Read WFLC's February 27, 2006, Comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation Plan

• WFLC comments on the Final Forest Practices Habitat Conservation Plan, Implementation Agreement, and Final Environmental Impact Statement. 
• WFLC memo regarding the Final Environmental Impact Statement’s inadequate analysis of the environmental impacts of the respective Alternatives.
• WFLC comments on science and the Adaptive Management Program.
• Stephen C. Ralph, M.S., Senior Aquatic Ecologist, comments on the Plan’s Adaptive Management Program.

Read Chris Mendoza’s comments on the Final Environmental Impact Statement: 

• Comments on the Adaptive Management Program’s structural problems.
• Comments on the Adaptive Management Program’s over reliance on experimental design.
• Comments concerning the limitations of the Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Committee Work Plan to complete projects of the Adaptive Management Program.
• Comments on the failure of the FEIS to adequately address concerns regarding the rationale for the Riparian Conservation Strategy in the FEIS and FPHCP.
• Comments on the failure of the FEIS to adequately address the fatal flaws in the methods used to calculate Critical Areas.

Read WFLC's May 12, 2005, Comments on the Draft Plan and Environmental Impact Statement 

• Cover letter to the US Fish & Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries.
• Comments on the State of Washington's application for take authorization under the federal Endangered Species Act. 
• General comments on the the Plan and the Plan's Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 
• Comments on the conversion of forests from forestry to non-forestry uses. 
• Comments on the failure of the Plan to adequately address cummulative effects.  

Read Comments Submitted By Leading Scientists and Experts

• Surface erosion and hydrology, prepared by Jon Rhodes, Ph.D.
• Riparian buffers, prepared by Dale McCullough, Ph.D.
• Unstable slopes, prepared by Dave Montgomery, Ph.D.
• Adequate wood debris in rivers, prepared by Tim Abbe, Ph.D.
• Adverse modification of critical habitat, prepared by Steward and Associates.  
• The Plan's over reliance on the Adaptive Management Program, prepared by Chris Mendoza.
• Flaws in the Adaptive Management Program, prepared by Chris Mendoza.
• Comments on the Plan's Minimal Effects Strategy, prepared by Chris Mendoza.
• Comments on the Plan's Riparian Strategy, prepared by Chris Mendoza.
• Riparian and cummulative effects, prepared by by Chris Frissell, Ph.D., Pacific Rivers Council.
• Funding of the Forests and Fish Report, prepared by Marcy Golde.
• General comments, prepared by Daniel Hall, American Lands Alliance.