Tuesday, November 04, 2008 Volume 14, Issue 9
State to move forward with BWCAW land exchange
By Marshall Helmberger
For the first time, representatives of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources say they plan to meet officially with the U.S. Forest Service over their plan to conduct what would likely be the largest land exchange in state history.
They also indicated their intent to seek support from the state’s congressional delegation for the exchange, which would swap about 93,000 acres of state school trust land in the Boundary Waters wilderness for an estimated 200,000 acres of the Superior National Forest outside the wilderness area. State officials hope congressional action will allow them to circumvent Forest Service opposition to the idea as well as the cumbersome federal regulations related to such exchanges.
for the rest of the article go to :
http://timberjay.com/current.php?article=26
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment