GALICE, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon is considering whether to sell or exchange land in Josephine and Jackson counties, including forestland overlooking the Rogue River near Galice.
Altogether, the state is eyeing 24 Common School Fund tracts totaling nearly 5,000 acres.
The Mail Tribune says environmentalists are concerned about the impact selling the Rogue River land would have on the river, fisheries, tourism and the economy of Galice and southern Oregon.
Shannon Wilson, co-director of Ecosystem Advocates Northwest, says the lands were meant to be “meant to be providing school funds in perpetuity.”
Julie Curtis, spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of State Lands, says no decision will be made this year.
