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About
the Mazama Tree Farm
Ty
Beaver
The
Mazama Tree Farm comprises more than 90,000 acres, straddling Highway 97
for a 24-mile stretch between Spring Creek Hill and Chemult.
The
property was in the original Klamath Tribes reservation before it was
sold to an industrial timber company after the Tribes lost federal
recognition.
It
is owned by Cascade Timberlands, LLC, a
Among
the properties’ features, as listed in a 2006 online property sale ad,
are frontage on the
“It’s a great property and there was no hurry to
sell it,” said John Shea, director of business development with
Olympic Resource Management, the company that manages the property.
Tribal leaders have since opened discussions about
possible purchase of the property.
Federal law requires that whoever owns the property
manage it for sustained harvest, which Shea said continues to this day.
Tribal members also retain hunting, fishing and gathering rights to the
property because it was formerly tribal lands.
Public access is restricted. Grazing is permitted in
some portions and hunting has some restrictions though Shea said he
didn’t know specifics.
One 300-acre portion of private land exists within the
property, divided into 10- to 15-acre parcels and owned by several
individuals.
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