Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Inc. v. Forest Practices Appeals Board

¶1 Roy Ostroski and the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) appeal the superior court’s reversal of the Forest Practices Appeals Board’s affirmance of a DNR-approved permit.1 This DNR permit would have allowed Ostroski to convert forest land within a Special Management Area of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area (CRG-NSA) to a new agricultural use. Ostroski and DNR argue that state forest practice rules require the DNR to review the permit for compliance with only the cultural and natural resource guidelines sections of the Management Plan (MP), not scenic…