Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey details possible Plum Creek land deal in Montana
| July 17, 2008 |  View for printing |
The map, according to Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey, is both detailed and accurate, a diagram charting exactly how his controversial deal with Plum Creek Timber Co. would “lay on the land.”
It shows both Plum Creek and U.S. Forest Service land holdings, shows road easements across those property lines, shows timberlands now protected by conservation easements and timberlands that might be protected through a large land buyout now in the works.
“What it shows,” Rey said, “is that a significant amount of Plum Creek's Montana ownership is going to be protected by conservation easements, be protected by conservation sales or be retained by the company for timber production. That's what the map tells me.”
By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian
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