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Cowlitz conservation leaders urge county to comment on proposed 50-foot buffers for nonfish streams
Summary
Representatives from the Cowlitz Conservation District told county commissioners the Forest Practices Board’s proposed rule requiring 50-foot buffers on nonfish-bearing perennial streams would lock up private timber and reduce county timber tax revenue, and urged the county to submit formal comments before a public hearing next week.
John Keithley, an elected supervisor of the Cowlitz Conservation District, urged the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners to review and comment on a proposed Forest Practices Board rule that would require 50-foot buffer strips on each side of certain nonfish-bearing perennial streams.
The rule package, Keithley said during public comment, would apply only to Western Washington counties and “only applies to Western Washington Counties for nonfish bearing streams that are perennial in nature.” He and Darren Haupp, manager of the Cowlitz Conservation District, urged county officials to submit written comments before a public hearing the district expects to be held next Tuesday.
The proposed rule, Keithley said, is part of a larger Forest Practices Board amendment under the Revised Code of Washington. He and Haupp presented a cost estimate compiled by…
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