Logging

[Hotshot]

this is a awful picture of a buffer strip that the state made the loggers leave! what should they do log to the rivers edge or laeve a bigger buffer? www.olympicpeninsulafishing.com/blowdown.htm

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[TheRogue]

Without a doubt, there should be no blame placed on the logger. That buffer strip is likely "exactly" to specifications. Hold the WA DNR responsible for the logging rules? Probably. It's been my experience that in an exposed area, you might as well cut everything as to leave only 100ft. That's not enough for the trees to provide internal "network" support for each other....consequently, they blow over. Of course, this would vary with terrain and soil type. The Wa coast, with it's sandy soil, would probably be better served with something like a 500ft buffer....but then why bother logging it??

One thing I would like to observe is that there are areas on the Penninsula rivers where it looks much like this....but there is no logging activity. The streams meander their way around on a regular basis, cutting new banks and washing trees into the channel.

My .02

TR

Some one logged right down to the river on the Hoko (Clallam Bay) and it took atleast 3 times as long for the river to come back into shape after big rains this past winter.

[smilesforu]

That flash flood last year just made things even worse in the riparian zones. I am all for logging but some of the excessive stuff is really frustrating. I think the county increased the buffer zone size but had the previous permits grandfathered in.

Tight Lines
Marty

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