Timber Products Company to clearcut log near pacific fisher habitat by Weed, CA.

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THP 2-19-126 SIS (Butte THP) Timber Products Company, 300 acres; 91% clearcut, 7% selection, 2% meadow regeneration logging. Beaughton Creek, Black Butte, Spring Hill (MD: T41N R4W Sec 7, 8, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29; T41N R5W S24). Winter operations, moderate erosion hazard, slopes up to 55%, oversized units, impaired 303.d watershed, herbicides, coho watershed, pacific fisher, Pallid bird’s beak, trees up to 100 years old.  Estimated public comment deadline: 10/28/19. SUBMIT COMMENTS,  VIEW THP

This THP is about 2 miles SE of Weed, CA and Highway 5, and about a mile east of Black Butte  at an elevation of 4,000 to 4,600 feet.  Timber Products Company (Michigan California Timber Company) is planning a mostly clearcut tractor based logging operation in ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, white fir, sugar pine and incense cedar forests.  The THP area drains towards the Shasta River which is listed as an impaired watershed for temperature, organic enrichment and dissolved oxygen.  The THP area is within .25 miles of Black Butte Springs, and seven acres of meadow regeneration is proposed at another wet meadow within the THP area.  In 2014/2015, there were reported sightings of pacific fisher within the MCTC Black Butte tract.  Pallid bird’s beak was found along several roads within the THP area.
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