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Lawmakers, tribal leaders and mediators recall origins of Forest and Fish agreement
Summary
Former lawmakers, tribal officials and the mediator who brokered the original deal told the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that the Forest and Fish agreement was the product of decades of negotiation and remains a rare multi-party consensus designed to meet federal Endangered Species Act requirements while keeping the timber industry viable.
Chair of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee convened a work session on the Forest and Fish agreement, hearing historical testimony from original negotiators, tribal leaders and the mediator who helped forge the deal.
Former state Representative Jim Buck, who co‑sponsored the legislation that codified the negotiated agreement into state law, told the committee the law was adopted to provide the federal assurances required under the Endangered Species Act. "Setting the agreement in state law provides that assurance," Buck said, adding that the bill was brought as…
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