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The attached file is an aerial photograph taken during the month of October in 1990 showing the heavily clearcut logged headwaters of Asotin Creek in the Umatilla National Forest. The month of this photo is clearly demonstrated, because it was made during the time when the Western Larch has turned its beautiful golden yellow color. The bright sunlight is reflected from one of the branches of Asotin Creek, showing that this stream still contains significant water during the fall - - where it can support the important native fish populations present in Asotin Creek.
Note the clearcut that has been made and broadcast burned to the edge of the stream, whose waters are clearly reflecting sunlight in this image. The extensive areas of clearcut landscape are also starkly evident in this image.
This is clearly the kind of treatment that has been avoided by application of the Roadless Area Protection rule. That is why continuing the application of the Roadless Area Protection Rule is so vitally important.