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  • Multi-Resource Management Plan

    The Forest Legacy Program requires a Multi-Resource Management Plan that describes how the Watershed will be managed. This current Plan was developed by the District’s contracted Forester and approved by the previous Board Click here for most recent copy of Plan The Arch Cape Watershed Public Access & Recreation Policy will be incorporated into this…

  • Financial – Operations Plan

    The Board has recently reconvened the Finance Committee to draft a long term financial-operations plan with at least two options to consider, a no-logging option and a logging option. Updates will be posted here

  • #11b – Getting to the Core: Records show Undue Influence by NCLC & Sustainable Northwest

    — Pace yourself , this is a longish conversation with twists and turns and a bit of complexity — On Friday June 3, the Clatsop County District Attorney (DA) required the Water District to release for public review a set of requested records, that they had been refusing to provide, about the easement across our…

  • #11a – Getting to the Core: with involvement of the Clatsop County District Attorney

    Stay with me here!!!!!  I’m about to make a bold and audacious statement, which will seem overly dramatic.  The statement is supported by District records, which were made available thanks to the involvement of the Clatsop County District Attorney, Ron Brown, (who had the District disclose records that they first claimed didn’t exist and then…

  • #9 – Can We Afford to Operate the Watershed:  From Risky to Precarious

    As we all know, financial realities can change quickly.  We are seeing that very sharply today and feeling it in our wallets.   Last year gas prices were hovering around $3.00/gal.  Today they have skyrocketed over $5.00/gal.  That’s a 65% increase.  Grocery prices are following close behind.   Everything is going up (except our personal incomes and…

  • #8 – Logging the Watershed: Which Story to Believe?

    The Board and their Sustainable Northwest consultant have given us two opposing stories about their plans for logging the forest. Story #1, in the below Charts, reflect the information that was given to the Finance Committee by the consultant and was incorporated into the Financial Plan that was approved by the Board. Story #2, in…

  • #7 – Call for a More Collaborative Structure and Process

    For any business, fundamental and radical change in the nature of the business should bring with it appropriate change in the structure and process of the business. It is self-evident that the purchase of the Forest will fundamentally change the intensity and nature of the District’s business.  In order to run the expanded business effectively,…

  • #6 – Our Board: All Knowing?

    “[we] are doing this for the community” is a common statement heard from Board members. That’s a paternalistic statement unless the the Board knows what the community wants. And how can the Board know what the community wants? They haven’t asked.  The Board has two policies guiding their communication with the community (their constituency). ‘Don’t Ask…

  • #5 – $833,000 – Innocent Error or Intentionally Misleading?

    Managing and running a forest can be complex.  Like with any business, there are a number of moving parts and managing them all together typically requires a level of specialized knowledge.  What looks easy of the surface many not always be.   That’s why it’s important to have an experienced leadership team with a breadth of…

  • #4 – Recreation Use et al. – Whose Agenda is it Anyway?

    When agendas differ, whose should prevail – the Board’s agenda for the community or the community’s agenda for the board ? I would hope that the community’s agenda would become the Board’s, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with the Arch Cape Forest. It’s one thing when the agenda only pertains to the…