Not since the Salvage Rider in the mid-1990s have the feds set their sights on logging old-growth forest in our fair state of Washington. In this case, the Bureau of Reclamation proposes to enlarge the dam at Bumping Lake, inundating 2,000 acres of gorgeous mesic forest adjacent to and contiguous with the William O. Douglas Wilderness, to satisfy the unquenchable thirst of Big Agriculture in the Yakima valley. As the forest falls and reservoir water encroaches, habitat for the northern spotted owl and bull trout go with them.
The Sierra Club's web site offers an easy means of commenting to oppose this noxious proposal:
https://secure.sierraclub.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=7592&autologin=true&311Z1100A1&JServSessionIdr004=j9ernc63r1.app220a
Comments are due by January 3.
