RIDGE records, 1923-2021

Overview of the Collection

Creator
RIDGE (Organization)
Title
RIDGE records
Dates
1923-2021 (inclusive)
1987-2021 (bulk)
Quantity
14.78 cubic feet (14 boxes, including 44 CDs, 1 DVD, and 8 videocassettes; and 2 oversize folders, and 4 tubes)
Collection Number
6295
Summary
Records of RIDGE, a Roslyn-based community organization focused on environmental and land use activism in Upper Kittitas County, Washington
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access for paper-based materials.

Analog and digital media is closed until processed.

Request at UW

Languages
English
Sponsor
Full processing supported by the Labor Archives Fund and the Labor Archives of Washington State Budget

Historical NoteReturn to Top

RIDGE was a community organization in Roslyn, Washington formed in 1988. Ellie Belew and Douglas Kilgore were leaders of the organization, which engaged in activism around forestry and land use issues during the late 1980s and into the early 2010s. RIDGE partnered with labor groups-- especially the building trades unions-- in a long fight to block the development of what is now the Suncadia Resort, the first Master Planned Resort in Washington State. Master Planned Resort [MPR] is a type of zoning distinction defined by the Washington State Growth Management [GMA] Act. MPRs are self-contained and fully integrated planned unit developments, in a setting of significant natural amenities, with primary focus on destination resort facilities consisting of short-term visitor accommodations associated with a range of developed on-site indoor or outdoor recreational facilities. The plan allows urban development outside of urban areas and connection to municipal wastewater connections but requires the MPR to be separated from surrounding communities.

RIDGE used a variety of tactics to attempt to block Suncadia’s development including: litigation, land use mapping, water rights, community meetings, and zoning changes. Later, RIDGE engaged with Futurewise to litigate and organize for reforms to the Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan. RIDGE dissolved in 2014.

RIDGE members warned of the negative environmental and economic effects typical of the boom and bust cycles of logging on local economies. The boom and bust cycle of a town dominated by a major extractive industry was a familiar cycle in Roslyn, founded in 1886 as a mining company town initiated and platted by the Northern Pacific Coal Company, a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railway. The last mine closed in Roslyn in 1963, and the bust contributed to an economic downturn and population decline. After the loss of mining jobs, the town’s demographics were largely composed of retired mining families and older white people who moved to Roslyn to complete tree-planting contracts.

RIDGE’s connection to labor organizing is unique among other environmental groups of the time. RIDGE challenged the notion that extractive economy workers and environmentalists have competing interests, and instead sought to harmonize the need for a sustainable forest economy among workers and those concerned with the environment. RIDGE joined a coalition with the building trades unions after Suncadia expressed interest in bringing in open shop contractors to build the resort and that they had no intention of utilizing a responsible contract. Once it was evident Suncadia was going to be built despite efforts to block the development, the coalition fought for and obtained a pledge for employing union workers in its construction. The organization’s leaders also have strong ties with the labor movement. Doug Kilgore is connected to the labor movement in Washington State, and Ellie Belew has researched and authored several books in collaboration with labor unions and labor activists.

Timeline of RIDGE’s History:

  • Spring 1988: Cle Elum Chamber of Commerce hosts community meetings about the future of Upper Kittitas County, and land use and sustainable forestry emerge as a community concern
  • Summer 1988: RIDGE founded by school teachers Doug Johnson and Susan Willis Johnson with a goal to build a sustainable forest economy and ecosystem
  • Fall 1988: RIDGE learns Plum Creek Timber Company plans to log approximately 15,000 acres of timber near Roslyn, Washington
  • Winter 1988: Doug Kilgore and Ellie Belew join RIDGE
  • February 1989: RIDGE presents concerns about overcutting in the Yakima Basin to the Forest Practices Board [FPB]
  • October 1989: RIDGE facilitates first state-wide coalition meeting to discuss overcutting on private forest lands
  • 1988-1989: RIDGE hosts community meetings, gathers signatures to oppose Plum Creek’s logging plans
  • 1989-1990: RIDGE participates in Sustainable Forestry Roundtable [SFR] and SFR subcommittees
  • Fall 1990: RIDGE formally appeals logging plans in L.T. Murray Recreation Area and focuses on documenting side-by-side land parcels in L.T. Murray and how the cumulative effects of logging are not accounted for in Forest Practices Applications
  • Fall 1990: SFR does not reach consensus for proposing legislative package to Washington State Legislature
  • 1990: Growth Management Act [GMA] passes in Washington State Legislature, Kittitas County adopts GMA
  • Early 1990s: Previously logged land parcels in Upper Kittitas County are proposed for development. RIDGE expands focus to include broader land use focus and uses GMA and other planning regulations to advocate for zoning designations of resource lands of long-term commercial significance
  • 1992: Appeals process for L.T. Murray Recreation Area ends, and the area changes from private logging to public management
  • 1992-1995: RIDGE appeals Plum Creek Timber Company’s application for Washington State’s first Master Planned Resort [MPR]
  • April 3 1995: 14,000 acres of forest land in Upper Kittitas County are declared resource lands of long-term commercial significance by Growth Management Hearings Board for Eastern Washington
  • 1996: Plum Creek Timber Company sells 7,600 acres of land to Trendwest Resorts for development of MPR
  • Mid-to-late 1990s: RIDGE rallies community members to identify potential impacts to human and natural communities if MPR is developed
  • April - September 2001: RIDGE and Trendwest (now Suncadia) engage in litigation to mitigate effects of MPR on surrounding communities and agree upon Settlement Agreement for MPR
  • 2001 - 2008: RIDGE enforces and monitors Settlement Agreement. Four amendments added to agreement and Suncadia attempts to dissolve agreement through legal processes
  • 2009: Several RIDGE board members form a new community group called R-Town
  • December 8 2009: RIDGE and Suncadia go to court over enforcement of the Settlement Agreement’s terms
  • July 15, 2013: Kittitas County Judge Scott R. Sparks terminates the Settlement Agreement and all remaining claims
  • August 5, 2013: RIDGE announces no further plans to pursue an appeal
  • 2014: RIDGE dissolves

Source: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/roslyn-washington/

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20170314072214/http://www.roslynridge.org/history.php

Source: https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=36.70a.360

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection contains the organizational records of RIDGE. Records include litigation files and other assorted materials regarding the development of the Suncadia Resort; lawsuit materials; RIDGE office files; RIDGE promotional materials, including newsletters and flyers; correspondence; oversize land use maps; photographs; news clippings and media coverage; contract drafts and contract negotiation notes; and several videocassettes. The records are mostly paper-based, but also include a large number of CDs containing additional digital files. Also includes administrative records of RIDGE relating to the management of the Roslyn Urban Forest by the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), a multi-organization collaboration meant to integrate conservation plans.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

Forms part of the Labor Archives of Washington.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Preferred Citation

Labor Archives of Washington, University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, RIDGE Records, 6295-001, [box number], [folder number]

Restrictions on Use

To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 2 accessions.

  • Accession No. 6295-001, RIDGE records, 1923-2015
  • Accession No. 6295-002, RIDGE records, 1989-2021

Related Materials

Web crawls of RIDGE’s former website, roslynridge.org , can be found on the Wayback Machine’s internet archive.

Processing Note

Abbey Maynard described and intellectually arranged this collection into series and subseries in September 2020 using existing inventory as a guide. Funding for Abbey’s internship was provided by Northwest Archivist’s Archivist-in-Residence program. JoAnn Keenan physically rehoused and inventoried the collection in September 2019.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 6295-001: RIDGE records, 1923-2015 (bulk 1987-2014)Return to Top

9.66 cubic feet (10 boxes, including 39 CDs, 1 DVD, and 8 videocassettes; and 2 oversize folders, and 4 tubes)

Scope and Content: This collection contains the organizational records of RIDGE during their years of operation from 1988 to 2014. Records include litigation files and other assorted materials regarding the development of the Suncadia Resort; lawsuit materials; RIDGE office files; RIDGE promotional materials, including newsletters and flyers; correspondence; oversize land use maps; photographs; news clippings and media coverage; contract drafts and contract negotiation notes; and several videocassettes. The records are mostly paper-based, but also include a large number of CD-roms containing additional digital files.

