And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 15:43:53 -0500 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] LBL action alert! > >* From: john johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Well, the holiday season is upon us and the Tennessee Valley Authority >is up to its usual dirty tricks by opening public comment periods during >the holidays. And, as usual, TVA wants to engage in activity that will >harm our precious environment. The following comes from some concerned >friends in Southern Illinois who live near where the Tennessee and >Cumberland Rivers flow into the Ohio River, creating Land Between the >Rivers. The area is now called Land Between the Lakes because of the >Dams and Resevoirs that have been created so we can have microwaves, >extra lights and big pleasure boats. LBL is the last big tract of >relatively contiguous hardwood forest in that area and it is PUBLIC >LAND! Please contact TVA and let them know your opposition to their >foolish plans. Please forward this message far and wide. Sorry for any >duplicate postings. > >Action Alert: > >Please send in comments by January 4, '99. If you don't have time to >write your own letter fast forward to the end for the public comment >form letter. Please get others to sign on too. Thanks. > > TVA'S 1999 LOGGING PLAN for Land Between the Lakes (LBL) > > TVA once again has Categorically Excluded logging at LBL. This >means TVA has determined that the logging will not individually or >cumulatively have a significant effect on the environment. > TVA plans on logging 4.8 million board feet of hardwood timber >this year. This constitutes approx. 31,000 trees! > In contrast the Shawnee National Forest (near LBL in Southern >Illinois), hardwood logging plan is 3.4 million board feet, yet LBL is >110,000 acres smaller than the SNF. And, the Shawnee Plan was thrown >out by the federal court system for too much logging, and not looking at >cumulative impacts of logging. > There are Standards and Guidelines for protecting the Fed. >Endangered Grey Bat (which has been found throughout LBL). However, >these guidelines are out of date and totally inadequate. Worse yet, >they aren't being followed. > In some work areas the logging contractors are using "Feller >Bunchers", bulldozers with cutting mechanisms. > There is no discussion of impacts or mitigating measures for >their use mentioned in the EIS or Plan. The Plan does not even mention >they would be used. These machines run throughout the cutting blocks and >have left huge ruts. The majority of the trees left have been hit and >scared. > >The following is a summary taken from TVA's 1999 Proposed Management >Prescriptions Public Review Package of the individual work areas. You >can get one by writing: >TVA-LBL, 100 Van Morgan Dr., Golden Pond, KY 42211 >or calling 502-924-2000 > >All work areas are on the National Wetland Inventory Map. >All work areas contain, or are bordered by and or have potential >Biosphere Reserve core areas. TVA's Plan calls for buffers around core >areas. Instead the forests around cores are being logged. >All work areas already contain open land. TVA is presently leasing farm >crop land, fenced in Bison and Elk pasture, and electric and gas lines. >Logging exacerbates the already occurring fragmentation of LBL. >All work areas contain steep ridged land, hollows, many creeks and >waterways. Most work areas border lake shoreline >All work areas contain recreation areas, trails, and scenic roads. >All work areas will have group selection clearcuts and Shelterwood cuts >(2 step clearcuts) > >WORK AREA 11 Is within the former Kentucky Woodlands Wildlife Refuge. >2 major drainages along the Lake Barkley shoreline. The point between >Molloy and Cravens Bay was designated as an eagle management area in >1983. Contains core area and potential core area. Recreation includes >Cravens bay lake access, hiking, hunting, fishing, 2 scenic roads and 1 >cemetery. Up to 434 acres could be logged. > >WORK AREA 18 Is located in the Environmental Education Area. This >entire area is within the former Kentucky Woodland National Wildlife >Refuge. Bordered by 4 of the highest use roads. Contains potential core >area and Hemitite lake, the Nature Station, trails, and picnic area, 2 >cemeteries. Used for all other rec. uses. Up to 622 acres could be >logged. > >WORK AREA 31 Is located along Kentucky Lake, with 2 creeks. North-South >trails runs through 4 cutting blocks. Contains Jenny Ridge picnic area. >Contains 4 cemeteries. Borders hwy. 68 and the Trace. Up to 458 acres >could be logged. > >WORK AREA 34 Is located along Lake Barkley, with 2 major drainages. >Contains high use rec. areas, Elbow Bay, picnic, fishing, camping spot. >Golden Pond picnic area, many horse and hike trails, and scenic drive >hwy. 68/80. Up to 339 acres could be logged. > >WORK AREA 44/45 Is located along Kentucky Lake, with large bluffs along >the shoreline. 3 creeks and an eagle nest. Contains one of the largest >core areas. 2 campgrounds, fishing and picnicking and trails. Contains 8 >cemeteries! Bordered by the Trace. Up to 686 acres could be logged. > >WORK AREA 52 Is located along the Trace. Contains 2 creeks. North-South >trail runs through 5 cutting blocks. Contains Tenn. fire tower and >several legal roads. Contains 5 cemeteries. Up to 442 acres could be >logged. > >The PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD ENDS JANUARY 4. Please write your own letter >or send in the form letter provided. >Thanks, >Kristi Hanson >RR 1 Brookport Il. 62910 >618-564-3367 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >_________________________________________________________________________ > >Richard Lowe >Resource Management TVA date____________ >100 Van Morgan Dr. >Golden Pond KY, 42211-9000 > >Dear Mr. Lowe, > I object to TVA's plans to log 4.8 Million Board Feet of timber >in the work areas identified in the 1999 Forest Management Prescriptions >Public Review Package. > Logging is not appropriate for LBL's mission of education and >recreation. > I do not want to see logging when I visit LBL. I want to see >natural beautiful forests not logged over rutted logging sites. > Science shows clearly that our environment is seriously lacking >unfragmented forests. Logging and open land occurs all around LBL. LBL >has the opportunity to become our much needed continuous block of >forest. > The 1999 Plan allows for logging around highly recreated areas. >For example Hematite Lake, and the Environmental Education Center, >Lakeshore, trails, and scenic roads. > I would like to see TVA concentrate on taking care of LBLs >campgrounds, and trails, and do scientific research on the many plants >and animals in LBL. > > Sincerely, > > > >-- >Caveat: if the opinions, ideas, and facts in this email are too radical >than they do NOT reflect the positions of the more "moderate" groups and >individuals i associate with... if the same are too moderate than they >do NOT reflect the positions of the more "radical" groups and >individuals i associate with. >---------------------------------------- >john johnson >Outreach Coordinator - >Dogwood Alliance >c/o KEF! >P.O. 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