Gao Investigators Raise Warning Flags Over Forest Road Deal
Sunday Gazette-Mail › October 28, 2008
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WASHINGTON - A controversial deal between the federal government and the nation's largest private landowner could increase residential development of forests around the country, according to Congressional investigators.
The proposed agreement between the Forest Service and Plum Creek Timber Co. would allow the company to use roads on national forests in Montana to develop its adjacent private property for subdivisions. Such easements often only allow the company to use public roads for logging or forest management.See the full content of this document
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Gao Investigators Raise Warning Flags Over Forest Road Deal
The General Accountability Office, in a letter sent Friday to the two Democratic Senator...
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