The new plan, called the “Alamo   timber harvest plan,” would bring the total acreage of SPI-owned land in   Calaveras County proposed for clearcutting to more than 650 acres. A separate   proposal to cut nearly 260 acres northeast of Arnold is still awaiting   approval from Cal Fire.

According to the THP Tracking   Center, an Oregon-based watchdog organization that tracks timber harvest   plans, SPI has clear-cut about 4,650 acres in the Mokelumne River Watershed   since 2010, including about 1,250 in the Dorrington area.

“There are other ways to manage   forests that don’t involve cutting down all the trees to make a quick buck,”   said THP Tracking Center member Kyle Haines, of Hood River, Ore., in a   written statement regarding SPI’s “Alamo” plan.

Gary Whitson, a Cal Fire forest   practice inspector for Calaveras County, said the agency is waiting for SPI   to resubmit the “Alamo” plan because the original documents didn’t list the   Girl Scouts of Northern California as partial owners of the land.

For the full story, see the June   19, 2014, edition of The Union Democrat.