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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







1996 FWOC Resolution No. 13:
PLUM CREEK LAND EXCHANGE

Efforts are being made to arrange a land exchange between the U.S. Forest Service and the Plum Creek Timber Company (located in the Cascade Mountains of Washington) to improve the management of the ecological and recreational resources of this area.  Such an exchange plan should contain the following provisions.
1.  The Plum Creek Timber Company should offer (for exchange) 40,000 acres of land between Mount Rainier and Alpine Lakes, to include major roadless areas (approximately 36,000 acres) and river corridors.

2.  The Company should defer logging for at least two years in the roadless areas in the exchange.  Any other logging on "offered" lands should only be selective cuts with no road construction.
3.  The Company should agree to comply with landscape plans, or Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) for forest lands that it receives in trade.  Such plans should be prepared with full public involvement.

4.  The Company should agree to sell lands to the Forest Service, if such federal funds are available.

5.  The Company should donate unroaded lands adjacent to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness (e.g., Scatter Creek) to add these lands to the designated wilderness.

6.  The Forest Service should identify as candidates for trade federal forest lands that are already roaded and/or fragmented forests.  These should be limited to lands within the Cascades or the State of Washington.

7.  The Forest Service should utilize "cash equalization" funds to reduce the amount of national forest lands required for the trade.

8.  The Forest Service should prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement on any exchange.

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs supports the above proposals as set forth in the Checkerboard Project of the Cascade Chapter of the Sierra Club.

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Federation members and Member Clubs who wish to support this land exchange should send a copy of the above Resolution, along with comments of their own on this issue, to:

The Plum Creek Timber Company (Address to be provided)

Chief, U.S. Forest Service (See Listing at the end of these Resolutions)

Regional Forester, Pacific Northwest Region USFS

Governor, and Congressional Delegations for the State of Washington

Superintendent of Public Lands, State of Washington



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