DP steelhead,

You took the words right out of my mouth!!!
These companys need to be paying the same taxes as the rest of us!!! This just pisses me off!!! Our state needs to step up to the plate and tell all the timber companys that all lands will be open for FULL public use or pay the full tax like anybody els. Our tax $$$ helped allot of these guys biuld roads into allot of these timber lands for fire and recreation many years ago and now they are telling us we can't use them anymore!!!

If they were made to pay the same taxes I think our budget shortage would be a little less.

I am right on the edge of not hunting this state anymore. After hunting Idaho for 6 years I find it harder each year to buy a liscense in Wa for this very reason.

kris