Monday, January 18, 2010

Oregon held to account for failing to protect coastal waterways | Oregon Environmental News - – OregonLive.com

Oregon held to account for failing to protect coastal waterways | Oregon Environmental News - – OregonLive.com: "The agencies want the state to start dealing with muddy runoff from the vast network of old logging roads; forbid loggers from cutting all trees right up to the banks of certain small streams; and restrict logging in places with a high risk of landslides that could impact water quality.

The agencies have already signed off on the forestry portions of California and Washington's coastal protection plans.

'The fact is, California and Washington have riparian protections that are two to three times as strong as Oregon's,' said Dave Powers, EPA's regional manager for forests and rangelands."

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