The Biscuit post-fire Logging project is the single largest logging sale in modern history. It is the biggest challenge to the Forest Service Roadless Rule and a large scale assualt on the Northwest Forest Plan’s Old-Growth Reserves (Late Successional Reserves).
This mega-sale is unfortunately located squarely over the Siskiyou Wild Rivers, a landscape graced by pristine rivers, steep, rugged mountains, huge roadless forests and world-class biodiversity.
In Guest Opinions appearing in several local papers, Siskiyou National Forest Supervisor Scott Conroy urged the public not to be fooled by environmentalist's "mischaracterization of the facts." He wrote that "...the largest dead trees on the acres being harvested are being left standing for wildlife and soil protection." Grants Pass Courier, Wednesday March 16, 2005. 