Critics object that ‘Categorical Exclusion’ is being used again to target old-growth trees on Pine Mountain with no environmental assessment and little public comment. Loss of chaparral habitat is also a concern. Submit comments by June 30.

By Gary Meyer, TME

The United States Forest Service has proposed removing trees from a 755-acre section of the Los Padres National Forest on Pine Mountain Ridge, which is a 38-mile drive from Frazier Park through Lockwood Valley.

The forest service has not confirmed that the project will…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above: Old-growth trees on Pine Mountain Ridge, south of Lockwood Valley

Trees up to 5 feet in diameter could be logged

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This is part of the June 19, 2020 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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