See the arrangement note in the administrative information section for a detailed list of series and subseries. More detailed scope and content information is also included at the series level in the box/folder inventory.

This collection contains references to the Yakama Nation. In the mid 1990s, the Yakama Nation renamed itself from “Yakima” to “Yakama” to more closely represent pronunciation in their native language. All mentions of the Yakama Nation in this collection have been updated to reflect this change in spelling, though original documents may still have the outdated spelling, depending on the age of the materials.

Source: http://www.yakamanation-nsn.gov/history3.php

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access for paper-based materials.

Analog and digital media is closed until processed.

Restrictions on Use: Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Douglas Kilgore and Ellie Belew.

Arrangement: The collection has been arranged into the following series and subseries
Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Land Trusts
Scope and Content: Land trust project material including maps, notes, correspondence, easements, and land trust standards and practices. Additional material related to conservation easements can be found in Series 6: RIDGE/Suncadia Legislation.
1997-2008
Subseries 1: Projects
1997-2008
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 6295-001
Roslyn Ridge Project: Map, Notes, Articles, and Correspondence
2005-2008
1/2 6295-001
The Cascade Agenda and Kittitas Land Conservancy: Correspondence, Notes, Publications, and Maps with Transparency
2005-2008
1/4 6295-001
Conservation Trust Materials Concerning Development of Trendwest Resorts, Sapphire Skies, and Cle Elum
1997-2001
1/6 6295-001
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and Kittitas Caucus
2004 November 15
1/7 6295-001
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, Correspondence from Ken Konigsmark to Ellie Belew, 2001 Report to Donors, Meeting Notes
1999 November 23-2001 October 1
1/8 6295-001
Correspondence and Draft Proposal for Ridge to River Land Trust
approximately 2000
3/2 6295-001
Kittitas Conservation Trust Phase 2, Grant of Conservation Easement
2007 March 23
3/3 6295-001
Kittitas Conservation Trust Stream C Corridor Grant of Conservation Easement (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Stream C Corridor was a parcel of land included in the RIDGE Settlement Agreement that was subject to conservation easements and other protection from development. After the termination of the RIDGE Settlement Agreement, Stream C and other parcels of land were taken out of protection and are being built upon as of 2020.
2004 October 8-2007 January 16
3/4 6295-001
Kittitas Conservation Trust Stream C Corridor Grant of Conservation Easement (2 of 2)
2004 October 8-2007 January 16
4/24 6295-001
Ridge to River Land Trust Draft and Position Paper by Douglas Kilgore
approximately 1997-1998
Subseries 2: Standards and Practices
2000-2007
Box/Folder Accession
1/3 6295-001
Newspaper Articles, Notes, Correspondence, Fundraising Materials, and Land Trust Pamphlet
2000-2005
1/5 6295-001
Publications and Assorted Material Regarding Land Trust Standards and Practices, Land Conservation Options for Landowners in Kittitas County, Washington
Scope and Content: Contains draft deed of conservation easement on Cascade Land Conservancy
2004-2007
Series 2: Ridge Office Files
Scope and Content: Educational and training material, meeting minutes, notes, correspondence, newsletters, promotional material, news clippings and press, organizational history, promotional materials, website documentation and updates, meeting notices, trails and directions. Oversize maps, oversize newsprint, and electronic records appear throughout this series. More news clippings and press regarding RIDGE can be found in Series 4: Newspaper Clippings, Promotional Materials, and Press. More material related to RIDGE organizational records can be found in Series 5: Grants, Nonprofit and Internal Revenue Service [IRS] Documents.
1989-2015
Subseries 1: Educational and Training Material
2004-2008
Box/Folder Accession
1/11 6295-001
John E. Perkins Consensus Governance Workshop Handouts
2008 May 17-18
1/13 6295-001
Subcommittee and Consensus Training Materials, Including Booklet "Get Off the Dime" by John E. Perkins
2004-2005
7/9 6295-001
Assessment and Training Exercises and Open Space Trail Tour Planning
2004 July 8-2005 July 19
Subseries 2: Meeting Minutes and Notes
1989-2015
Box/Folder Accession
1/12 6295-001
Meetings with Consultant Sam Collins
approximately 2003-2004
2/37 6295-001
Assorted RIDGE Business Notes
approximately 2013
3/8 6295-001
RIDGE Board Meeting Agenda
2009 February 10-26
5/15 6295-001
Statewide Meeting Minutes, Agenda, Mailing Lists, Notes, and Political Action Committee Information
1989 October 21
5/31 6295-001
RIDGE Meeting Minutes and Assorted Materials
Scope and Content: Contains Roslyn City Council resolution for forest stewardship, Suncadia lawsuit material, and developers' resort development plan
2000 July 3-approximately 2015
7/5 6295-001
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (1 of 4)
Scope and Content: Contains transmittal memorandum from Suncadia and memoranda related to Kittitas County Community Development Services
1999-2006
7/6 6295-001
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (2 of 4)
1999-2006
7/7 6295-001
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (3 of 4)
Scope and Content: Contains planning commission findings and comprehensive plan map
1999-2006
7/8 6295-001
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (4 of 4)
Scope and Content: Contains planning committee executive statement
1999-2006
7/19 6295-001
General Suncadia Meeting, Agenda, Correspondence, and Newspaper Clippings
2006 October 23-December 2
7/20 6295-001
Meeting Notes, Correspondence, Memos, Maps, and Kittitas Department of Labor and Industries Wage List
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2005 July 29-2006 July 7
8/7 6295-001
Community Notices, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Notes, and Material from Roslyn City Council and Kittitas County
Scope and Content: Contains CD-rom and oversize newsprint
2002 March 6-2005 December 6
8/13 6295-001
Minutes, Notes, and Newspaper Clipping
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2004 April 19-2006 April 16
8/14 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings, Notices, Minutes, Notes, Correspondence, and Plat Maps
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2003 July 1-2008 November
8/36 6295-001
RIDGE Meeting Notes, Maps, Correspondence
2002 February 19-2003 May 21
Box
10 6295-001
CD 17-19: RIDGE Documentation: Maps, Report Booklets, Master Planned Resort [MPR], and Urban Growth Area [UGA]
2014 April 22-October 3
Subseries 3: Correspondence and Newsletters
1989-2010
Box/Folder Accession
2/9 6295-001
Fund Letters
1998 November-1999 May
2/10 6295-001
RIDGE Line Newsletter
1999-2000
2/14 6295-001
Newsletters
2000 October 25-2003
2/16 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings, RIDGE Line Newsletters, Flyers, and RIDGE Position Paper on RIDGE Settlement Agreement
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1997 December 4-2007 July 15
2/30 6295-001
Mailing List and Contacts
Scope and Content: Contains CD-roms
2009 January 22-2010 November 27
4/26 6295-001
RIDGE Fundraising Letter
1991 February 11
4/27 6295-001
David D. Kinghorn Memorial Communication
1989-1991
5/2 6295-001
Assorted Correspondence from RIDGE Treasurer Jim Fisk
1992 February 28-1993 February 28
5/3 6295-001
Estate of Gary I. Parson
Scope and Content: Gary I. Parson included RIDGE in his estate
2001 April 12-June 14
5/16 6295-001
Newsletters, Correspondence, and Newspaper Clippings
1993 April-1995 May
5/17 6295-001
Correspondence from Jeffrey Jacobs to Susan WIllis Johnson and Doug Kilgore and Partial Copy of Jeffrey Jacobs' "New Pioneers", Chapter 8 "Save Roslyn Ridge"
1993 May 15-1996 January 2
8/10 6295-001
RIDGE Line Quarterly Newsletter
2008
Subseries 4: RIDGE Organizational History
1989-2001
Box/Folder Accession
5/6 6295-001
Draft of New Plan for Organizational Structure of RIDGE
approximately 2001
5/12 6295-001
Community Meeting Agenda, History, and Talking Points
Scope and Content: Contains material about forest management
1990 November 19-20
5/21 6295-001
Notes and Historical Information about RIDGE
approximately 1989-1992
Subseries 5: Promotional Material, Website, and Meeting Notices
1992-2014
Box/Folder Accession
2/15 6295-001
RIDGE Meeting Notices, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, and Assorted Material
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1993 April 17-June 18
2/31 6295-001
Ridge Website Transfer: Notes, Notices, and Correspondence
2013 August 12-2014 June 30
2/38 6295-001
RIDGE Website Updates: Design and Related Documentation
2008 October-2011 November
2/39 6295-001
RIDGE Website Updates: Design and Related Documentation
2006 June 12-2009 December 15
