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RESOLUTION
#32: CASCADE CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP
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| In the 1880's, the federal
government supported a transcontinental railroad -- the Northern
Pacific -- to be built through the central Cascade mountains to the
coast by giving land grants to the railroads in a checkerboard
pattern. These lands were later sold by the railroads to timber
companies, which resulted in a checkerboard pattern on private and
public ownership of these forests. |
| Since 1993, Charlie Raines
of the Sierra Club has worked on the Cascade Checkerboard Project to
restore ecosystem protection in the central Cascades, which are now
traversed by I-90 (the main east-west Interstate highway). That
work has resulted in the Cascade Conservation Partnership, which is a
public-private partnership aiming to raise funds to purchase and
protect more than 75,000 acres of privately owned forests to maintain
and enhance wildlife corridors between the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area
and Mount Rainier National Park. |
| The Partnership goal is to
protect most of the remaining old-growth forests left on private land
in this region, as well as 26 miles of riparian zone, 15 lakes, and
more than 45 miles of hiking trails. |
| The Northwest Ecosystem
Alliance, in partnership with the Sierra Club, Seattle Audubon Society,
Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project, and many other environmental
groups, is working to raise public and private funds for this effort. |
| The Federation of Western
Outdoor Clubs supports the aims and objectives of the Cascade
Conservation Partnership and urges governmental and private funding for
this campaign. |
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