14-80

No. 14-80

Public Notice

Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to hold a Public Hearing for Proposed NRCA Boundary Expansion

When/Where: July 22, 2014, 6:30 p.m. at the

River Street Meeting Room,

25 River Street, Cathlamet, WA.

The purpose of this hearing is to provide information and receive testimony on the proposed Boundary Expansion of the Skamokawa Creek Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA). The boundary expansion is necessary to position 48.9 acres of species-encumbered State Forest Trust (SFT) property in Wahkiakum County for transfer to the NRCA. The NRCA was created under RCW 79.22.060 as approved by the Washington State Legislature, transferring certain lands out of the state forest trust in order to replace them by purchasing productive new trust lands “to maintain long-term working forests.”

At the hearing DNR will present the proposed transfer and boundary expansion. Following a short overview, DNR will receive public testimony on the proposed boundary expansion of the Skamokawa Creek NRCA.

Comments on the proposal may be made in testimony or in writing at the July 22nd public hearing and also by mail or email until the close of business on August 1, 2014, at: Washington Department of Natural Resources, Conservation Recreation & Transactions Division, ATTN: Skamokawa Creek NRCA Boundary Expansion, PO Box 47014, Olympia, WA 98504-7014; or AMPD@dnr.wa.gov with the subject line “Skamokawa Creek NRCA Boundary Expansion.”

Legal Description: Portions of Secs 19, 20, T10N, R6W, W.M.

Publish July 17, 2014