And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
From: "Sally Tuttle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:@gatem02.netusa1.net;>
Subject: Fw: Protect the Hoosier National Forest from the Forest Service!
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 12:18:31 -0500
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From: Tracy Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: Protect the Hoosier National Forest from the Forest Service!
>Immediate ACTION ALERT
>
>Please Foward Widely!!!
>> >
>> >The U.S. Forest Service has recently announced
>> plans to maintain 3,335
>> >acres of openings on the Hoosier National Forest
>> through a combination of
>> >mowing and burning. You can comment on this plan
>> and prevent further
>> >fragmentation and destruction of this country's
>> smallest publicly-owned
>> >National Forest (see below for sample letter and
>> address). Comments must
>> >be postmarked by or on April 20.
>> >
>> >The health and wellbeing of the Hoosier National
>> Forest will be harmed
>> >greatly by the maintenance of the openings. Many
>> species of birds and
>> >animals require large contiguous stretches of
>> forest, and some of these
>> >are declining at alarming rates. Maintaining open
>> holes in the canopy may
>> >harm their continued survival. The Hoosier should
>> be maintained as a
>> >forest, not an opening!
>> >
>> >The Forest Service is attempting to mislead the
>> public in their analysis
>> >of the effects of the project on the Hoosier. For
>> instance, they claim
>> >that maintaining 958 openings will not contribute
>> to the fragmentation of
>> >the forest "because of their location in already
>> fragmented areas."
>> >Actually, it is precisely because the landscape
>> surrounding the Hoosier is
>> >already so fragmented that these openings should
>> not be maintained -there
>> >is no need for early successional habitat.
>> >
>> >The Forest Service claims it will be helping
>> species that rely on openings
>> >in the landscape. The majority of the species they
>> name are grassland
>> >species, and the openings are too small for these
>> animals to use. Like
>> >birds that require interior forest with few edges,
>> the grassland birds
>> >that are of concern need large blocks of
>> unfragmented habitat (i.e. no
>> >forested areas).
>> >
>> >For example, the Forest Service claims to be
>> maintaining habitat for
>> >Henslow's Sparrow, but this species requires at
>> least 100 acres of
>> >contiguous grasslands to breed. Also, the Forest
>> Service claims that they
>> >will be creating Bachmans's Sparrow habitat, but
>> they fail to recognize
>> >this bird has been extirpated from Indiana for
>> nearly 20 years.
>> >
>> >Openings do occur naturally in the Forest.
>> Sometimes wind, snow and/or
>> >ice cause the trees to fall down. These are natural
>> events. These should
>> >be the only openings in the Hoosier National Forest
>> -there is no need to
>> >actively maintain openings!
>> >
>> >If the Forest Service decides to move forward on
>> any portion of this
>> >project, it needs to complete an Environmental
>> Impact Statement and truly
>> >look at the effects this would have on our forest.
>> >
>> >Contact the Indiana Forest Alliance at 812-332-4878
>> for more info.
>> >
>> >Please Write! Here is a sample letter you can use:
>> >
>> >U.S. Forest Service
>> >Hoosier National Forest/ Chip Weber
>> >811 Constitution Ave.
>> >Bedford, IN 47421
>> >
>> >Dear Mr. Weber,
>> >
>> >I would like to comment on the proposed forest
>> openings project. Thank you
>> >for giving me the chance to comment.
>> >
>> >I do not think the Forest Service should maintain
>> openings on the Hoosier.
>> >The creation and maintenance of openings should be
>> left to mother nature.
>> >This means when that when they are created, please
>> do not log them as you
>> >have done in the past. Let them be natural!
>> >
>> >If the Forest Service should decide to continue
>> with any portion the
>> >project, then an environmental impact statement
>> should be completed. The
>> >short analysis the Forest Service has completed is
>> very inadequate.
>> >
>> >The primary role of the Hoosier National Forest
>> should be the protection
>> >of large blocks of un-managed forest. There are
>> many species that rely
>> >upon these contiguous forests. These species, such
>> as the cerulean
>> >warbler, are much more threatened than any species
>> that rely on openings,
>> >of which there are no shortage in southern Indiana.
>>
>> >
>> >The few species that are of concern and need open
>> habitat will not use
>> >these openings because they are too small. If the
>> Forest Service wants to
>> >manage for these species, they should create a
>> separate grasslands
>> >project.
>> >
>> >Please keep me up to date on all news concerning
>> this project.
>> >Sincerely,
>> >[your name and address]
>> >
>> >For More Information, Contact:
>> >
>> >Indiana Forest Alliance, 812-332-4878
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
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