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Central Cascades Forest, LLC
Original Acquisition ("Central Cascades Forest") from Remaining timberland to be transferred for permanent
Plum Creek Timber Company in December 2014 protection, including Cle Elum Ridge (-9,700 acres)
(nearly 50,000 acres)
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❑ CCF-Transferred in 2024 ❑ Okanogan-Wenatchee . National Wilderness
Nnlional Forest
❑ National Forest
CCF—Transferred through 2021
Washington Dept.of
■ CCF--Not yet Transferred Fish&Wildlife
Washington Dept.of
Natural Resources
Okanogan-Wenatchee NF
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+Management Options
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OPTION 1 : DNR Trust Lands + TNC Community Forest - - State/County., _
.-Trust Lands '
• DNR purchases northern 2/3 of Cle Elum Ridge (6,200 acres) as trust r�Community.For
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• Conservation Easement on southern tract
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• TNC purchases southern 1/3 (3,500 acres) as community forest
• Includes DNR Conservation EasementRCO _
• Intention to co-manage with Yakama Nation and Mountains To _. - '' .. ,-�_. ";Oa Rock
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Sound Greenway, and possible future transfer of fee title to ,�
Yakama Nation
OPTION 2: DNR Trust Lands Only
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• DNR purchases entire Cle Elum Ridge (9,700) as trusts lands (or
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❑ Yakama Nation
ORPGON National Forest Boundary
Other Protected Lands
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Management Zone(WDFW)
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