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Port Orford residents press commissioners on logging, wildfire planning; board moves to consider Natural Resources Advisory Committee and review Smith River re‑
Summary
Port Orford residents used the March 5 public‑comment period to press Curry County commissioners to reconsider proposals tied to logging on public lands and to endorse community-based wildfire planning and a Natural Resources Advisory Committee.
Public comments during the March 5 Curry County meeting in Port Orford focused heavily on natural-resource topics: multiple residents urged the board to drop proposals that would enable logging in federal forest lands, requested more analysis of watershed and fisheries impacts, and urged formation of a broadly representative Natural Resources Advisory Committee (NRAC). Commissioners said they would pursue committee formation and review legislation to expand the Smith River National Recreation Area.
What residents said: Bob Morrow and Anne Schmear (identified in public comment) raised concerns about the Pacific High Forest concept and potential county involvement in harvesting timber on federal lands. Schmear urged commissioners to consider road maintenance,…
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