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The latest chapter in this administration's efforts to undo many of the significant protections of the Northwest Forest Plan concerns the Plan's Survey and Manage requirement. This important but lesser known requirement of the Northwest Forest Plan simply directs the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management to conduct surveys for specific species in areas proposed for logging and road building. Where certain species utilize a location, the agencies must then manage to protect known nest sites or other habitat features. Under the administration's direction, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior are poised to issue a decision that will eliminate the Survey and Manage requirement. Scientists' Mitigation for the Red Tree Vole Fortunately, scientists, concerned about the negative effects that would accrue from eliminating the Survey and Manage requirement have proposed a mitigation measure specifically for the Oregon red tree vole. The vole is a small and unique mammal with a highly unusual habitat -- it nests high in the canopy of Oregon's old-growth forests. With Survey and Manage about to be eliminated, scientists are recommending continued surveys and protection of known sites for the red tree vole at the most northern and southern extent of its range where numbers of red tree voles are considerably fewer. At the southern end are forest habitats in Josephine and Jackson Counties of southwestern Oregon -- including the Siskiyou Wild Rivers region. It is far from certain that the administration will actually adopt the scientists' recommended mitigation for the red tree vole. Indeed, based on information recently gathered by Siskiyou Project, it appears that the administration's preference is not to adopt this mitigation measure. What You Can Do Letters are urgently needed NOW to Secretary of Interior Kempthorne and Secretary of Agriculture Johanns. Please urge them to adopt the red tree vole mitigation. Their decision is expected later this month or by early July at the latest. If you live in southern Oregon, please send a copy of your letter to Congressman Peter DeFazio. If you have questions or need additional information, please call Rich Nawa, staff ecologist for Siskiyou Project, at 541-476-6648.
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