5/4 6295-001
Fundraising Materials for RIDGE
Scope and Content: Contains Susan Willis Johnson letter to Northern Kittitas County Tribune
1992 February 16-1994
5/19 6295-001
New Member Packet
1994-1996
8/21 6295-001
Douglas Kilgore and Ellie Belew's World Affairs Council Presentation
2009 September 29
8/22 6295-001
Postcards, Handouts, Reports, Maps, RIDGE Line Newsletters, Washington Environmental Council "Voices" Newsletter
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2002 July 23-2005 October 25
9/1 6295-001
RIDGE Leaflets
approximately 1994 January 31-2008
Subseries 6: Trails, Maps, and Directions
2000-2008
Box/Folder Accession
7/16 6295-001
Trails
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
2003 January 3-2008 May 16
7/17 6295-001
Suncadia Phase Maps
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
2005
7/18 6295-001
Assorted Onsite Suncadia Mapping
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
approximately 2003
7/21 6295-001
Trailhead Interpreter Center
2004 June 27
7/22 6295-001
Trails and MountainStar Master Planned Resort [MPR]
Scope and Content: Contains CD-roms and oversize maps
2000 October-2007 August 12
8/1 6295-001
State Route 903 Spur, RIDGE Line Newsletter, Meeting Sign-in List, and List of Adjacent Property Owners
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
2004-2008
8/9 6295-001
Driving Tour Directions and Maps for Roslyn Ridge Area
2006 April 15
8/11 6295-001
Directions from Suncadia to Roslyn, Washington
approximately 2008
Series 3: Sustainable Forestry and Land Use
Scope and Content: Material related to sustainable forestry working groups and coalitions, Kittitas County and Kittitas City planning and politics, water and sewerage projects, news clippings and press, and land use proposals, plans, and applications. Types of material include notes, charts, photographs, correspondence, legal documents, reports, meeting minutes, and Washington State Legislative bills. Oversize maps, oversize newsprint, and electronic records appear throughout this series. More information related to land use on the site of Suncadia Resort can be found in SUBSERIES 6: RIDGE/SUNCADIA LITIGATION.
General Notes: RIDGE participated in the Sustainable Forestry Roundtable [SFR] and various SFR subcommittees from 1989-1990. SFR sought to create a legislative package through consensus of all participating groups and propose legislation to state lawmakers. SFR was unable to achieve consensus when RIDGE and several national and local Audubon Society chapters rejected the legislative packet because of its lack of coverage of sustainable forestry and forest rates of harvest. RIDGE monitored and mapped forestry practices in L.T. Murray Recreation Area managed by the Department of Wildlife from 1990 to 1992. RIDGE did this to demonstrate how Forest Practice Applications did not take into account cuts in side-by-side locations of forested areas by using Kittitas County’s recently-adopted Washington State’s Growth Management Act [GMA], other planning regulations, and legal action to advocate for designating traditional forest, mining, and agricultural lands as “resource lands of long-term commercial significance”. RIDGE advocated for zoning and other land use regulations and policies that supported their goal of a sustainable forest economy. The appeal for logging plans they filed in L.T. Murray is sometimes called “The Hitchcock Case” in some records in the collection. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20160420143053/http://www.roslynridge.org/history.php
1938, 1980-2013; 1980-2013
Subseries 1: Sustainable Forestry Working Groups and Coalitions
1987-2000
Box/Folder Accession
4/13 6295-001
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable
1990 April
4/14 6295-001
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable and Correspondence to Members
1990 February 22-July 10
4/15 6295-001
Draft Proposals, Correspondence, Charts, and Notes
1990 May 14-1990 October 23
4/16 6295-001
Washington State Senate Bill 5616, Washington State House Bill 1923, Press Releases, Notes, and Letters of Support
1990 October 10-1991 February 11
4/18 6295-001
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Notes, Proposals, Tables, and Charts
Scope and Content: Contains rate of forest harvest, watershed hydrology information, draft proposals and analysis of proposals
1987 August-1990 June 10
4/19 6295-001
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Working Group (1 of 2)
1987-1990
4/20 6295-001
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Working Group (2 of 2)
1987-1990
4/21 6295-001
Susan Willis Johnson: Rate of Harvest, Uneven-Age Management, Tables and Charts, Proposals, and Washington State Regulations Regarding Non-Industrial Forest Stewardship on Private Land
1990 February 1-July 5
4/22 6295-001
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Summit Meeting
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1990 June 25-August 28
5/7 6295-001
Forest Practices and the Timber Fish and Wildlife [TFW] Process
Scope and Content: Contains oversize topographic maps. Also contains information about RIDGE forest practices appeal involving land in the L.T. Murray Recreation Area
approximately 1990
5/9 6295-001
Forest Practices Bill, Mailing Lists, Meeting Sign-In Sheet and Notes
approximately 1989-2000
5/11 6295-001
Sustain: Coalition of Forest Sustainability Group Correspondence, Mailing Lists, Meeting Agenda and Minutes
Scope and Content: "Sustain" was a coalition of organizations aimed at reforming forest practices regulations on private land in Washington State. Sustain was mostly a collection of smaller organizations, though some larger organizations were also members
1989 November 27-1990 April 17
5/14 6295-001
Sustain: Coalition of Forest Sustainability Groups
1990 February 24-October 6
Subseries 2: Kittitas City and Kittitas County Planning and Politics
1994-2009
Box/Folder Accession
1/14 6295-001
Paula Thompson's Campaigns
Scope and Content: Paula Thompson ran for Kittitas County District 2 County Commissioner in 2008. She was a member of Kittitas County Conservation Coalition [KCCC]
approximately 2008-2009
1/15 6295-001
Comprehensive Plan Amendments
2008
1/16 6295-001
Meeting Notes and Correspondence
2005-2007 October 6
1/17 6295-001
RIDGE Amendments, Copy of Resolution and Letters of Recommendation
2006 June 27-October 3
1/18 6295-001
Comprehensive Plan Bullets from 2006 Amendment
2006 August 16-21
1/19 6295-001
American Forest Resources and Teanaway Comprehensive Plan
Scope and Content: The Teanaway Comprehensive Plan is in reference to Kittitas County's revision to the county's comprehensive plan after American Forest Resources [AFR] purchased Boise Cascade-owned forest land in the Teanaway Valley. AFR sought to rezone large sections of the Teanaway Valley for a Master Planned Resort/residential development. RIDGE, along with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Friends of the Teanaway and Futurewise intervened via the Kittitas County Planning Department, who decided that the rezone would require an environmental impact statement [EIS]. After the EIS was required, AFR did not pursue the proposal for rezoning, and they sold the land to the Department of Natural Resources [DNR].
2006 June-August
1/20 6295-001
American Forest Resources Application Materials
Scope and Content: Contains DVD and oversize map
2006 June 30-August 21
1/21 6295-001
Kittitas County Council of Governments Subcommittee and Upper Kittitas Vision Plan
2005 March-May 31
1/22 6295-001
Resource Lands Advisory Committee, Development Rights Recommendation, and Land Use Plan
2001-2006
1/23 6295-001
Kittitas County Conservation Coalition Correspondence
2006 July 21
1/24 6295-001
Correspondence and Notes
2006 May 20-June 12
1/25 6295-001
Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Newspaper Clippings
2005 June 29-November 15
1/26 6295-001
Kittitas County Community Group
2005 January 15-25
1/27 6295-001
Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan and Public Meeting Announcement in Cle Elum, Washington
approximately 2003-2005
4/4 6295-001
Kittitas County Development Activities Application for Trendwest
1997 March 7
5/1 6295-001
Kittitas County Board of Commissioners Decision on Cle Elum River Property Designation as Forest Land of Long-Term Commercial Significance
1994
5/32 6295-001
Assorted Legal Documents, Covenants, Press, and Newspaper Clippings Regarding Kittitas County Land Use
2000-2008
8/8 6295-001
Public Outreach Process Pre Hearings and Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan Meeting Agenda
Scope and Content: Contains letter from Mayor Porter of Cle Elum to Darryl Piercy of Ellensburg regarding Roslyn City Council meeting
2006 February 14-June 1
8/30 6295-001
Kittitas County Easement Survey Documents and Maps
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
approximately 2006
Box
10 6295-001
CD 5: Roslyn City Council Meeting
2010 November 9
10 6295-001
CD 13-14: Roslyn City Council Meeting
2009 November 10
Subseries 3: Water and Sewerage Project Materials
