[Vision2020] The Cedars

[Mark Solomon]

Chris,

Thanks for the support. Turning it into a county park could be the 
second step. The first big hurdle is getting it out of the school 
lands trust and I somewhat doubt that the legislature would fund 
creation of a county park outright.

m.

>Mark,
>I am glad to see that the cedar grove is back in the news, I hope this time
>you will be able to lock that site up for good.  Is it possible that the
>site can become a county park?  Latah County has such a wonderful park
>system and I am sure Andy Grant, the park staff, and local volunteers would
>be able to manage and tend the area better than State Parks could. T
>	The county can apply for a LWCF grant to fund acquisition and
>upgrades to the site.  Use of LWCF funds also means that the county must
>preserve the site in perpetuity as a park. I also believe that adjacent
>landowners may be more willing to grant easements or also outright sell or
>donate neighboring parcels to help with formation of a locally owned park.
>
>	I wish you the best of luck in preserving the cedars.  I sure loved
>hiking and skiing through there when I lived in the county and I hope that
>future generations can enjoy the grove as well.
>
>Chris Storhok