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CONSERVATION NW. v. COM'R OF PUBLIC LANDS

No. 99183-9.

514 P.3d 174 (2022)

CONSERVATION NORTHWEST, Washington Environmental Council, and Olympic Forest Coalition, Appellants, Mike Town, an individual; Holly Koon and Max Duncan, a married couple; Linda Lorenz, an individual, Peter Bahls, an individual; Scott Wallace, an individual, and Marcy Golde, an individual, Plaintiffs, v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS, Hilary Franz (in her official capacity), Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and the Washington State Board of Natural Resources, Respondents, Wahkiakum County, Pacific County, Skamania County, Mason County, Lewis County, Concrete School District, Quillayute Valley School District No. 402, Naselle-Grays River School District, Darrington School District, Clallam County Fire District No. 4, Clallam County Fire District No. 5, Port of Port Angeles, American Forest Resource Council, and City of Forks, Intervenor-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Filed July 21, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyatt Foster Golding , Ziontz Chestnut, 2101 4th Avenue, Suite 1230, Seattle, WA, 98121-2323, Peter Robert Goldman , Washington Forest Law Center, 4132 California Ave., Sw, Seattle, WA, 98116-4102, for Appellant(s).

Patricia Hickey O'Brien , Attorney at Law, 3012 Aspinwall Rd., Nw, Olympia, WA, 98502-1531, Martha Ffrost Wehling , Terence Pruit , Washington Attorney General's Office, 1125 Washington Street, Se., Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Elaine Louise Spencer , Northwest Resource Law PLLC, 71 Columbia St. Ste. 325, Seattle, WA, 98104-1465, David Owen Bechtold , Attorney at Law, 1500 Sw 1st Ave. Ste. 985, Portland, OR, 97201-5823, Christopher Thomas Wion , Summit Law Group PLLC, 315 5th Ave. S. Ste. 1000, Seattle, WA, 98104-2682, for Respondent(s).

Nathan Yandala Bishop , Attorney at Law, 1001 4th Ave., Ste. 3900, Seattle, WA, 98154-1051, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Climate Action Families.

William W. Honea , Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney, 605 S. 3rd St., Mount Vernon, WA, 98273-3867, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Skagit County.

Keith Evan Cohon , Attorney at Law, 6210 Sycamore Ave., Nw, Seattle, WA, 98107-2043, Dakota Lee Rash , Attorney at Law, 3820 Ne 155th Pl. Apt. 702, Lake Forest Park, WA, 98155-6742, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Judith Billings and Barbara Schaad-Lamphere.

Anastasia Maier , Attorney at Law, 26311 Ne Valley St., Duvall, WA, 98019-8435, Elizabeth Dunne , Earth Law Center, P. O. Box 3164, Boulder, CO, 80307, for Amici Curiae on behalf of Earth Law Center, 350 Everett 350 Seattle, Kitsap Environmental Coalition, and Emergency Conservation Committee-Pnw.

David Alan Bricklin , Alexander Arthur Sidles , Bricklin & Newman, LLP, 123 Nw, 36th Street, Suite 205, Seattle, WA, 98107, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Ernest G. Niemi.

Jennifer D. Calkins , Attorney at Law, 6224 41st Ave., Ne, Seattle, WA, 98115-7508, Andrew McAleer Hawley , Attorney at Law, 1402 3rd Ave., Ste. 1022, Seattle, WA, 98101-2110, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Mason County Climate Justice.

Robert Bertelson Mitchell Jr. , K & L Gates LLP, 925 4th Ave., Ste. 2900, Seattle, WA, 98104-1158, Daniel Kelly-Stallings , Attorney at Law, 925 4th Ave., Ste. 2900, Seattle, WA, 98104-1158, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa. Forest Protection Association.

Paul J. Lawrence , Pacifica Law Group LLP, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, Zachary Jones Pekelis , Pacifica Law Group, 1191 2nd Ave., Ste. 2000, Seattle, WA, 98101-3404, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa. Assoc. of Counties.

Ryen L. Godwin , Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt P.C., 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 3400, Seattle, WA, 98101-2339, Molly Henry , Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 3400, Seattle, WA, 98101-2339, Mark Phares , Montana Dept. of Nat. Resources, 1139 Eleventh Avenue, Helena, MT, 59601, Brian Bramblett , Montana Dept. of Nat. Resources, 1139 Eleventh Avenue, Helena, MT, 59601, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Montana Dept. of Natural Resources and Conservation.

Matthew Edward Barber , Washington Attorney General's Office, P. O. Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa State School Directors' Assoc.

Robert Andrew Battles , Association of Washington Business, 1414 Cherry St., Se., Olympia, WA, 98501-2341, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Assoc. of Washington Business.

Laura Elizabeth Ewan , Attorney at Law, 9000 Machinists Place, Upper Marlboro, MD, 20772, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Wa. Council for Machinists.

¶ 1 The respondents in this case, the Commissioner of Public Lands, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, and the Board of Natural Resources (collectively DNR) manage approximately three million acres of forested state-owned lands. Although the precise acreage has fluctuated over time, several hundreds of thousands...

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