1985-2013
Box/Folder Accession
3/5 6295-001
Water Quality Monitoring (1 of 2)
approximately 2006-2013
3/6 6295-001
Water Quality Monitoring (2 of 2)
approximately 2006-2013
3/7 6295-001
Suncadia Water Quality Monitoring Reports
2008 March 3-2010 May 4
4/5 6295-001
Draft of Cle Elum Regional Sewerage Facilities Plan
2002 May
4/6 6295-001
Draft of Environmental Impact Statement, Cle Elum Regional Sewerage Facilities Plan, and Yakima River Restoration Projects
2002 July
4/7 6295-001
Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Cle Elum Regional Sewerage Facility and Yakima River Restoration Projects, Washington State Growth Strategies Commission Report, and Cle Elum River Properties Report
Scope and Content: Contains Destination Resort Handbook by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
1990-2003
4/8 6295-001
Photographs of Little Creek: Black and White Photograph of Vista for Thorp Mt. Lookout (1 of 4)
approximately 1985-2000
4/9 6295-001
Photographs of Little Creek: Black and White Photographs (2 of 4)
approximately 1985-2000
4/10 6295-001
Photographs of Little Creek: Color Photographs of Clearcutting (3 of 4)
approximately 1995-2010
4/11 6295-001
Photographs of Little Creek: Color Photographs of Salmon La Sac Road/State Route 903 (4 of 4)
approximately 1995-2010
5/8 6295-001
Cle Elum River Properties
1992-1993
8/29 6295-001
Unsigned Declaration for Existing Public Road Easement for Winston Road, Material Concerning Settlement Protecting Domerie Creek Watershed
approximately 2006 February
8/31 6295-001
Upper Cle Elum River Restoration Correspondence, Proposals, Draft Contracts, and Public Meeting Flyer
2005 February 9-2006 August 8
8/32 6295-001
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Big Creek Project Communications, Maps, and 2002 Bonneville Power Administration Review
2001 July 27-2005 January 13
Box
10 6295-001
CD 16: Trendwest Properties: Cle Elum Urban Growth Area [UGA] Final Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix B Water Supply Technical Report Supplement
approximately 2005-2010
Subseries 4: Newspaper Clippings Regarding Floods, Droughts, and Land Use
1990-2009
Box/Folder Accession
5/13 6295-001
Flooding in Autumn 1990
Scope and Content: Contains road closure lists from flooding
1990 December
8/3 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings and Domerie Creek Diversion
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2003 January 16-2009 May 4
8/4 6295-001
Black Rock Dam Flyers and Newspaper Clippings
2003 January 25-2005 May 7
8/5 6295-001
Yakima Valley Drought Newspaper Clippings
2005 March 8-16
8/17 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings about Teanaway Solar Farm
2008 August 26-2009 July 16
Subseries 5: Land Use Proposals, Plans, Applications and Assorted Material
1938, 1980-2009; bulk 1980-2009
Box/Folder Accession
2/33 6295-001
Roslyn Forest Land Stewardship Plan
2008 July 8-2009 July 24
5/18 6295-001
Assorted Newspaper Clippings, Advertisements, Photographs, Newsletters and Flyers Related to Forest Practices and Land Use
Scope and Content: Contains unsigned Settlement Agreement and Hitchcock Appeal, oversize newsprint, and recommendation from RIDGE to Roslyn Mayor Jack Denning and Roslyn City Council about designation of environmental officer to review actions under SEPA [State Environmental Policy Act]
1990 August 23-1991 December 10
8/2 6295-001
Forest Practices Application
2003 March 3-July 7
8/6 6295-001
Land Use Committee and Cascadia Land Conservancy Report
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2004 September 1-2009 July 16
8/16 6295-001
Forest Practices Application, Notification to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources
2009 September 18-23
9/2 6295-001
Maps, Photographs, and Contracts Related to Land Deeds, Northern Pacific Railway, and Plum Creek Timber Company
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
1938 August 24-1988
9/3 6295-001
Petition Regarding Rate of Timber Harvest
approximately 1980-1995
9/4 6295-001
Photograph: Elum Lake on Left, Cle Elum in Middle, Ellensburg on Right, I-90 Along Bottom of Photograph [?]
approximately 1985-2000
9/5 6295-001
Acreages and Photographs
approximately 1980-2000
Box
10 6295-001
CD 6: Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan
Scope and Content: contact person[?] James Begley listed on exterior of CD
2006 August 25
10 6295-001
CD 7: Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan Draft
Scope and Content: contact person[?] James Begley listed on exterior of CD
2006 October 3
10 6295-001
CD 15: Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan Draft
2007 March 6
Subseries 6: Oversize Maps
1986-2013
Box Accession
OS Folder 1 6295-001
Oversize Maps
1988-2013[?]
OS Folder 2 6295-001
Relative Stability of Soils in the Upper Yakima Basin map
1988-2013[?]
tube
Tube 1 6295-001
Laminated Map Overlays
1988-2013[?]
Tube 2 6295-001
Wenatchee National Forest South with Map Overlays
1988-2013[?]
Tube 3 6295-001
Yakima North Central Washington Region
June 1986 Edition
Tube 5 6295-001
Wenatchee National Forest South with Map Overlays
1988-2013[?]
Series 4: Newspaper Clippings, Promotional Materials, and Press
Scope and Content: Newspaper clippings, promotional material, and press regarding various RIDGE projects. Also includes newspaper clippings, resort brochures and job postings, promotional material and advertisements regarding Plum Creek Timber Company and Trendwest/MountainStar/Suncadia Resort. Oversize newsprint appears throughout the series. Additional newspaper clippings about RIDGE can be found in SERIES 2: RIDGE OFFICE FILES. Related material about Suncadia Resort can be found in SUBSERIES 6: RIDGE/SUNCADIA LITIGATION.
1977, 1984-2009; 1990-2001
Subseries 1: RIDGE
1977, 1984-2009; bulk 1990-2001
Box/Folder Accession
1/28 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize items and material related to Growth Management Area [GMA] Forest Appeal
1984 June 1-1995 March 25
1/29 6295-001
RIDGE Press Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newspaper clippings
1994 January 5-February 1
1/30 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings and Related Materials
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint and chapter from "A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction", Oxford University Press 1977
1977, 2001 June 24-2005 February 5
1/31 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
1993 Sept 13-1999 February 11
1/32 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize items
1994
1/33 6295-001
Wall Street Journal Letter from RIDGE Committee to Editor
1990 July 10
1/34 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1993 August 18-1999 July 22
1/35 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1993 September-1999 December 29
2/1 6295-001
Daily Record Newspapers, Ellensburg, Washington (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1991 November 22-27
2/2 6295-001
Daily Record Newspapers, Ellensburg, Washington (2 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1991 November 22-27
2/3 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1992
2/4 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
1992
2/5 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1993-1995 April 2
2/6 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
1994
2/7 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
approximately 1988-1993
2/8 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
approximately 1990-1995
2/11 6295-001
Press Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize items
2004 April 27-2009 July 30
2/12 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1992 Oct 22-1994 January 19
2/13 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1993 March 4-1994 January 19
2/17 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint and RIDGE/Trendwest Agreement Capsule Summary
1996 November 7-2001 February 13
2/18 6295-001
RIDGE and Plum Creek Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1986 June 4-1994 January 13
2/20 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings and Flyers
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1992 January 16-1997 March 10
5/10 6295-001
Seattle Times Article, "Timber-pact Moderators Blasted for Lobbying"
1990 November 7
Subseries 2: Suncadia/Trendwest and Plum Creek Timber Company
1994-2006
Box/Folder Accession
4/3 6295-001
Trendwest and MountainStar Resort Brochures
1999-2001
4/17 6295-001
Plum Creek Timber Company Press Releases and Newspaper Clipping
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
1994 January 4-1995 April 6
8/23 6295-001
Suncadia News Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2009 February-July 5
8/33 6295-001
Suncadia Resort Advertisements, Reports, Job Postings, and Newspaper Clippings
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint and advertisements
1996-2006
8/34 6295-001
Advertisements and Articles about Golf Resorts
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2005 July 1-October 24
8/35 6295-001
