Green Diamond Resource Company to clearcut log trees up to 60” dbh NE of Trinidad, CA.

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THP 1-18-186 HUM (M&M 2020 THP) Green Diamond Resource Company, 179 acres; 64% clearcut, 34% selection, 2% no-harvest, misc roadside logging logging. Maple Creek (HUM: T8N R1E Sec 7, 8, 9, 10, 16). Wet weather operations, moderate erosion hazard, steep slopes up to 70%, landslide terrain, oversized units, herbicides, coho watershed, spotted owl, marbled murrelet, osprey, sharp shinned hawk, trees up to 60” dbh. Estimated public comment deadline: 01/24/19. SUBMIT COMMENTS,  VIEW THP

This THP is about 3 miles NE of Trinidad, CA and Highway 101 at an elevation of 480 to 1,400 feet.  Green Diamond Resource Company is planning a mostly clearcut tractor and cable logging operation on steep and unstable slopes in redwood, Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, grand fir and western hemlock forests.  There is a .10 acre shallow rapid landslide in the interior of unit B, a .75 acre shallow rapid landslide in the interior of unit B, and a steep headwall swale in the interior of unit B. Five osprey nests are located within .25 miles of the THP area including; 1 nest within .25 miles of the LP Mill Road, 1 nest within .25 miles of the BL3200 Road, 1 nest within .25 miles of the CR2400 Road, 1 nest within .25 miles of unit A, and 1 nest within .25 miles of unit B.  Potential marbled murrelet habitat exists on Humboldt Redwoods State Park lands within .25 miles of the LP Mill Road.  A sharp shinned hawk was reported .3 miles NE of unit A, and there are spotted owl nesting territories within .25 miles of unit C.
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