Post by xena on Nov 8, 2003 13:09:50 GMT -5
The Lands Council a member of the Selkirk Coalition
Protecting the Selkirk Mountains
The beautiful Selkirk Mountains are located in northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and southeastern British Columbia. Among the large array of flora and fauna found in the mountain ecosystem are several endangered, threatened and sensitive species including the Mountain Caribou, Grizzly Bear, Bull Trout, Gray Wolf, and Lynx. These animals depend on healthy watersheds and habitats, necessities that are being rapidly destroyed through the invasive processes of logging, mining, gas exploration, road building, and motorized vehicle use.
The Lands Council and the Selkirk Coalition are countering these practices by:
Along with Friends of the Clearwater, National Forest Protection Alliance and Alliance for the Wild Rockies, TLC submitted a Forest Restoration Alternative for the Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai National Forest forest plan revision. The Alternative emphasizes environmental preservation, protection, wilderness designation, and restoration, and eliminate commercial logging and other resource extraction, prohibit new road construction, and create a comprehensive Off-Road Vehicle plan. Recovery of Threatened and Endangered species should be the highest priority. Restoring watershed function and restoring natural forest processes should be the next priority.
Thirty letters of support for the Forest Restoration Alternative from members, and other conservation organizations were generated.
Working to secure permanent protection for critical wildlife habitat in the Selkirk Mountains, as well identify and protect corridors with other core areas the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative area, such as the Kootenai River watershed that divides the Selkirk Mountains with the Purcell Mountains and Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem. Of particular concern is the mountain caribou, the most endangered mammal in the U.S.
Reviewing and challenging the Biological Opinion for the Colville National Forest issued by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The BO is inadequate, inconsistent and weak. Even the Forest Plan has stronger guidelines then the BO. A letter of disapproval by the Coalition regarding the BO is being sent to the US Fish and Wildlife Service in DC and asking them to take immediate action to protect the mountain caribou, grizzly bear, and lynx.
Defenders of Wildlife, W. Alton Jones Foundation, the Wilburforce Foundation, Paul G.Allen Forest Protection Foundation, and Patagonia, Inc. funded project.
Protecting the Selkirk Mountains
The beautiful Selkirk Mountains are located in northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and southeastern British Columbia. Among the large array of flora and fauna found in the mountain ecosystem are several endangered, threatened and sensitive species including the Mountain Caribou, Grizzly Bear, Bull Trout, Gray Wolf, and Lynx. These animals depend on healthy watersheds and habitats, necessities that are being rapidly destroyed through the invasive processes of logging, mining, gas exploration, road building, and motorized vehicle use.
The Lands Council and the Selkirk Coalition are countering these practices by:
Along with Friends of the Clearwater, National Forest Protection Alliance and Alliance for the Wild Rockies, TLC submitted a Forest Restoration Alternative for the Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai National Forest forest plan revision. The Alternative emphasizes environmental preservation, protection, wilderness designation, and restoration, and eliminate commercial logging and other resource extraction, prohibit new road construction, and create a comprehensive Off-Road Vehicle plan. Recovery of Threatened and Endangered species should be the highest priority. Restoring watershed function and restoring natural forest processes should be the next priority.
Thirty letters of support for the Forest Restoration Alternative from members, and other conservation organizations were generated.
Working to secure permanent protection for critical wildlife habitat in the Selkirk Mountains, as well identify and protect corridors with other core areas the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative area, such as the Kootenai River watershed that divides the Selkirk Mountains with the Purcell Mountains and Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem. Of particular concern is the mountain caribou, the most endangered mammal in the U.S.
Reviewing and challenging the Biological Opinion for the Colville National Forest issued by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The BO is inadequate, inconsistent and weak. Even the Forest Plan has stronger guidelines then the BO. A letter of disapproval by the Coalition regarding the BO is being sent to the US Fish and Wildlife Service in DC and asking them to take immediate action to protect the mountain caribou, grizzly bear, and lynx.
Defenders of Wildlife, W. Alton Jones Foundation, the Wilburforce Foundation, Paul G.Allen Forest Protection Foundation, and Patagonia, Inc. funded project.