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What about the timber jobs? What about access for hunters and other recreationists here in Montana. Will 630,000 acres of land in Montana just turn into a playground for the rich here in Northwest Montana?

An attorney for Southern Pine Plantations said the company has no plans to change long-standing practices when it comes to public access, forest management, grazing, outfitting agreements and conservation easements.

// // // // // // // KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — The Washington-based timber giant Weyerhaeuser has agreed to sell its nearly 1,000 square miles of timberland in Montana to a private investment company for $145 million in cash...