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Action item: Letters to the editor needed now!
At its March 27 meeting, the Task Force dismissed the public's calls to fix the flawed process, designed by Public Works, which fails to consider the severe toll that the current policies have had on the watershed---like plummeting water quality. The Task Force is bowing to the wishes of Public Works by keeping failed policies in place to continue revenue-driven logging at the expense of water quality and stream health. Despite the long list of science articles explaining how damaging a dense network of roads is to both wildlife habitat and drinking water, they just don't want to change the status quo. See maps & why road density is a problem for water quality HERE
It no longer seems likely that the Task Force will even discuss the option of stopping logging of the Corvallis Forest to protect the city's drinking water, sequester carbon and help native wildlife survive. Let's get the word out! Demand change now!
Turbidity increasing in Rock Creek's drinking water supply
Data scientist's turbidity analysis shows disturbing water quality trend, while water use plummets in 2 creeks
"As I See It: Public Works and its new Zen Forestry,"
Andy Kerr's blog about logging & drinking water:
One of Oregon's best known conservationists cites Friends of the Watershed in his recent public lands blog.
Watershed science articles now on-line:
Our clickable science bibliography with peer-reviewed science & government documents:
"They believe they can keep logging"
another great letter to the editor by Moira Dempsey
by Betsy Herbert, Op-ed published in Gazette-Times, February 29
Public Works appoints new task force member:
Without publicly announcing the vacancy left by the former chair's resignation, Public Works appointed a new task force member who works for the forest products industry and has never attended a task force meeting. One current task force member has written a letter objecting to the process.
Six enviro groups object to city's appointment process:
Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Audubon Society, Great Old Broads, Friends of OSU Old-growth, Benton Forest Coalition & Friends of the Corvallis Watershed signed a letter to Mayor Maughan, objecting to City Council allowing Public Works to take over the appointment process to this policy-making CFSPU Task Force. Jim Fairchild has also written a letter to city council. No response was received.