Date: September 25th 2010
(from the Environmental
Assessment)
"4.2.2.3 Trails - The
Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail is adjacent to the proposed fuel break.
There would be a 50-foot buffer between the fuel break and the trail.
Approximately 2.8 miles of the trail parallel the proposed fuel break within a
distance of as close as 50 feet to as far as 1000 feet between Triangle Lake
Horse Camp and Head Lake. The fuel break would be close enough to be seen from
the trail along approximately 1 mile in three sections."
The
alternative chosen in the decision, Alternative C, drops most of the section of
the fuel break that would have impacted the PCT. The fuel break might
still be partially visible for about 1 mile between Triangle Lake and the
powerlines, but no fuel break will be cut south of the powerlines 2.4 miles to
Olallie Lake.
See
here for the MHNF's environmental assessment and maps:
http://data.ecosystem-management.org/nepaweb/nepa_content.php?project=21145
Dana
Berthold
Regional
Representative, Columbia Cascades
Pacific
Crest Trail Association
PO
Box 359, Cascade Locks, OR 97014
dberthold@pcta.org
541
844 9133
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