Members announced for Teanaway Community Forest Advisory Committee

[TheHunt]

There sure is a lot of special interest groups wanting a slice of the pie.  The greenee's are just buying time to shut it all down for hunting.

[bigtex]

So it says at the head waters of the Yakima.  But where is this 50, 000 acre community forest located?

http://www.dnr.wa.gov/Publications/amp_teanaway_map.pdf

The pink colored lands are the "Teanaway Community Forest"

Brownish colored are DNR lands

Green are US Forest Service

[bigtex]

I'd say "greenies" are just what is needed, even from a hunter's perspective. We want lots of fish and wildlife, so we should be in favor of quality fish and wildlife habitat, and isn't that the same thing so called "greenies" will want?

Do "greenies" like the thought of you hunting on these lands, or generally not? Would they rather like to keep you off the land and build wind power sites? Generalizations abound....  Are there many hunters on the board?

As part of DNR's new "community forest" program the state is acquiring lands to continue their use as "working forests" and to continue the use of grazing, forestry, recreation, and conservation in managing the lands. The Teanaway was the first "community forest" acquired by the state, DNR is currently accepting applications for new "community forests."

[bobcat]

Wow, lots of paranoia in this thread. Hunting in the Teanaway is not going to be shut down. We should all be thankful the state was able to buy it before it was all subdivided and developed. The "greenies" are likely the people we should be thanking for making this happen.


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[bigtex]

Wow, lots of paranoia in this thread. Hunting in the Teanaway is not going to be shut down. We should all be thankful the state was able to buy it before it was all subdivided and developed. The "greenies" are likely the people we should be thanking for making this happen.

I agree. This land was on the chopping block and the former landowner (which did allow recreational access) was looking at selling it to a developer.

[CAMPMEAT]

I'll bet a dollar we are only seeing what the DNR/WDFW wants us to read.

[whacker1]

The only item not mentioned is water storage....I thought that the area was also to put forth some additional water storage to keep more flow in the Yakima during the summer low flow months. 

And if i recall the state had pretty stiff requirements to protect the Yakima watershed and using it for multi-use is the best use of land.  Hunting is supposed to be protected for this area.

And again if I recall they robbed the snowmobile grooming fund to help with the acquisition dollars, so they will be hard pressed to lock out the snowmobile enthusiasts.

Anybody out there that can comment on my foggy memory above as to whether I am remembering this correctly?

[logger]

I believe the title community forest is a smoke screen, a good friend of mine is a forester out of ellensburg told me there is nothing to manage for the most part atleast in the way of timber,maybe water and recreation but i believe that to be about it.

[WAcoueshunter]

Good decision. I know Regan Dunn god guy and a hunter to boot.

 
I was about to say the same thing. Essman is also a good choice, her husband Bill and her are well known in Kittitas County for their involvement with fish and wildlife issues. Some of you may know the name Bill Essman, he retired as the WDFW Sergeant for Kittitas and Yakima Counties about 10 years ago...

   I look at that list and see a good group, at least on paper.  Mostly folks from E. Wa.  Also folks representing the different recreation groups, most of which are pro (or at least not anti) hunting.  I've actually hunted with Reagan Dunn in that forest - he's both a hunter and a politician, so a good guy to have in the mix. 

[whacker1]

I believe the title community forest is a smoke screen, a good friend of mine is a forester out of ellensburg told me there is nothing to manage for the most part atleast in the way of timber,maybe water and recreation but i believe that to be about it.

I would tend to agree with this.  any logging will be extremely limited from what I gathered.  Grazing and recreational uses were the uses in addition to protecting the watershed for the Yakima

[bobcat]

I believe the title community forest is a smoke screen, a good friend of mine is a forester out of ellensburg told me there is nothing to manage for the most part atleast in the way of timber,maybe water and recreation but i believe that to be about it.

Probably because the previous owner already logged the majority of it, correct? That's why it was up for sale- they got what they wanted. It was then prime for subdivision and development.

Thankfully, since trees do grow back, there is plenty of "forest" to be managed, even though there may not be a whole lot of timber ready to be cut tomorrow.


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[gvan]

I'll bet a dollar we are only seeing what the DNR/WDFW wants us to read.

I agree not much of the teanaway left that ain't private or restricted.sounds like trouble. Boise left a lot of mess behind in the valley.the huggers crowd is thick over there now.Just wait and see what happens and if ya need a reminder just think SUN CADIA