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Advisory committee urges county to press state on paused timber sales after inventory review
Summary
At a Clallam County advisory meeting, DNR staff discussed a completed forest inventory and how it affects timber sales on pause; the committee voted to send a letter to county commissioners urging the Commissioner of Public Lands to move paused sales forward.
Members of the Clallam County Resource Advisory Committee on Thursday discussed results from a recent Department of Natural Resources forest inventory and the status of multiple timber sales that have been on pause pending further review. Committee members were told draft inventory work shows more forest on the landscape than previously thought, but DNR staff said final numbers had not yet been released and the Commissioner of Public Lands has not announced a timetable for decisions.
The discussion mattered because multiple timber sales affecting county taxing districts were postponed earlier this year; committee members and local fire and school-district representatives said the sales delays have budget consequences for junior taxing districts that rely on timber revenue. The RAC voted to send a letter from the committee to the…
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