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and (b) existing forest cover. Many soils in the metropolitan area have forest growth potential. Existing forest cover consists of coniferous and deciduous hardwood forests located primarily in the hills south of Eugene and Springfield and of riparian (streamside) forests along rivers, streams, ponds, and sloughs. Forest lands are those lands acknowledged by the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) as forest lands as of the date of adoption of the 1993 amendments to Goal 4. When a plan amendment involving forest lands is proposed, forest laird shall include lands which are suitable for commercial forest uses including adjacent or nearby lands which are necessary to penuit forest operations or practices al~d other forested lands that maintain soil, air, water, and fish and wildlife resources. -1-85. Forest lands provide multiple values in the metropolitan area including: scenic resources; watershed and soil protection, recreational opportunities; fish and wildlife habitat; commercial timber harvest; livestock grazing; and other urban uses, such as buffering. Within the UGB, and particularly within cities, timber harvest has less value to the general public than do other values. Policies Metropolitan goals relating to scenic quality, water quality, vegetation and wildlife, open space, and recreational potential shall be given a higher priority than timber harvest within the UGB. -1-5C.6 The Oregon Forest Practices Act shall control commercial forest practices when commercial forest uses are the primary or one of two or more primary uses identified on forest lands on Metro Plan rural lands outside the UGB. When other policies of the Metro Plan establish a greater importance for uses other than commercial forests, Lane County shall protect those other values by applying appropriate implementation measures. 16. Lane County shall support progrmus (state laws, for example) which benefit small woodlot management in rural areas. 17. In rural lands outside the urban growth bormdary, forest lands designated in the Mctropolitan Plan shall be protected for forest uses through zoning for forest use and through application of other protective measures. The values of forest lands shall not be destroyed or deteriorated by nonforest uses. 40C.7 In addition to any of the above policies, these policies apply to forest lands within the jurisdictional boundaries Plan Botmdm~ of the Metro Plan but outside the UGB: a. Conserve forest lands by mah~tainin~ the forest land base and protect the state's forest economy by making possible economically efficient forest practices that assure the continuous ..re'owing and harvesting of forest tree species as thc leading use on forest land consistent with sound management of soil, air, water, and fish and wildli fe resources and to provide for recreational opportunities and Exhibit B: Proposed amendments to Chapter III-C, Environmental Resources Element, Page 7 of 25 of the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Plan (Metro Plan).