Please Ask the Forest Service to Stop Logging Karuk Tribe Sacred Sites
The Six Rivers National Forest has broken the public trust by allowing reckless logging in areas considered sacred sites by the Karuk Tribe.
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Six Rivers National Forest Supervisor Tryone Kelley spent three years
working with the Orleans community, tribal leaders, and local
environmental organizations, to develop a fuels reduction plan that
everyone could live with.
According to the Environmental Impact Statement, the goal of the
Orleans Fuels Reduction Plan, or OCFR, is to manage forest stands to
reduce fuels accumulation and improve forest health around the
community of Orleans, while enhancing cultural values associated with
the Panamnik World Renewal Ceremonial District.
Logging crews are not following the plan, and Six Rivers Forest Supervisor Tyrone Kelley continues to allow them to work.
Workers have been instructed to use heavy equipment in culturally
sensitive areas, remove large diameter trees, and harvest hardwoods
that were supposed to be maintained for forest health.
Please click here to sign a letter asking that the Forest Supervisor honor the agreements already made and make every effort to protect and preserve Karuk sacred and ceremonial sites.
