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NO. 1998 - 45
CLEARANCES Date Date Received in Council Office Agenda Date Assigned To
Orig. Dept.: County Council
1/21/98
2/10/98
Council
Division Head:
2/24/98
Nat. Res. Comm.
Dept. Head:
Prosecutor:
Budget:
Executive:
SUBJECT.-
Resolution regarding Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Managment Project
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution and misc. correspondence
SUMMARY STATEMENT.•
Related County Contract #: Should the Clerk schedule a hearing? (Y/N N Requested Date:
This resolution calls for the termination of the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project with the data collected
to be communicted to BLM district managers and National Forest Supervisors
RECOMMENDED MOTION (for final action):
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN
1998 - 45 2/10/98: Held in Committee
2/24/98: Substitute resolution approved 6 -1, Imhof
opposed. Res. #98-011
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only):
Sponsored by: Brenner & Brown
Proposed by: Consent
Introduction date: 2110198
Resolution No 9s -o11
REGARDING THE INTERIOR COLUMBIA BASIN ECOSYSTEM
MANAGEMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, the President of the United States, by executive order, initiated the
Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project ( ICBEMP) to create a
scientifically sound, legally defensible ecosystem management plan, and;
WHEREAS, ICBEMP will directly affect management of 16 Bureau of Land
Management districts and 30 national forests administered by the USDA forest Service,
all located in western states, and;
WHEREAS, ICBEMP covers 104 counties, 144.'million acres (including 72
million acres of private land) and will directly and indirectly affect the livelihoods of
millions of citizens in the planning area and;
WHEREAS, the citizens of the western states have a direct interest in the
management of public lands that produce payments in lieu of taxes that contribute
significantly to funding of public schools and roads, and;
WHEREAS, the citizens of the United States and communities throughout the
western states depend on the managed stewardship, sustained - yield, even flow production
of goods and services from multiple -use management of public lands located. in those
states, and;
WHEREAS, there is increasing demand within the United States and the world
for renewable, recyclable goods and services including recreation, wildlife, fisheries,
food, fiber, clean air, clean water, and;
WHEREAS, ICBEMP was intended to protect our resources, but may actually do
the opposite, and;
WHEREAS, the Western Legislative Forestry Task Force has recommended that
ICBEMP should be terminated;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Whatcom County Council that
ICBEMP should be terminated, with no Record of Decision being approved; the
ecosystem management data developed by the project should be communicated to BLM
district managers and National Forest supervisors for consideration of public input in
statutorily scheduled environmental land and resource management plan revisions, and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Whatcom County Council strongly
supports natural resource planning and environmental management featuring site - specific
management decisions and involvement of county government in these decisions with the
appropriate agencies.
APPROVED this 24 day ofFeb uar :1998.
APP VED AS TO FO
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