COLVILLE COMMUNITY

FORESTRY COALITION

October 10, 2003

Mr. Rick Brazell

Colville Forest Supervisor

765 South Main

Colville, WA 99114

Re: Deadman Creek Timber Sale Project Comments

Dear Supervisor Brazell:

The Colville Community Forestry Coalition is once again quite pleased with the new relationship we have established with the US Forest Service in the Colville National Forest. We thank you and your staff for coming to and participating in our meeting on October 6, 2003. We accomplished two important tasks at that meeting.

First, and the formal purpose of this letter, is to provide you with our comments on the Deadman Creek Timber Sale Project. The Coalition Board voted to provide you with the following resolution: The Coalition shall submit the modifications to the Deadman Creek Timber Sales Project requesting further modification of the preferred Alternative D as detailed on the mylar overlay entitled: Colville Coalition Proposal; and including proposed additional treatment units not currently contained in the preferred alternative. We enclose with this letter the actual mylar of Alternative D with our proposed changes drawn upon it.

We trust that you realize the effort that has gone into the creation of this compromise alternative. We believe that in the future the Coalition will be able to provide critical expertise at an earlier moment in the planning and permitting of projects and we are looking forward to working with you and your staff in that regards.

Second, the Coalition was pleased with the movement forward on the Burnt Valley fuels reduction categorical exclusion process. We will be meeting with your staff on October 29, 2003 to review maps and documents and to make a site visit.

We are pleased to be working cooperatively with the Colville National Forest.

Sincerely,

Lloyd McGee

President – Colville Coalition