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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016
State Land Board draws protest over Elliott forest sale
ers cannot offer more than the
state’s price of $220.8 million,
determined earlier this year
to be the forest’s fair market
value.
Speakers during the pub-
lic comment period, of whom
there were about 35, spoke
in favor of keeping the forest
public.
Several
commentors,
including children, said they
lived in the area and that they
feared the potential effect of
new ownership on the forest’s
rivers, trees and ish.
By CLAIRE
WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Nearly one
month before acquisition pro-
posals for a major parcel of
the Elliott State Forest are due,
more than 30 members of the
public gave comments at the
State Land Board’s meeting
Tuesday.
The sale of approximately
82,500 acres of the Elliott State
Forest, which has proven con-
troversial, particularly among
environmental groups, wasn’t
an item that board members
were scheduled make any
decisions on.
Nevertheless, an hourlong
comment period on the sub-
ject was scheduled for the
end of Tuesday’s meeting
— though protesters had to
check their signs at the door
under the watchful eyes of
state troopers.
Under the state constitu-
tion, the State Land Board is
required to maximize reve-
nue from the Elliott State For-
est and other natural resources
the state received from the fed-
eral government at statehood.
The board is required to put
that revenue toward the state’s
K-12 public schools.
Common School Fund
The Elliott Forest land at
issue has, for years, been an
asset of the Common School
In Land Board’s hands
Claire Withycombe/EO Media Group
Environmental groups oppose the sale of the Elliott State
Forest organized a protest at Tuesday’s State Land Board
meeting in Salem.
Fund. In recent years it has
become a inancial liability
and the state wants to “decou-
ple” the fund from the forest.
In July, the Department of
State Lands estimated that the
Common School Fund lost $4
million since 2013 due to new
timber harvest limitations on
the Elliott State Forest land.
Those limitations were
sparked by a lawsuit challeng-
ing the state’s logging in areas
that are home to the marbled
murrelet, which is protected
under the federal Endangered
Species Act.
The proceeds from the
planned sale of the parcel will
be invested in the Common
School Fund, according to the
department.
The buyer must ensure 40
direct and indirect jobs in con-
nection for the forest for 10
years, and in perpetuity do
the following: conserve pub-
lic access on 50 percent of the
area’s acreage, protect at least
25 percent of the trees from
harvest and maintain ripar-
ian areas of 120 feet or more
on either side of ish-bearing
streams.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown,
one of three members of
the board, said during Tues-
day’s meeting that bidders can
exceed these requirements.
However, prospective buy-
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The Land Board, however,
bears ultimate responsibility
for the acquisition decision.
Several dozen entities have
expressed interest in buy-
ing the land, according to the
Department of State Lands.
These include public agen-
cies such as the U.S. Forest
Service, the Bureau of Land
Management and the Oregon
Department of Forestry.
According to State Lands
Spokeswoman Julie Cur-
tis, public entities who sub-
mitted expressions of interest
in accordance with the state
deadline can partner with pri-
vate entities to submit acqui-
sition plans, as long as those
who formally expressed inter-
est on deadline are the lead
entity on any acquisition plan.
Acquisition plans are due
Nov. 15, one week after the
general election. Oregon Gov.
Kate Brown is the only board
member seeking reelection.
Secretary of State Jeanne
Atkins plans to retire when
her term concludes at the end
of this year, while Treasurer
Ted Wheeler has been elected
to serve as mayor of Portland
starting in January.
At Tuesday’s meeting,
State Lands Director Jim Paul
said the sale was on track to
meet the projected timeline for
the sale of the Elliott State For-
est property.
After the Nov. 15 deadline,
it may take the department up
to a week to evaluate all of the
proposals for how well they
meet the criteria, Paul said,
and public comment will again
be taken at the board’s next
meeting Dec. 13.
In other business, on Tues-
day the board also received the
department’s annual aquatic
resource management report
and approved the sale of two
state-owned trust parcels —
one in Marion County and
another in Lincoln County.
The Marion County par-
cel, approximately 0.68 acres,
is being sold to the city of
Salem, as it is surrounded by
city property in Minto Brown
Park. The Lincoln County Par-
cel, approximately 70.6 acres,
is being sold to the Wetlands
Conservancy, a conservation
nonproit.
The board also approved
“clarifying” changes to admin-
istrative rules governing state-
owned submerged and sub-
mersible land.
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