8/6/1996 75

KAIBAB NATIONAL FOREST PROPOSES MASSIVE SALVAGE TIMBERS SALE ON THE BORDER OF THE GRAND CANYON

Following a 56,000 acre fire which burned primarily through pinyon-juniper woodlands, the Kaibab National Forest plans to log 35million board feet on 3,000 acres of ponderosa pine. Though the forest seeded the burn area with exotic grasses and plans to allow continued cattle grazing, the logging plan is being billed as"ecosystem restoration."

Carried out under the Salvage Rider, the sale will not be subject to environmental laws, public review or appeal. The sale is near the border of the Grand Canyon.

The Southwest Center has vowed to protest the sale through litigation and civil disobedience if necessary.

Please write the Kaibab, tell them no salvage logging near the Grand
Canyon:

Conny Frisch, Forest Supervisor Kaibab National Forest 800 S. Sixth St., Williams, AZ 86046520.635.8200