Newspaper Clippings Regarding JELD-WEN Windows and Doors and Possible Privatization of the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon
Scope and Content: JELD-WEN Windows and Doors was owned by Richard Wendt and the Wendt family from 1960 until the company was sold to Onex Corporation in 2011 after the housing market crisis in 2007. The Wendt family were the principal owners and investors of the Suncadia Resort and several other Oregon resorts before the housing market crisis
approximately 2002 February
8/37 6295-001
Puget Sound Business Journal Article, "Golf Resort Delays Second Course", Ad Describing Preliminary Site Plan for MountainStar
approximately 2003
Series 5: Grants, Nonprofit, and Internal Revenue Servie [IRS] Documents
Scope and Content: Grant materials, nonprofit applications and documentation, tax documents, and material related to RIDGE’s dissolution. Related RIDGE office material can be found in SERIES 2: RIDGE OFFICE FILES.
General Notes: When RIDGE dissolved in 2014, Futurewise absorbed RIDGE’s rights and obligations concerning the 2014 Settlement Agreement with Kittitas County over water issues. Conservation Northwest took over RIDGE’s rights and obligations related to the Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan. RIDGE’s cultural programs were transferred to Oyez Roslyn!, a Roslyn-based charity.
1988-2015
Subseries 1: General
1988-2015
Box/Folder Accession
2/19 6295-001
Grant Drafts, Newspaper Clippings, Flyers, and Correspondence
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint. Also contains Bullit grant drafts and article about Plum Creek Timber Company clearcutting north of Missoula, Montana
1988-1992 June 5
2/22 6295-001
Internal Revenue Service 501C3 Application
1995 May 22-June 6
2/23 6295-001
Receipts for Legal Expenses
2014 February 13-June 10
2/24 6295-001
Incorporation of R Town Community Organization
2010 September 26-2011 January 23
2/29 6295-001
RIDGE Data Universal Number System [DUNS]
2012 August 12-2015 May 4
2/32 6295-001
Tax Letters
1995 June 19-2009 August 13
4/12 6295-001
Internal Revenue Service [IRS] Documents
1995 June 16-2004 November 23
4/25 6295-001
Internal Revenue Service Ruling on Request for 501 ©)(3) Exemption for RIDGE
1995 June 30
5/5 6295-001
Grants
2001 September 19-25
5/22 6295-001
RIDGE 501©)(4) Application and Assorted Materials
Scope and Content: Contains color photographs of RIDGE community meeting
1989 May 19-2002 February 2
5/23 6295-001
RIDGE Association Tax Documents
1993 December 3-2005 April 8
5/24 6295-001
Grant Application Materials for Northwest Fund for the Environment
2009 September 17-2010 November 16
5/25 6295-001
Grant Material for Northwest Fund for the Environment
2010 February 11-June 12
5/26 6295-001
Grant Administration Materials for Northwest Fund for the Environment
1992 October 11-2012 April 5
5/27 6295-001
RIDGE Organizing Documents and Tax Exemption Information
1995 June 19-30
5/28 6295-001
Tax Documents and Organization Identification Documents
1991 February 13-2002 June 30
5/29 6295-001
Non-Profit Paperwork for RIDGE Association
1995
5/30 6295-001
Nonprofit Corporation Annual Report
1989 June 19-2010 June 25
Subseries 2: RIDGE Dissolution
2009-2014
Box/Folder Accession
2/21 6295-001
RIDGE Dissolution Records
2009 July 24-2014 October 29
2/34 6295-001
RIDGE and Kittitas County Settlement Agreement and RIDGE Successorship
2014 February 6-July 3
Series 6: RIDGE/Suncadia Legislation
Scope and Content: Contract advice, negotiation files for RIDGE/Suncadia litigation, contract compliance auditing, correspondence, proposals, lawsuit material, and material related to the RIDGE/Suncadia Settlement Agreement including drafts, amendments and easements. Oversize maps, oversize documents and newsprint, and electronic records appear throughout the series. Land trusts related to RIDGE/Suncadia Litigation can be found in SERIES 1: LAND TRUSTS. Related material about zoning and planning can be found in SERIES 3: SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND LAND USE. Newspaper clippings about Suncadia Resort can be found in SERIES 4: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, AND PRESS.
General Notes: The 2001 RIDGE Settlement Agreement was negotiated to mitigate the impacts of development on the 7,600 acres owned by Suncadia and their secondary development in Upper Kittitas County. A Second Amendment to the Agreement was signed in 2004. Suncadia negotiated with RIDGE for modifications to address its changing development needs. In exchange, RIDGE negotiated for Suncadia’s purchase and subsequent donation of approximately 330 acres of forested lands to the city of Roslyn, now called the Roslyn Urban Forest. A Fourth Amendment to the Agreement was signed in 2006, which allowed the Master Planned Resort [MPR] to incorporate lands that were formerly the site of the Nelson Dairy. Some of these lands were added to the MPR’s buildable footprint and significant portions were added to open space managed for wildlife, habitat, and passive recreation in perpetuity as part of the Stream C Corridor that continues on to the Cle Elum River. RIDGE pursued additional litigation about the proposed Suncadia Resort that focused on the water rights Suncadia would need to supply the resort. RIDGE was concerned the resort would deplete the resources of the Yakima Basin. As a result of this litigation, the Department of Ecology regulated the water so that whatever water Suncadia acquired and used would be balanced out by other water left running in the stream. Ownership of the resort property changed hands and names several times during and before negotiations. Plum Creek Timber Company sold the MPR to Trendwest, which then became MountainStar, which then became Suncadia. All material marked “RIDGE Settlement Agreement” is in reference to the agreement that RIDGE negotiated with the owners of the resort property, regardless of who owned the property at the time.
1923, 1988-2013; 1988-2013
Box/Folder Accession
2/25-28 6295-001
Subseries 1: RIDGE Contract Advice
2007-2011
Box/Folder Accession
2/25 6295-001
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (1 of 4)
Scope and Content: Contains CD-roms
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
2/26 6295-001
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (2 of 4)
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
2/27 6295-001
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (3 of 4)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
2/28 6295-001
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (4 of 4)
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
3/14, 7/10-15 6295-001
Subseries 2: Contract Compliance Auditing
2005-2008
Box/Folder Accession
3/14 6295-001
Agreement between Suncadia, Adolfson Associates, and Douglas Kilgore
2005 May 9
7/10 6295-001
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize material
2005
7/11 6295-001
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement (2 of 2)
2005
7/12 6295-001
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement
Scope and Content: Contains oversize material. Some material in the folder may be referred to as "The Matrix", a list of topics analyzed and verified by Adolfson Associates during the contract compliance audit of the RIDGE Settlement Agreement
2007
7/13 6295-001
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement
Scope and Content: Contains CD-rom and oversize material. Some material in the folder may be referred to as "The Matrix", a list of topics analyzed and verified by Adolfson Associates during the contract compliance audit of the RIDGE Settlement Agreement
2005 October 14-2007 January 17
7/14 6295-001
Adolfson Associations Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract, Suncadia Information, Meeting Notes, Charts, and Correspondence
Scope and Content: Some material in the folder may be referred to as "The Matrix", a list of topics analyzed and verified by Adolfson Associates during the contract compliance audit of the RIDGE Settlement Agreement
2005 December 3-2008 November 1
7/15 6295-001
Suncadia Landscape Review with Contract Compliance Auditor
Scope and Content: Contains CD-roms
2008 August 12-September 5
Subseries 3: Settlement Drafts, Agreements, Amendments, and Easements
1991-2010; bulk 2000-2010
Box/Folder Accession
3/9 6295-001
First Amendment of RIDGE Settlement Agreement and Second Agreement for MountainStar Master Planned Resort [MPR]
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
2003 March 13-2004 April 19
3/10 6295-001
Original RIDGE Settlement Agreement (1 of 2)
2004 May 1
3/11 6295-001
Original RIDGE Settlement Agreement (2 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize enlargements of site plans
2004 May 1
3/12 6295-001
Cooperative Agreement (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize enlargements of site plans
2003 April 1-2004 December
3/13 6295-001
Cooperative Agreement (2 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize enlargements
2003 April 1-2004 December
3/15 6295-001
