County to retract Plum Creek FOIA request
From Sunshine Review
February 8, 2009
[edit] County to retract Plum Creek FOIA request
"Missoula County won't hold the Forest Service's feet to the FOIA fire any longer.
Last spring, the county requested, through the Freedom of Information Act, hundreds of thousands of files documenting private negotiations between the U.S. Forest Service and Plum Creek Timber Co. over forest road easements.
For months, the county sparred with Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey to obtain the records it needed to determine the legality of the easement agreements. Citing strong public opposition, Plum Creek pulled out of the negotiations in January, mere weeks before Rey left his job.
And now the county is ready to honor the Forest Service's request to withdraw its demand, Deputy County Attorney James McCubbin said."
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