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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Might I suggest that somebody with a sharp wit and sharper
tongue write to, and demand equal time from . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Nate Alford (Daily News Publisher)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:alford@dnews.com">alford@dnews.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Murf Raquet (Opinion Editor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:murf@dnews.com">murf@dnews.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>Lee Rozen (Managing Editor)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:lrozen@dnews.com">lrozen@dnews.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>How about it, gang?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tom Hansen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Moscow, Idahol<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> marilyn beckett
[mailto:marilynbeckett@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 06, 2010 10:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Tom Hansen<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Moscow Vision 2020; Kathy Judson; basketmakeart@yahoo.com;
jdkrebs1@yahoo.com; lonnieway@verizon.net; l.rosstask@palouse.net;
levengood@moscow.com; ballard@moscow.com; Friends of the Palouse Ranger
District; sbrandt@idahocounty.org; jrockwell@idahocounty.org;
ttranch@smgazette.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Her View: Land swap would benefit all parties<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This isn't JUST an editorial,
folks. <br>
This is the "Her View" section, which gets top billing on the
editorial page. WHY? Did WPT pay for it?<br>
<br>
If it is a matter of payment, I suggest we craft a response for the same
section of the paper. Actually, it<br>
doesn't seem as if payment would be necessary--the Public deserves at LEAST
equal time.<br>
<br>
Or maybe Chuck can write a response...Whoever does it, it needs to be swift,
pointed, and clear. And right<br>
up top in the section in the edition that will be the most read.<br>
<br>
How many people will read this and know this woman is affiliated with WPT--and
where did she come from? I have<br>
never seen her name mentioned before...the fourth employee, I gather!<br>
<br>
I'd like to see a "View" column written saying "Land Swap would
DEVASTATE Northern Idaho" by Jane/John Q. Public.<br>
<br>
Or--"Upper Lochsa Land Exchange: Fact vs. Fiction".<br>
<br>
Until we believe this Land Exchange is going to happen no matter what we do, we
won't be able to do enough. I just wrote that, and I'm not sure I even know what
I meant, except we haven't done enough yet.<br>
<br>
It is good thing Kathy and others are out there who refuse to quit. I lesser
person would have given up by now.<br>
<br>
m<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 5:40 AM, Tom Hansen <<a
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Courtesy
of the Opinion section of today’s (September 6, 2010) Moscow-Pullman
Daily News.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Her
View: Land swap would benefit all parties<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>By
Marla Bieker, Western Pacific Timber<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I
recently visited the upper reaches of the Lochsa River and was reminded of the
beauty and function of this landscape. Miles of streams filled with clean water
and fish, thousands of acres of trees big and small, abundant wildlife and
numerous opportunities for recreation. This landscape is currently
characterized as a checkerboard ownership alternating between private (Western
Pacific Timber, LLC) and federal (U.S. Forest Service) lands all surrounded by
miles of USFS land in both Idaho and Montana. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Western
Pacific Timber and the forest service are working together to complete the
Upper Lochsa Land Exchange, which would put all this land into federal
ownership. In the exchange approximately 40,000 acres of private land would be
traded for scattered parcels of federal land in six different counties of
Idaho. Many of the parcels that would go into private ownership are small,
isolated and already surrounded by private lands that make it difficult for the
USFS to responsibly manage them. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Some
critics of this exchange have claimed that the federal government and the
American people are getting the raw end of this deal and receiving
"devastated" or "barren" land. This could not be further
from the truth. These lands have been well managed for more than 100 years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Healthy,
well-stocked plantations cover many of the sections. Other parcels contain
stands of well-spaced trees with multiple age classes. Yes, these private
sections look different from many of the older stands on the current federal
land, but it does not mean they are not healthy. These lands have been managed
for timber production - millions of board feet have fed local mills and
provided good paying jobs for both timber and mill workers as well as many
other supporting industries for over a century. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>This
type of land management has created diversity across the landscape - instead of
a sea of trees all in the same age class, it is a mosaic. Many species thrive
in a diverse landscape such as this - deer, elk, bears, birds and countless
other species need the more open stands for forage while the older, more mature
stands provide cover. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Checkerboard
ownerships are difficult, expensive and really not the most effective way to
manage a forest. This exchange will enable the USFS to manage the Upper Lochsa
as a landscape as opposed to section by section, allowing the forest service to
be more efficient and effective in how it manages the forest and watersheds for
habitat, fire, and harvest of forest products in the Upper Lochsa. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>As
both a forester and a citizen who recreates on federal lands, I believe this
land exchange is in the best interest of both the land and the American people
who really own our nation's forests.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>The
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for this land exchange is scheduled to be
released in October. I encourage you to read it, make comments and ultimately
support this land exchange. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Marla
Bieker is a certified forester with Western Pacific Timber. She has a Bachelor
of Science in forest management from the University of Washington and has
worked in the timber industry for 16 years primarily managing private
timberlands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Perhaps
you fine people would be interested in truth and facts, as opposed to twisted
imagery and watching Ms. Bieker’s nose grow. Please browse:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a
href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Lochsa" target="_blank">http://www.moscowcares.com/Lochsa</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Tom
Hansen<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Moscow,
Idaho<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>"The
Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the
Realist adjusts his sails." <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>-
Unknown <o:p></o:p></p>
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-- <br>
"The return of the feminine is not about women ruling society, as that
would create imbalance. It is about the return to nature, balance restored,
ying/yang united - both hemispheres of the brain working in balance,
consciousness." Alexandria Thames<o:p></o:p></p>
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