Guest Column: Oregon's Forest Practices Act is inadequate | Opinion | tillamookheadlightherald.com
The proposed Olympic Line Harvest unit activity in the Jetty Creek watershed represents a significant additional threat to the water supply for the city of Rockaway Beach. During the last week local residents and the author measured stream buffers and photographically documented the Olympic line Harvest Unit in the Jetty Creek Drainage, the main source of drinking water for the city of Rockaway Beach. Fundamental to any consideration of logging "Olympic Line" are the significant tributaries of Jetty Creek within the area planned to be clearcut. This logging will further exacerbate water quali...