EXHIBIT R Page 185 <br />44C.~ 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 />47~C.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 e A eh-6 last f'-"''lan 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 <br />measures. <br />16. be-tie GeerA5, shall suppei4 pregfa#is (state laws, fer example) whieh benefit small <br />I <br />40C.7 In addition to any of the above policies, these policies apply to forest lands within the <br />Plan Boundary of the Metro Plan but outside the UGB: <br />a. Conserve forest lands by maintaining the forest land base and protect the state'a <br />forest economy by making possible economically efficient forest practices that <br />and wildlife resources and to provide for recreational opportunities and <br />agriculture. <br />per Geal-4 <br />Forest land shall include lands which are suitable for commercial forest uses <br />including adiacent or nearby lands which are necessary to permit forest operations <br />or practices and other forested lands that maintain soil air, water, and fish and <br />wildlife resources. <br />b. Forest lands will be separated into two zoning categories, Non-impacted and <br />Impacted, and these categories shall be defined and mapped by the general <br />characteristics specified in the Non-impacted Forest Land (F-1/RCP) and <br />Impacted Forest Land (F-2/RCP) zones general characteristics. <br />c: <br />limit Aen&r-esteses. <br />Forest lands that satisfy the requirements of ORS 197,247 (1991 Edition)maybe <br />designated as Marginal Lands Uses and land divisions allowed on Marginal <br />Lands shall be those allowed by ORS 197.247 (1991 Editionl. <br />Exhibit B: Proposed amendments to Chapter III-C, Environmental Resources Element, Page 7 of 24 182 <br />Laurel Ridge OfAhO gi4gzge-Springfield Metropolitan Plan (Metro Plan). Page 504 <br />