ASSOCIATED PRESS: Plum Creek Timberlands’ “green lumber” certification is being criticized by the Center for Sustainable Economy’s, a group based in Lake Oswego.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Plum Creek Timberlands’ “green lumber” certification is being criticized by the Center for Sustainable Economy’s, a group based in Lake Oswego.
The complaint covers Plum Creek logging in Oregon’s Coast Range, citing 11 civil citations over the past six years for violating state logging regulations, including four citations for exceeding the clear-cutting limit of 120 acres. The complaint includes Google Earth images showing landslides in areas stripped of trees by Plum Creek.
“The fragmentation caused by large clear-cuts is a driver of extinction for wildlife dependent upon interior forest conditions and one of the most damaging ecological impacts associated with forest operations in Oregon,” the complaint said.
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