| April 1998 |
Environmental
Impact Statement Released. Environmental groups including
the Sierra Club oppose the deal. Plum Creek threatens to start
logging land if deal is not reached by the end of the year |
Seattle
Times Article 4/14/98 |
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| August 1998 |
Forest Service agrees to review appraisals of
controversial land trades, including Plum Creek |
Seattle
Times Article 8/28/98 |
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| October 1998 |
Congress circumnavigates the agency process for
land exchange by authorizes the Plum Creek trade as rider of
the Omnibus Appropriations bill. Federal money authorized for
the land exchange |
Seattle
Times Article 10/16/98
Details of the trade
Seattle
Times Article a 10/2/98
Seattle
Times Article b 10/2/98
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| July 1999 |
Murrelet nests found on 1,100 acres on the Green
River Watershed given to Plum Creek. The deal must be re-worked
which opens the door for environmentalists and small community
to protest swap of old-growth forest |
Seattle
Times Article 7/21/99 |
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| September 1999 |
New deal reached between plum creek and the forest
service, but environmental groups, including the Sierra Club,
oppose the deal. Other recreation-oriented group support the
deal. The Western Land Exchange Project files an administrative
suite against the deal |
Seattle
Times Article 9/1/99, Seattle
Times Article 9/12/99, Seattle
Times Article 9/27/99 |
| October 1999 |
Plum Creek sues environmentalists. Western Land
Exchange Project have their suite thrown out of court |
Seattle
Times Article 10/17/99 |
| November 1999 |
Plum Creek, Forest Service and environmental groups
reach deal on new land swap |
Seattle
Times Articles 11/3/99 , Seattle
Times Article 11/4/99 |
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| January 2000 |
A new land exchange is made final. The amount
of land is reduced from the first agreement, but receives the
blessing of Plum Creek, the Forest Service, major environmental
groups. |
Seattle
Times Article 1/06/00 |
