Huckleberry Land Exchange With Weyerhaeuser Company, Mt. Baker- Snoqualmie National Forest, Skagit, Snohomish, King, Lewis and Pierce Counties, Washington

Résumé

The Forest Service, USDA, will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) on a proposal to exchange lands west of the Cascade Crest in the state of Washington. The exchange would result in the transfer of up to 7,200 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands for up to 33,000 acres of Weyerhaeuser lands in Snohomish, King, Pierce, Yakima, Skagit, and Kittitas Counties in the state of Washington. Transfer of these lands will result in consolidation of NFS land ownership in the Greenwater, Snoqualmie (I-90 corridor), and Skykomish River Basins. The EIS will be consistent with the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) (as amended in April 1994), which provides overall guidance of all land management activities on the Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The Forest Service invites written comments and suggestions on the issues and management opportunities for the area being analyzed.