests and Climate Change25. Pine Plantations Have Ecological Functions26. Deer Impacts Neglected27. Riparian Protections Are Inadequate28. Soil Analysis Is Incomplete – Soils Could Be Harmed Permanently: Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 329. Deficiencies of Economic Analysis: Part 1 of 2, Part 2 of 230. No Satisfactory Analysis of Ecosystem Services: Part 1 of 2, Part 2 of 231. Hoosier National Forest Plan Management AreasContact information for the allies identified above: Karyn Moskowitz, MBA Christine Glaser, PhD GreenFire Consulting Group Jeanne Melchior, President Protect Our Woods P.O. Box 352 Paoli, Indiana 47454 Mark Donham Heartwood RR # 1, Box 308 Brookport, IL 62910 Drew Laird, Coordinator Indiana Forest Alliance The Caldwell Center for Culture and Ecology 323 S. Walnut Avenue Bloomington, IN 47401-3511 Jess A. Gwinn, Conservation Chair Sassafras Audubon Society POB 85 Bloomington, IN 47402 Tree of Life Alliance Perry County, IN Protect Our Woods
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