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Polly Dyer – Seattle • Entered by Penelope Peterson on September 25, 2024

Broadband Meeting

July 25, 2024 – July 25, 2024

Key Issue: Landscape Planning (Forest Plans, RMPs, TMPs, etc.)
Activity Type: Broadband Meeting (prep, implementation & follow up)
Key Partners: Mike Anderson, Legal and Policy Analysis Director of the Wilderness Society

Short Description of Activity

We held our mid-summer Broadband meeting on Thursday, July 25th at 1 pm on the lawn on Pine Lake in Sammamish at Kate Bradley’s house (21624 SE 24th St., Sammamish, WA 98075). Light refreshments were served. Mike Anderson, Legal and Policy Analysis Director of the Wilderness Society, spoke to us about ongoing progress toward revising the Northwest (NW) Forest Plan. The NW Forest Plan was adopted in 1994 and has not been revised for 30 years. Mike is on the Advisory Panel to revise the NW Forest Plan so he was able to tell us about their Advisory Committee’s proposed amendments to the NW Forest Plan, and the proposed timeline for public comments.

Reflection/Evaluation

Eighteen Broads and Bros attended our meeting plus the speaker, Mike Anderson. A lively discussion followed Mike’s presentation. Individual Broads raised questions about dry forests vs moist forests, salvage logging, high grading, and more.

For a fuller picture, see The Making of the Northwest Forest Plan: The Wild Science of Saving Old Growth Ecosystems, by K. Norman Johnson, Jerry F. Franklin and Gordon H. Reeves. Here are the amendments proposed by the Advisory Committee: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/landmanagement/planning/?cid=fsbdev2_026990. The original Northwest Forest Plan is online.

Mike agreed to keep us up to date on the process and what committee recommendations the NFS took and which they did not take. Mike suggested that individual Broads write comments during the 90-day comment period. Genia said that our Broads Regional Advocacy Committee on Forests will be holding a webinar to help Broads write these comments.

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1. Minutes of July 25, 2024 Broadband Meeting