The state Department of Natural Resources has indefinitely canceled a proposed timber sale on Livingston Mountain, citing local residents’ concerns regarding truck traffic, noise and the impact on the area environment.
The Squeaky Timber Sale would have auctioned timber, primarily Douglas fir, from five units, totaling 170 acres, on Livingston Mountain about five miles north of Camas, east of Camp Bonneville. In 2016, the DNR estimated a minimum acceptable bid would have been around $1.2 million but that could have changed with timber market prices.
Following a public meeting in April 2017, and feedback from adjacent landowners and the public, the public land agency said it would put the sale on hold.
“After careful consideration and nearly two years of dialogue with community members, we have decided to remove the Squeaky Timber Sale from the planned timber sale schedule,” Assistant Region Manager Steve Ogden said in a Thursday letter to residents in the area. “At this time, DNR is not proposing any harvest on the parcels in the Squeaky Timber Sale proposal in the near future, and the project is not included in the current five-year harvest schedule.”
