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Page 6 <strong>Huckleberry</strong> <strong>Press</strong> March 24, 2016<br />
From Our Readers...<br />
Government Land Management<br />
As many know, the<br />
federal government’s management<br />
of forest land<br />
in our region is being reviewed<br />
through the formal<br />
process of plan revision.<br />
Our County Commissioners<br />
have been attentively<br />
overseeing this process.<br />
The public has been invited<br />
to comment on the<br />
Colville National Forest<br />
Plan Revision through<br />
July 5, 2016. Go to: http://<br />
www.fs.usda.gov/colville<br />
to read the draft, read others’<br />
comments, and submit<br />
a comment yourself. This<br />
is an opportunity for all<br />
concerned citizens.<br />
The following letter<br />
was initially submitted as<br />
prescribed by the website<br />
on 3/15/16. (It has yet to<br />
be posted on the FS site,<br />
though others written after<br />
mine are posted.)<br />
Dear Representative of the<br />
The simple online tool to<br />
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Forest Service:<br />
My concern, as is the<br />
concern of many in Stevens<br />
County, is that our<br />
U.S. Constitution and the<br />
Constitution of the State<br />
of WA does not lawfully<br />
allow federal control and<br />
regulation of land within<br />
the borders of Washington<br />
except in agreement with<br />
Article I, Section 8, Clause<br />
17 of the U.S. Constitution.<br />
National forests are<br />
not part of that constitutionally<br />
defined area.<br />
According to the law<br />
of the land, the federal government<br />
is not to have any<br />
control over land except<br />
for our national capital,<br />
forts/arsenals, ports, and<br />
necessary buildings; and<br />
that jurisdiction is granted<br />
only by permission from<br />
the hosting state.<br />
We are no longer a<br />
territory (Article 4) wherein<br />
our federal government<br />
holds land in trust for the<br />
state. Washington entered<br />
the union a long time ago,<br />
and on equal footing with<br />
the original states wherein<br />
all the land within our borders<br />
was to become part of<br />
our sovereign state.<br />
We, as a state, are<br />
also very capable of preserving<br />
the lands, natural<br />
resources, and antiquities<br />
within our borders, and are<br />
inherently, I would suggest,<br />
motivated to do so.<br />
Therefore, we appeal<br />
to our federal government,<br />
the Forest Service<br />
in particular, to comply<br />
with our national and state<br />
constitutions and acknowledge<br />
they have no lawful<br />
authority to regulate land<br />
within the state of Washington.<br />
That authority is<br />
given to the state and the<br />
people therein.<br />
Any Forest Plan<br />
ought rightfully to be generated<br />
from the state over<br />
the land within its borders.<br />
There is much that<br />
needs to be restored in<br />
this country. Restoring<br />
the integrity of our Constitutional<br />
laws would be a<br />
laudable starting point.<br />
Respectfully submitted,<br />
Mrs. Kelly Tacoma<br />
Northport, WA<br />
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