Timber Sale Monitoring

Timber Sale Monitoring is one of the most interesting and successful parts of what we do. History has proven conclusively that the Federal Services charged with protection of the wildland resources need some close watching.

Timber Sale Monitoring is the process of making a verified observation of the actual scope of timber cuts and documenting, reporting, ensuring, following through, and maintaining a presence to facilitate the revolution in thinking required to make ours a healthy planet.

We get to do that on the ground, in the woods and from computer screens, now that the technology is emerging into our daily lives. Gary Macfarlane, FOC's forest watch director, provides workshops dedicated to teaching the "in's and outs" of timber sale monitoring from start to finish. Contact Gary at gary@friendsoftheclearwater.org

We are working to bring you detailed, high resolution imagery of the Clearwater Forest in as near to realtime as possible over the coming months. Even now though, you can see clearly the devastating effects of 'clearcut forestry' that your US Forest Service supports and encourages.