MountainStar and Stream C Draft Land Stewardship Plans and Cooperative Agreement between Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Yakama Nation, and Trendwest Resorts, Inc.
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2003 January-2005 November
3/16 6295-001
Mountainstar Land Stewardship Plan and Stream "C" Addendum Reports (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains CD-rom
2003 July 15-2006 August 25
3/17 6295-001
Mountainstar Land Stewardship Plan and Stream "C" Addendum Reports (2 of 2)
2003 July 15-2006 August 25
Box
10 6295-001
CD 22: Roslyn Land Stewardship Plan, Prepared by James Begley of Central Washington University
2007 May 18
Box/Folder
3/18 6295-001
Trendwest Resorts, Inc. and RIDGE Agreement (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2006 June 17
3/19 6295-001
Trendwest Resorts, Inc. and RIDGE Agreement (2 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
2006 June 17
3/20 6295-001
First Amendment to Phase 3 Managed Open Space Conservation Easement
2006 June 21
3/21 6295-001
Stream C Corridor Grant of Conservation Easement
2006 June 13
3/22 6295-001
RIDGE and Washington First Law Center's Mountainwest Settlement and Upper Teanaway Subarea Plan Agreement
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
approximately 2004-2009
4/1 6295-001
Development Resolution for Roslyn, Washington
2003 March 25
4/2 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments, Modifications, Dispute Resolutions, and Final Documents
2002 September 18-2006 May 8
5/33 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps and blueprints
1991 January 13-2006 December 21
5/34 6295-001
Recorded Easements
Scope and Content: Contains oversize material
2003 August 20-2006 January 28
6/11 6295-001
Signed Trendwest/RIDGE Contract
2001 April 8-May 15
6/12 6295-001
Douglas Kilgore: Implementation of Provision 1.56 (Big Creek) of RIDGE Settlement Agreement
2003-2004
6/13 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (1 of 5)
Scope and Content: Contains CD-roms and oversize map
2002-2010
7/1 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (2 of 5)
2002-2010
7/2 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (3 of 5)
2002-2010
7/3 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (4 of 5)
2002-2010
7/4 6295-001
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (5 of 5)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps
2002-2010
8/19 6295-001
Cooperation Agreement Meeting Minutes, Cle Elum River Site Map
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2000 December 4-2003 July 23
8/20 6295-001
Timeline of Second Amendment to RIDGE Settlement Agreement, MountainStar Report, Cle Elum Urban Growth Area, Map
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2002 September 9-2004 May 4
Box
10 6295-001
CD 1-3: Index and First Amendment
Scope and Content: contact person listed on exterior of digital files is Maura Woodwell
2005 October 31-2006 November 3
10 6295-001
CD 20: Transmittal Memo, Rational, Amended Development Agreement, Amended County Conditions of Approval, Exhibit J and Exhibit M
2007 August 9-10
Subseries 4: Correspondence
1923, 1993-2009; bulk 1993-2009
Box/Folder Accession
4/23 6295-001
Correspondence, Maps, and Land Transfer Documents Related to Trendwest Development
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps, oversize site plans, and correspondence from Bill Hunt to Douglas Kilgore
1923, 1993-1997; 1993-1997
8/12 6295-001
Road Access, Suncadia Master Planned Resort [MPR] Zoning Correspondence
2008 August 25-26
8/15 6295-001
Suncadia Plans Correspondence, Notes, and Outstanding Issues Dispute Process Documents
Scope and Content: Contains oversize map
2008 July 21-2009 January 14
8/18 6295-001
Correspondence from Douglas Kilgore Concerning Dispute between Suncadia and Cle Elum, Legal Documents Concerning Easement, and Deed of Trust at Plum Creek
2002 May 5-2009 May 22
Subseries 5: Negotiation and Proposals
1988-2007
Box/Folder Accession
6/1 6295-001
RIDGE Board Member Andy Januzkiewicz's Notes for Negotiations with Trendwest
Scope and Content: Contains oversize items
1999-2002
6/3 6295-001
RIDGE and Trendwest Negotiation (1 of 2)
1997 June 27-2004 March 1
6/14 6295-001
RIDGE and Trendwest Negotiation (2 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize meeting wall charts
1997 June 27-2004 March 1
6/4 6295-001
RIDGE Proposals (1 of 3)
2001 June-July
6/5 6295-001
RIDGE Proposals (2 of 3)
2001 June-July
6/6 6295-001
RIDGE Proposals (3 of 3)
2001 June-July
6/7 6295-001
Douglas Kilgore: RIDGE/Trendwest Negotiation (1 of 2)
2001 July-August
6/8 6295-001
Douglas Kilgore: RIDGE/Trendwest Negotiation (2 of 2)
2001 July-August
6/9 6295-001
Douglas Kilgore: Trendwest/RIDGE Negotiation File and Final RIDGE Settlement Agreement (1 of 2)
Scope and Content: Contains oversize items
2001 September 9-12
6/10 6295-001
Douglas Kilgore: Trendwest/RIDGE Negotiation File and Final RIDGE Settlement Agreement (2 of 2)
2001 September 9-12
8/38 6295-001
Miller Property: Proposal Notes and Documents, Proposal by RIDGE to Suncadia, Open Space Analysis, and Traffic Impacts
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps. The Miller Property was land located adjacent to both the planned Suncadia Resort and Roslyn, Washington. In 2006 and 2007, RIDGE and Suncadia entered into negotiations to add the Miller Property to the resort and to protect large portions of that land in a conservation easement. Suncadia sought to terminate the RIDGE Settlement Agreement, and ultimately succeeded when the Kittitas County Superior Court Judge Scott Sparks terminated the agreement in 2013, voiding the Miller Property conservation easement as well.
2005 April 19-June 1
8/39 6295-001
Miller Property: Notes and CD with Satellite Photographs [?]
Scope and Content: Contains CD-rom
1988-2007 March 1
8/40 6295-001
Miller Property and Fourth Amendment of Settlement Agreement: Revisions, Correspondence, Notes, Reports, and Maps
Scope and Content: Contains CD-rom and oversize maps
2005 June 1-2007 June 12
Box
10 6295-001
CD 9-10: Suncadia Cle Elum River Corridor, Stream C Corridor, Phases 1-3
approximately 2007
10 6295-001
CD 11-12: Stream C Land Stewardship Plan
2005
Subseries 6: General Suncadia Files
1999-2013
Box/Folder Accession
3/1 6295-001
Suncadia Settlement Agreement Presentation to Kittitas County Court
Scope and Content: Contains oversize maps and site plans and correspondence from Bill Hunt to Douglas Kilgore.
approximately 2001-2013
2/36 6295-001
Resource Media Proposal for RIDGE and Suncadia Case Study
approximately 2012
5/20 6295-001
Topographical Maps with Notations of Legal Land Boundary Descriptions
Scope and Content: Contains oversize marked topographical map
1999 April 22-October 25
6/2 6295-001
Successorship of Trendwest to MountainStar
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2002 April 17-2004 March 1
8/24 6295-001
Suncadia Mass Wasting Event, Erosion and Sediment, Correspondence, Notes, Memorandum, and Stormwater Compliance Inspection Report
Scope and Content: Contains CD-rom
2006 November 16-2007 February 28
8/25 6295-001
Open Space on Master Planned Resort [MPR] Zoning, Notes on Trails
approximately 2005-2007
8/26 6295-001
Draft of Suncadia Resort Golf Course Management Plan, Correspondence, and Notes
2006 January 1-April 18
8/27 6295-001
Suncadia: Notice of Plat Application and Public Hearing, Memorandum from Kittitas County Community Development, Newspaper Clippings, and Correspondence from Ellie Belew, Douglas Kilgore, and Deron Lozano
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint
2006 March 1-July 13
8/28 6295-001
Suncadia Newspaper Clippings, Maps, Correspondence, and Memorandum from Notary Regarding Agreement between TrendWest and RIDGE
Scope and Content: Contains oversize newsprint and map
2003 March 3-2006 August 10
Box
10 6295-001
CD 4: Suncadia Site Development Plan Application, Lower River Corridor Paths and Trails
2007 July 12
10 6295-001
CD 8: Suncadia Path and Trail Master Planning Map
2007 February 16
10 6295-001
CD 21: Suncadia Path and Trail Master Planning Map, Dawson Associates
2008 February 29
tube
Tube 4 6295-001
Aerial photograph of land SE of Cle Elum Lake: Laminated Photographs Taped Together to form a Large Aerial View of the Land Now Occupied by Suncadia Resort
Scope and Content: Restricted until digital version is available.
1988-2013[?]
Box Accession
10 6295-001
Series 7: Audiovisual Material
Scope and Content: Videocassettes on assorted topics related to RIDGE.
1984-2014
video Accession
Video 1 6295-001
RIDGE Compliance Study Sessions
1994 October 19-21
Video 2 6295-001
RIDGE Yakima Basin Aerial Video
approximately 1984-2014
Video 3 6295-001
MountainStar Master Planned Resort [MPR] Zoning Site Visit, Judge Susan Hahn and Counsel
2001 April 12
Video 4 6295-001
Unmarked VHS
approximately 1995-2005
Video 5 6295-001
Plum Creek Timber Company, RIDGE Interview, and Town Meeting
approximately 1995-2005
Video 6 6295-001
Dick Rieman at the High School
approximately 1995-2005
Video 7 6295-001
Thanksgiving Day
1989
Video 8 6295-001
"The West", Show #109
approximately 1984-2014

