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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







NO. 11
THE OREGON FOREST WILDERNESS
   





               

Of Oregon's 31 million acres of forestlands only 5.7 million acres of de facto forest wilderness remain.  Only 1.2 million acres of these last wildlands are being considered for inclusion in the National Wilderness System.


These remaining wild, primeval forests contain significant irreplaceable watershed, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, ecological, scientific, educational, genetic, botanical, geologic, historic and other multiple use values which would be diminished or destroyed by their development.


Approximately 95% of Oregon's potential timber productivity is already available for the production of wood products and only 0.5% of this potential is currently protected in the National Wilderness System.


Therefore, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation at least equivalent to H.R. 1149 to include additional wildlands in the State of Oregon as part of the National Wilderness System.









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