and (b) existing - orcest'covef. Many . sails i the ffiet-o o4t in-ue have Barest growt <br />..tentia Existing f est eever sts of se i fere <br />r~rr4i v u <br />lasated primarily in the hills south of Eugene and Sp-FiRgfield and of fipafian (otfeams-i'de" <br />. Forest lands are those lands <br />forests a4ong rivers, stroams, ponds, and sleld_,k <br />acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Comtnission (LCDC) as <br />forest lands as of the date of adoption of the 1993 amendments to Goal 4. When a Ian <br />amendment involving forest lands is proposed, forest land shall include lands which are <br />suitable for commercial forest uses including. adjacent or nearby lands which are <br />necessary to permit forest operations or practices and other forested lands that maintain <br />soil, air, water, and fish and wildlife resources. <br />4-95. Forest lands provide multiple values in the metropolitan area including: scenic resources; <br />watershed and soil protection, recreational opportunities; fish and wildlife habitat; <br />commercial timber harvest; livestock grazing; and other urban uses, such as buffering. <br />Within the UGB, and particularly within cities, timber harvest has less value to the <br />general public than do other values. <br />Policies <br />44C.5 Metropolitan goals relating to scenic quality, water quality, vegetation and wildlife, open <br />space, and recreational potential shall be given a higher priority than timber harvest <br />within the UGB. <br />4-SC.6 The Oregon Forest Practices Act shall control commercial forest practices when <br />commercial forest uses are the primary or one of two or more primary uses identified on <br />forest lands en.4ktre Plan rural, nds outside the UGB. When other policies of the <br />Metro Plan establish a greater importance for uses other than commercial forests, Lane <br />County shall protect those other values by applying appropriate implementation measures. <br />16. r o G e" ,t. sl,ll nu,, <br />11 <br />woo lot <br />In illx-allands o tside the -Ilan grcp~~e>>nd i-, <br />f rant !a--ads <br />17 <br />dcsignnte"4ytI"r he <br />a s <br />, <br />M <br />^ <br />i;o <br />. <br />p <br />U <br />GB <br />h-er- pretective measures. The values o <br />through applioation ef at <br />f forest lands shall n <br />ot be <br />- <br />destroyed of detuier-nted byffo f rant uses. <br />49C.7 In addition to any of the above policies, these policies apply to forest lands within the <br />risdi Plan Boruadary of the Metro Plan but outside the UGB: <br />a. Conserve forest lands by maintair>in2 the forest land base aad protect the state's <br />forest economy b making possible eeono7ni.calLy efficient forest practices that <br />assure the contitmous rowing and harvestill of forest treespecies as the leading <br />use on forest land consistent with sound mana>~emen.t of soil air, water, and. fish <br />and wildlife resources and to provide for, recreational opportunities and <br />Exhibit B: Proposed amendments to Chapter III-C, Environmental Resources Element, Page 7 of 25 <br />of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Plan (Meh•o Plan). <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 284 <br />