Accession No. 6295-002: RIDGE records, 1989-2021Return to Top

5.12 cubic feet (4 boxes, including 5 CDs)

Scope and Content: The bulk of this accession contains materials related to the management of the Roslyn Urban Forest by the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC). Materials include CAC meeting agendas and minutes, correspondence, information and research related to forest management, Forest Practices Applications, grant applications, finances from lumber harvesting, and outreach materials. In addition, this accession contains records from RIDGE’s negotiations with Suncadia and affiliated groups following the 2001 Settlement Agreement, including the establishment of the Roslyn Urban Forest in 2004.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access for paper-based materials.

Analog and digital media is closed until processed.

Restrictions on Use: To the extent that they own the copyright, the donor has transferred the copyright of the materials to the University of Washington; however, copyright in some items in this collection may be held by their respective creators. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Acquisition Info: Donated by Doug Kilgore and Ellie Belew, 2024-01-16

Container(s) Description Dates
Series 1: Ridge Negotiations with Suncadia
1989-2016; bulk 2001-2010
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 6295-002
RIDGE articles and by-laws
1989-1998, 2009
1/2 6295-002
Financial analyses of lumber lands
1990
1/3 6295-002
Herbrand/Ridgelands environmental impact
approximately 1992-2001
1/4 6295-002
Herbrand Company lands
2000-2001
1/5 6295-002
The Biological Case for Preserving Lands in the I-90 Corridor
2000-2001
1/6 6295-002
RIDGE/Trendwest negotiations
approximately 2001-2002
1/7 6295-002
Renegotiations of Settlement Agreement
approximately 2001-2004
1/8 6295-002
RIDGE negotiation agreements
approximately 2001-2005
1/9 6295-002
Land and water rights transfers public records
approximately 2001-2012
1/10 6295-002
MountainStar Land Stewardship Plan: Stream C Corridor Addendum
2003 January
1/11 6295-002
Negotiations file for second amendment of RIDGE Settlement Agreement
approximately 2003-2004
1/12 6295-002
Settlement agreements
2004, 2009
1/13 6295-002
2005 Suncadia regulations
approximately 2005-2006
1/14 6295-002
Enforcement of RIDGE Settlement Agreement with Suncadia [1 of 2]
approximately 1999-2011
1/15 6295-002
Enforcement of RIDGE Settlement Agreement with Suncadia [2 of 2]
approximately 1999-2011
1/16 6295-002
Suncadia logging report
approximately 2015-2016
Series 2: Roslyn Urban Forest Citizen Advisory Committee
Subseries 1: Meeting minutes and agendas
2008-2020
Box/Folder Accession
1/17 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings and correspondence
2020
1/18 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee rules
approximately 2008-2018
1/19 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee accomplishment reports
2009-2017
1/20 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee five year plan
approximately 2017-2018
1/21 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
2018
1/22 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings
approximately 2018-2019
1/23 6295-002
Five day notice
approximately 2017-2018
1/24 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings and correspondence
approximately 1995, 2016-2017
1/25 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings
2017
1/26 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings and correspondence
2015-2018
1/27 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
approximately 2015-2016
1/28 6295-002
2015 Citizen Advisory Committee work plan
approximately 2015
1/29 6295-002
2015 Citizen Advisory Committee budget
approximately 2014-2015
2/1 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings
approximately 2014
2/2 6295-002
2013 Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
2013
2/3 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings and goals
2012-2013
2/4 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
2012-2013
2/5 6295-002
Assorted Citizen Advisory Committee materials
approximately 2011-2016
2/6 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
approximately 2011-2012
2/7 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meeting agendas and objectives
approximately 2011
2/8 6295-002
2011 Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
approximately 2008-2011
2/9 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings
2009-2010
2/10 6295-002
Trails - recreation planning
approximately 2009-2010
2/11 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings
2008-2009
2/12 6295-002
2009 Citizen Advisory Committee minutes and initial action plan
approximately 2008-2009
2/13 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee meetings and brainstorming
2008-2009
Subseries 2: Outreach, 2010-2016
2009-2013
Box/Folder Accession
2/14 6295-002
Correspondence with Wilderness Society
2010
2/15 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee stakeholder outreach
approximately 2010
2/16 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee outreach
approximately 2011
2/17 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest and trail development
1 CD
approximately 2010-2011
2/18 6295-002
Public meeting reports and student survey
approximately 2010-2011
2/19 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee youth outreach
approximately 2011
2/20 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest and trails charrette planning
approximately 2011
2/21 6295-002
Stakeholder meeting report and maps
approximately 2011
2/22 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee trails visions
approximately 2011
2/23 6295-002
Charrette materials
2 CDs
approximately 2011
2/24 6295-002
Pictures of maps
approximately 2012
2/25 6295-002
Charrette maps
approximately 2011
2/26 6295-002
Charrette public relations
2011
2/27 6295-002
Charrette urban forest tours
2011
2/28 6295-002
Final draft of charrette report
2011
2/29 6295-002
Final charrette report
2011-2012
2/30 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee charrette review
approximately 2012
2/31 6295-002
Post-charrette forest mapping
approximately 2012
2/32 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest/Citizen Advisory Committee July 2012 open house
approximately 2011-2012
2/33 6295-002
Firewise community wildfire protection plan
approximately 2009-2013
2/34 6295-002
Fall 2012 community wildfire protection plan
approximately 2012
2/35 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee snowmobiles
2011
2/36 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee open house on trails
approximately 2013
Subseries 3: Grant Applications
2006-2013
Box/Folder Accession
2/37 6295-002
Interagency Committee grant information
approximately 2006-2009
2/38 6295-002
Department of Ecology Direct Implementation Fund grant
approximately 2011-2012
2/39 6295-002
Rails, Trails, and Conservation Assistance application
2010-2011
2/40 6295-002
Department of Fish and Wildlife Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account grant (not applied)
2011-2012
2/41 6295-002
Correspondence with Courtney Landoll
approximately 2012
2/42 6295-002
National Parks Service Rails, Trails, and Conservation Assistance grant final documents
2012
2/43 6295-002
Washington Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects conference
2012
2/44 6295-002
Department of Ecology grant
2012-2013
2/45 6295-002
2013-2014 Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account grant
approximately 2013
Series 3: Roslyn Urban Forest Management
1995-2021; bulk 2010-2021
Subseries 1: Land Stewardship Plan
2004-2008
Box/Folder Accession
3/1 6295-002
