Dear Mr. Sargent,

I am writing to urge you to cancel the Kitty Kat timber sale.  This sale would result in the logging of some of the last remaining acres of un-planted, structurally complex lowland forest in the Mashel River watershed.  Parts of this sale contain legacy trees that are over four feet in diameter and close to 200 feet tall.

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We are in the midst of a global warming crisis.  Now is not the time to be logging century-old trees, or replacing fire resistant older forests with young, fire-prone tree plantations that are susceptible to future climate disturbances, and may increase the fire risk to nearby residential areas.

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The logging of mature legacy forests on DNR managed lands also violates Board of Natural Resources policies, which are intended to conserve older, structurally complex forests. These forests play a critical role in preserving genetic diversity and biological legacies of the old growth forests that once dominated the Pacific Northwest.

Thank you for listening.