[Vision2020] Not Willing to Trade Land

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the Letters section of today's (January 14, 2011)
Moscow-Pullman Daily News with thanks to Helen Wootton.

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Not willing to trade land

The Lochsa Land Exchange open house held Jan. 11 at the fairgrounds was a
metaphor for how the Forest Service has handled this whole controversy.
Only the groups in favor of the proposal were allowed inside -- the people
who opposed it were literally left outside in the cold.

The Forest Service simply does not want to listen to anyone who opposes
the exchange, which trades well-managed productive land in Latah County
for logged-over land near the Montana border. There is absolutely no
benefit to us in giving up this land - Latah County doesn't have that much
land for forest recreation to begin with. I urge you to write your
legislators and the Forest Service and let them know we are not willing to
trade off our precious land.

Helen Wootton, Moscow

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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown