Secretaria
al Forestry Pilot Proje
ects Updatte: Februaary 18, 20110 In Decemberr 2010, Secrettary of the Intterior Ken Sallazar set in m
motion a plan to apply the principles of ecological resstoration, as suggested byy Drs. Norm Jo
ohnson and Jeerry Franklin,, on BLM land
ds within the Roseburg and
d Medford Diistricts. As th
he BLM movess forward witth these pilott projects we’ll be regularlyy posting updaates about the
eir status. Secretaria
al Pilot Pro
oject Open House: The BLM hossted an open house to introduce the pu
ublic to the Rooseburg and Medford Secrretarial Pilot projects on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. The me
eeting primar ily focused on
n introduction of the Roseburg Pilo
ot with Drs. Jo
ohnson and Franklin. Therre were roughhly 60 attendees to the meeeting. urg District Maanager Jay Caarlson fielded
d questions from memberss of Drs. Johnson and Franklin with Rosebu
the public du
uring the two‐‐hour session
n. Questions posed by thoose present raanged from th
he reasoning behind the ch
hoice of the Myrtle Creek watershed fo
or the Rosebuurg pilot to whether or nott old growth timber would
d be potentially logged as part of the Piilot demonstrration. Many questions related to the potential eco
onomic impliccations of the
e pilots and th
he nature of D rs. Johnson and Franklin’s methods to
o produce an economically viable volume of timber while at the saame time meeting forest ecosystem needs. A statement prepared by Senators Wyden and Merkley, and Conngressman Peeter DeFazio was read in support of th
he Secretarial Pilot Projects. Ecological Forestry Workshop
W
: Drs. Johnson and Franklin held a foresttry workshop focusing on t heir proposeed prescriptio
on techniquess for the Secre
etarial Pilot Prrojects Thursd
day, Februaryy 17, 2011. A
An estimated 150 people atttended the workshop inccluding memb
bers of the pu
ublic, various environmenttal and business communiity groups, multiple agen
ncy staff as well as represe
entatives from
m the Oregonn Congression
nal delegation
n. e current und
derstanding of: (1) Naturall stand develo
opment and the structure The program reviewed the
and function of Pacific No
orthwest conifferous forests; (2) Disturb ances and thee nature and role of biological leggacies of distu
urbances; (3) Nature and im
mportance off early successsional (pre‐fo
orest) ecosystems; and (4) Silvicultural appliccations of thiss science in eccological foreestry, includin
ng variable retention reggeneration haarvesting in yo
oung Moist Forests. The g oal of the pro
ogram was to
o review somee fundamentals about dry and moist fore
est ecosystem
ms (with empphasis on moisst forests) and increase understandin
ng of the basis and objectivves of retentiion harvestin g. Each lecture was followed
d by a questio
on and answe
er session wheere participan
nts were ablee to ask questions rellating to the presented maaterial. Middle Ap
pplegate Watershed Pilot Proje
ect Updatee: Down in Med
dford, the Middle Applegate Watershed
d Pilot Projecct continued field analysis and inventory of northern spo
otted owl habitat. The Middle Applegat e Watershed Pilot Project also 1 ning and logisstics for March 1 and 2 pub
blic meetingss (time, date, and place forr these events started plann
nts website). will be posted on the Even
Coos Bay Wagon Ro
oad Forest Managem
ment Pilot:
The Coquille Indian Tribe (CIT) propose
ed the Coos Bay Wagon Rooad Forest Maanagement Pilot to the Secretary of Interior on De
ecember 8, 2010. The Dep
partment of t he Interior an
nd BLM are reeviewing the proposal, wh
hile the Tribe and the BLM continue to work closely o n managem
ment activitiess affecting trib
bal forest lands. Additional de
etails on the pilot will be shared with thhe public as ssoon as they become available. 2