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Gifford Pinchot officials brief Cowlitz commissioners on Spirit Lake EIS, roadwork and thinning plans
Summary
Johanna Kovarik and Nick Granum of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest updated the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on the Spirit Lake draft environmental impact statement, large summer roadwork and a forestwide commercial plantation thinning plan.
Johanna Kovarik, forest supervisor for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, and Nick Granum, acting district ranger for the Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument and Ranger District, briefed the Cowlitz County Board of Commissioners on forest projects including the Spirit Lake Long Term Outflow Project draft environmental impact statement, a large summer road‑maintenance program, and a forestwide commercial plantation thinning analysis.
Kovarik told the board the forest service expects to publish a draft EIS for the Spirit Lake outflow project in the coming weeks and "we'll be looking for and welcoming public comment on that draft environmental impact statement when it comes out." She said the agency has converted its emergency response plan…
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