CHUCKANUT CONSERVANCY v. WASH. STATE DNR

Nos. 62707-4-I, 62780-5-I, 62781-3-I.

232 P.3d 1154 (2010)

CHUCKANUT CONSERVANCY, North Cascades Conservation Council, and on behalf of Individual Members thereof as taxpayers of Whatcom and Skagit Counties and the State of Washington, Respondents, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, acting through William Wallace, Northwest Regional Manager, and other officials, Petitioners, and Skagit County, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, American Forest Resource Council and Carpenters Industrial Council, and Skagit County, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, Petitioners-Intervenors, Conservation Northwest, Respondent-Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christa L. Thompson, Martha Ffrost Wehling, Olympia, WA, for Petitioners.

David Alan Bricklin, Bricklin & Newman, LLP, Jennifer A. Dold, Toby Thaler, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

A.O. Denny, Skagit County Prosecutor's Office, Mount Vernon, WA, Elaine Louise Spencer, Graham & Dunn PC, David Scott Mann, Gendler & Mann LLP, Seattle, WA, for other interested parties.


ELLINGTON, J.

¶ 1 This case concerns the future of Blanchard Forest, a 4,827-acre area held in trust by the State since the 1930s. For decades the land has produced a timber harvest. At issue here is a set of proposed management "strategies" that would set aside part of the forest for recreational and environmental purposes. The plan cannot be finally implemented unless the legislature appropriates funds to compensate the trust beneficiaries for the lost timber...

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