Bush plan may sell 3,000 acres on Flathead national forest

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"Flathead Forest could sell up to 3,000 acres of land
Posted: Thursday, Feb 16, 2006 - 08:33:10 am PST
By CHRIS PETERSON



If this Forest Service land sale goes through, it would make the recent Hungry Horse deal look like small potatoes.

The Forest Service last week released a list of Flathead National Forest land that could possibly sold to make federally-mandated payments to the county.

Already the Flathead National Forest Service is receiving calls about the plan. Spokeswoman Denise Germann said she's had about a dozen calls. Some were from private landowners who live adjacent to the Forest, others were from real estate agents looking for maps of parcels. "