PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Natural Resources will receive public comments about a proposed exchange of state trust lands with the Green Crow Corp. timber company at a 6 p.m. hearing today.
The meeting will be at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
In the proposal, known as the Foothills Exchange, DNR would trade 6,818 acres of trust land with Green Crow and receive up to 9,595 acres of Green Crow property in return.
The exchange is intended to consolidate DNR’s management of state trust lands.
A summary of the testimony will be presented to the Board of Natural Resources at a regularly scheduled meeting before a final decision is made.
Written comments must be received by July 13.
They can be mailed to DNR, Asset and Property Management Division, Attn: Foothills Exchange, No. 86-086805, P.O. Box 47014, Olympia, WA 98504-7014, or emailed to exchanges@dnr.wa.gov.
For more information, phone 360-902-1600.