News Headlines

Here's the latest news, with a bit of history included!

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Top Stories

• US Dept. of Interior - Bureau of Reclamation (11/16/11): The Bureau of Reclamation and Washington State Department of Ecology released a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan (Integrated Plan) for public comment.

• Fire Engineering (8/2/11): USFS: Effectiveness of Fuel Treatments Depends on Thinning Intensity

• National Forest Homeowners (5/6/11): Cabin Fee Act Update

• The Columbian (4/3/11): NW has new District 6 Forest Ranger

• May 2011 Cabin Tracks now available!  (PDF)
  Our latest newsletter contains articles on this year's summer picnic, summary of the 2011 CPCOA Field Trips, the latest news from the Naches Ranger District and more!
  Previous issues can be found in the Cabin Tracks section below.

• Email from NFH C-2 Program (Dec 26, 2010): Progress report on Cabin Fees Legislation (PDF)

• USFS Naches Ranger District (August 2010): Mike Rowan has accepted a new job

• Washington State DOT (May 2010): Nile Valley Landslide Geotechnical Report (large file)

• Yakima Herald (4/3/10): Forest green: Cabin owners seeing red over proposed fee hikes

• NHF Announcement (3/22/10): NFH Hails Introduction of Cabin Fee Act of 2010

• Yakima Herald (3/19/10): Doc takes aim at skyrocketing cabin land fees

• March 2010 update from Ecology on Water Rights (PDF)

• Yakima Herald (1/22/10): Guest commentary-- Landslide stokes fire of community spirit

• Yakima Herald (1/16/10): Hastings seeks fairness in USFS lease fees for cabins

• Washington Examiner (11/20/09) : Cleanup after Washington landslide moves forward with effort to save stranded fish

• Yakima Herald (11/16/09): Land on the move  with Geological Hazard Map
  Here is a more detailed Geological Hazard Map of the Chinook Pass area showing cabin tracts.  
  NOTE: this PDF file is very large and will take minutes to load, even on a high speed Internet service.   Please be patient.

• Yakima Herald (11/8/09): A witness to disaster at the Nile landslide

• Yakima Herald (10/26/09): Domestic sheep and bighorns separated for safety reasons

• Yakima Herald (10/22/09): Bumping Lake central to water talks

  • Additional Information on Central Washington Water Storage expansion plans:

    • WA-DOE: Columbia River Basin Storage Options - Yakima Basin Water Storage

    • US-BR: Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Alt. (PDF)

    • US-BR: Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project 2009 Work Group

• Seattle Times (9/9/09): Soaring Forest Service leases to drive families out of cabins they've had for generations

• USDA Website (8/14/09): AGRICULTURE SECRETARY VILSACK ANNOUNCES NEW DIRECTION AND VISION FOR AMERICA'S FORESTS

• Seattle Times (6/18/09): Tom Tidwell Named New Forest Chief

• Cabin Property Tax Checkup
  Are you paying too much property tax for your cabin?   Read this article and find out how you can make sure you are paying the right amount.

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President's Messages

• Current Message
  

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Cabin Tracks - CPCOA's own newsletter

• May 2011 (PDF)
  Includes articles from the CPCOA President, updated information from the Naches Ranger District, news from NFH, a proposed By-Law change as well as announcing this year's field trips
• May 2010 (PDF)
  
• May 2009 (PDF)
  
• February 2007 (PDF)
  
• November 2005 (PDF)
  
• March 2005 (PDF)

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Reprints

• Yakima Herald: Summer camps seek solution to water rights question  
  CPCOA's own Jack Selby is quoted in this article on water rights.

• Washington Post: Sites in National Forests at Grave Risk (PDF)

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Meeting Minutes

• 2011 Fall General Meeting  (PDF)

• 2011 Fall Board Meeting  (PDF)

• 2011 Summer General Meeting  (PDF)

• 2011 Summer Board Meeting  (PDF)

• 2010 Fall General Meeting  (PDF)

• 2010 Fall Board Meeting  (PDF)

• 2010 Summer General Meeting  (PDF)

• 2010 Summer Board Meeting  (PDF)

• 2009 Fall General Meeting  (PDF)

• 2009 Fall Board Meeting (Oct 3)  (PDF)

• 2009 Fall Board Meeting (Sept 19)  (PDF)

• 2009 Spring Board Meeting (PDF)

• 2008 Summer General Meeting (PDF)

• 2008 Spring Board Meeting (PDF)

• 2007 Fall General Meeting (PDF)

• 2007 Summer Picnic Meeting (PDF)

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Archive

• May 2008 update from Ecology on Water Rights (PDF)

• Report on the 2008 National Forest Homeowners Convention (PDF)