[Vision2020] Fwd: Correspondence from Senator Crapo

[Tom Trail]

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>Visionaries:  Here is a letter from Sen Crapo regarding the

proposed Upper Lochsa Land Exchange for 28,212 of forest land in Latah,
Clearwater and Idaho Counties.  The first round of meetings demonstrated
tremendous opposition to the exchange here in Latah County.  Both the
Latah County Commissioners and District 6 Legislators opposed the proposed
exchange.  It appears there will be some additional meetings coming up
this fall.

Rep. Tom Trail

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>September 14, 2009
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>Dear :
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>Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns with the Upper 
>Lochsa Land Exchange. I appreciate hearing from you and welcome the 
>opportunity to respond.
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>The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and Western Pacific Timber are in the 
>process of considering a land exchange where Western Pacific Timber 
>would exchange 39,371 acres of checkerboard land near Powell and 
>Lolo Pass for 28,212 acres of national forestland located in 
>Clearwater, Idaho and Latah Counties.
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>The (USFS) is in the midst of the environmental review process for 
>the exchange. Public scoping began in November 2008, and during this 
>time, public open-house meetings were held in Moscow, Elk River and 
>Elk City. The USFS received 120 comment letters from agencies, 
>conservation groups and private individuals. This first round of 
>public scoping ended on January 5, 2009.
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>The USFS expects that the draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
>will be published for public review by October 2009, and has 
>anticipated that the final EIS will be completed in June 2010. The 
>draft EIS will prompt another 45 day comment period during which 
>time you may wish to make your comments known to the USFS. 
>Additional public scoping meetings are also planned at that time to 
>gather community feedback.
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>Thank you for sharing your comments with me. While the land exchange 
>process is currently being carried out exclusively at the agency 
>level, I am closely following the process. In the meantime, I would 
>encourage you to continue to voice your concerns through the 
>opportunities made available to you through the USFS and Western 
>Pacific Timber.
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>Again, thank you for contacting me. Please feel free to contact me 
>in the future on this or other matters of interest to you. For more 
>information about the issues before the U.S. Senate as well as news 
>releases, photos, and other items of interest, please visit my 
>Senate website, <http://crapo.senate.gov/>http://crapo.senate.gov.
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>Sincerely,
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>Mike Crapo
>United States Senator
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>MDC:MM
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Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
1375 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel:  (208) 882-6077
Fax:  (208) 882-0896
e mail ttrail at moscow.com
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