The complaint asks the “BIA to withdraw the Kokwel timber sale until such time as the agency demonstrates to this Court that it has adequately complied with the law”
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Read MoreWill be interesting to see how this coalition will benefit from seating Messerle as a county commissioner.
Read MoreNovember 6 is fast coming upon us and the candidates are getting their signs out and beginning their advertising campaigns.
Read MoreThey aren’t pretty pictures with damaged creeks, road failures and landslides and call into question the tribe’s forest management practices despite their commercial FSC certifications. Eatherington sent the link to the photos to Jason Robison in order to give the tribe an opportunity to dispute any captions attributed to the photos. Robison didn’t deny any of Eatherington’s claims but instead responded with a list of bizarre questions.
Read MoreSending emails, placing calls and sending letters as well as attending meetings and even holding protests would be more effective than paying up to $60K for a non-binding advisory vote. Finally, the bill as written is not likely to pass and all of this will be moot anyway.
Read MoreWhen asked why the county would need to partner with the tribe Main admitted that a co-management agreement with the tribe would cost the county money. The county forest timber management cost is only 10% and a partnership would cost the county up to an additional 40% of the gross.
Read MoreNow that a bill is being floated by DeFazio that does in fact give management over to the county, Main is now concerned with whether the public wants to co-manage the lands with the tribe. On Tuesday’s BOC agenda is an item submitted by Main to, “discuss putting an advisory vote on the ballot, asking if the county should partner with the Coquille Tribe on any timberlands”.
Read MoreAmongst the beneficiaries are Robert G Ross $434,282, Messerle and Sons, $35,886 since 2003 and the Coquille Tribe receipting $38,805 since 2002.
Read MoreParry wants us all to come together “unilaterally” to work on this and asserts that all federal environmental protections will be met while at the same time producing millions in revenue. He assures us this project has been five years in the making and, “The tribe hired one of the best forest economists in the country to take a look at the jobs and dollars generated.”
Read MoreThe video will speak for itself. Parry’s behavior is, in a word, disgusting, not to mention over the top and wholly inappropriate. Main’s behavior isn’t much better and let there be no mistake, even though they haven’t filed candidate papers yet both of them are using their platform to campaign.
Read MoreGiven the BOC estimate of “$185,000,000 in government revenue over 10 years”, it appears their estimate is 14 times greater than the one compiled with currently available data.
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