DOE officials again explain letters

Ranchers, farmers and landowners again crowded the county’s Public Service Building auditorium in Colfax last Thursday for a second meeting with officials from the state’s Department of Ecology. The session lasted more than two hours.

Three state Department of Ecology staff members from Spokane who attended were Chad Atkins, Mike Kuttels and David Knight. Atkins and Kuttels were at the December meeting. Because there were so many unanswered questions in December, DOE officials were invited to the second meeting by the Whitman Conservation District.

Ray Ledgerwood, program coordinator for the s...