With the better intentions of a century ago, residents got Congress to establish a municipal watershed on Marys Peak, enabling Corvallis to acquire properties in the Rock Creek watershed. Timber theft soon ended, O&C Railroad lands and other inaccessible parcels … Continued
PLEASE SEND ANY COMMENTS ASAP to CFSPUTF@corvallisoregon.gov, and copy to City Council & Mayor. Despite numerous concerns by Marys River Watershed Council, members of the public, Task Force members, and expert testimony on the lack of aquatics planning, monitoring, and … Continued
The original Corvallis Forest Stewardship Plan (CFSP, 2006) was conceived and developed over two years. It involved an Advisory Commission with broad expertise of individuals appointed by the Mayor, several public presentations soliciting public comment with Q&A sessions, and importantly … Continued
The City’s quarter-time Watershed Specialist was let go, and forestry consultant Trout Mountain Forestry rescheduled a planned winter non-commercial thinning of early seral forest to happen during spring bird nesting season, after Corvallis halted all commercial logging after the … Continued
Anderson accuses Public Works of ‘Political Theater’ to extend logging in Corvallis Forest “The outcome of the Corvallis Forest Stewardship Plan” was decided behind closed doors before this public process even started,” Malcolm Anderson charged during his impassioned testimony at … Continued
This past April, Friends of the Corvallis Watershed advocates Doug Pollock & Jim Fairchild photographed the poorly maintained roads managed by the Siuslaw National Forest in the city’s water catchment area, after the Forest Service claimed they maintained logging roads … Continued
Corvallis Updating Forest Plan: Some groups call the city’s process flawed, by Kosiso Ugwuede, Corvallis Gazette-Times 05/30/24 As I See It, Op-ed by Chris BeattyCorvallis Forest: “A jewel worth protecting”Corvallis Gazette-Times, June 25, 2024
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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 … Continued
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 … Continued