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Commissioners,
As you know, the US Senate budget bill contains a provision allowing for the sale of National Forests and other federal lands with only 30 days notice of the sale. According to the Wilderness
Society, one of the federal properties identified for sale is the Olympic National Forest. We can hope that this provision will be removed during the amendment process, but we can
not count on it.
If some or all of the Olympic National Forest is sold to private individuals or corporations, that land should become subject to state and county land use laws and regulations. I urge
you to review Jefferson County's land use regulations to determine if they extend through all of the county, even over federal lands where they currently can not be enforced. If not,
I suggest that you revise the county's regulations and other related rules to apply over current federal land in the event that they are sold to private interests.
You can decide how former federal lands will be regulated, but I suggest that you designate US Forest lands for working forests and preserve the most important the environment and recreation.
Thank you for considering these ideas.
Paul
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Paul J. Kundtz
paul.kundtz58@gmail.com <mailto:paul.kundtz58@gmail.com>
206-473-7611