Land Stewardship Plan Dialogue
2004-2006
3/2 6295-002
Land Stewardship Plan Section 17
approximately 2006
3/3 6295-002
Land Stewardship Plan Section 17 correspondence
approximately 2006
3/4 6295-002
James Begley Land Stewardship Plan
approximately 2006-2009
3/5 6295-002
Roslyn Forest Land Stewardship Plan
2007 April 9
3/6 6295-002
Land Stewardship Plan correspondence
1 CD
approximately 2007
3/7 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan
1 CD
2007-2008
3/8 6295-002
Roslyn Forest Land Stewardship Plan
2008 July 3
Subseries 2: Logging, Firewise, and Slash Treatment
2006-2021; bulk 2014-2021
Box/Folder Accession
3/9 6295-002
Long-term Forest Practices application information
2014 May 9
3/10 6295-002
Forest Practices Application office checklist
2014 September 8
3/11 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest Forest Practices Application funds
approximately 2016
3/12 6295-002
Logging contract and field practices
approximately 2016
3/13 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee/American Forest Management/Forest Practices Application process
approximately 2006-2014, 2017
3/14 6295-002
Fire wising
approximately 2009-2017
3/15 6295-002
Forest Practices Application step two
approximately 2014-2017
3/16 6295-002
Emergency Forest Practices Application
approximately 2016-2017
3/17 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest fifteen-year Forest Practices Application
2016-2017
3/18 6295-002
Department of Fish and Wildlife correspondence
2017
3/19 6295-002
Healing hooves
2017 October 21
3/20 6295-002
Assorted Forest Practices Application notes, Citizen Advisory Committee meeting minutes
approximately 2017
3/21 6295-002
Hydraulic sites and recommendations
approximately 2017
3/22 6295-002
Request to amend Long-Term Application step one
2017
3/23 6295-002
Forest Practices Application and American Forest Management information
approximately 2017
3/24 6295-002
2017 American Forest Management assessment
2017
3/25 6295-002
American Forest Management Department of Natural Resources application and contract drafts
approximately 2017
3/26 6295-002
Chris Martin road access
2017
3/27 6295-002
Timberland Services agreement
2017 December 12
3/28 6295-002
Forest Practices Application best practices
approximately 2014-2018
3/29 6295-002
Forest Practices Application amendments
approximately 2014-2018
3/30 6295-002
Fuels reduction agreement
2016-2018
3/31 6295-002
American Forest Management contract
2016-2018
3/32 6295-002
Road maintenance
2017-2018
3/33 6295-002
Five day notice and Forest Practices Application
approximately 2017-2018
3/34 6295-002
Stand D correspondence
approximately 2017-2018
3/35 6295-002
Checklist correspondence
2018
3/36 6295-002
Slash pile treatment
2019
3/37 6295-002
Five day notice
2020
3/38 6295-002
2021 Forest Practices Application
approximately 2010-2021
3/39 6295-002
Binder: 2021 Citizen Advisory Committee Meetings, five day notice, Forest Practices Application [1 of 2]
approximately 2017-2021
3/40 6295-002
Binder: 2021 Citizen Advisory Committee Meetings, five day notice, Forest Practices Application [1 of 2]
approximately 2017-2021
3/41 6295-002
Department of Natural Resources application
2014, 2020-2021
4/1 6295-002
Forest Practices Application evaluation
2021
Subseries 3: Northwest Natural Resource Group Forestry
1995, 2007, 2013-2015; bulk 2013-2015
Box/Folder Accession
4/2 6295-002
Assorted forest maintenance materials
1995, 2007, 2013-2014
4/3 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee Request for Proposal
approximately 2013-2014
4/4 6295-002
Northwest Natural Resource Group request for proposal
approximately 2013-2014
4/5 6295-002
Northwest Natural Resource Group pre-contract and each contract
approximately 2013-2014
4/6 6295-002
Logging contract
approximately 2014
4/7 6295-002
Forest management budget
approximately 2014
4/8 6295-002
Forest Practices Application draft
approximately 2014
4/9 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest Stand A Forest Practices Application and Department of Natural Resources docs
2014
4/10 6295-002
Weed-free gravel
2014
4/11 6295-002
Stand A forest practice discussion with Northwest Natural Resource Group
approximately 2014-2015
4/12 6295-002
Stand A finances and logging revenue
2014-2015
4/13 6295-002
Forest thinning
approximately 2015
Subseries 4: Hydrology and Flood Permits
2010-2020
Box/Folder Accession
4/14 6295-002
Bark beetles in ponderosa pine
approximately 2010-2020
4/15 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest stormwater map
2012 October 18
4/16 6295-002
Enhancements and mitigation
approximately 2010-2014
4/17 6295-002
Critical area information
approximately 2014
4/18 6295-002
2014 stream delineation grant
approximately 2013-2015
4/19 6295-002
2017 stream delineation
approximately 2016-2017
4/20 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest wetland and hydrology report
approximately 2017
4/21 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee flood plan permit
approximately 2017
4/22 6295-002
Forest Practices Application - wetlands
approximately 2014-2018
4/23 6295-002
Critical areas flood plan permit
approximately 2017-2018
4/24 6295-002
Prescribed fire pre-treatment monitoring
2020 October
Subseries 5: Trail Planning and Maintenance
2003-2019; bulk 2009-2019
Box/Folder Accession
4/25 6295-002
Wildlife habitat research papers
approximately 2003-2010
4/26 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest adjacent property ownership
2008-2009
4/27 6295-002
Maps and five-year planning
approximately 2009
4/28 6295-002
Signs and gates
approximately 2009-2010
4/29 6295-002
2013 stand management
approximately 2011-2013
4/30 6295-002
Trail structure
approximately 2007-2014
4/31 6295-002
Trail mapping
approximately 2009-2014
4/32 6295-002
2013 trail planning and mapping
approximately 2013-2014
4/33 6295-002
Proposed trail and related maps
approximately 2014
4/34 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest trails: notes
approximately 2014
4/35 6295-002
Citizen Advisory Committee forestry memo
approximately 2009-2015
4/36 6295-002
Request for qualifications
approximately 2013-2015
4/37 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest work party
2015
4/38 6295-002
Trail standards
2015
4/39 6295-002
Trail rating
approximately 2015
4/40 6295-002
Roslyn forests and recreation plans
approximately 2010-2016
4/41 6295-002
Assorted maps
approximately 2013-2016
4/42 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest trail signage
approximately 2014-2016
4/43 6295-002
Roslyn City Council presentation
2015-2016
4/44 6295-002
Roslyn City Council meeting
2016 March 8
4/45 6295-002
Tree flagging
2016
4/46 6295-002
Trail system notes, correspondence, press
approximately 2009-2017
4/47 6295-002
2016-2017 trail work
approximately 2009-2017
4/48 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest Resource Guide
2008-2017
4/49 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest forestry plans
approximately 2001, 2016-2018
4/50 6295-002
Trail information meeting
2016-2018
4/51 6295-002
Trail grooming
2017-2018
4/52 6295-002
Updated trail plan
2011-2019
4/53 6295-002
Trail signage and mapping meetings
2019
4/54 6295-002
Roslyn Urban Forest fire plan
2019 August 2

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Subject Terms

  • Conservation of natural resources--Washington (State)
  • Environmentalism--Washington (State)
  • Forest conservation--Washington (State)
  • Labor movement--Washington (State)
  • Labor unions--Washington (State)
  • Labor--Washington (State)
  • Land use--Washington (State)
  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Belew, Ellie
  • Johnson, Douglas A.. 1948-
  • Johnson, Susan Willis
  • Kilgore, Douglas H

Corporate Names

  • RIDGE (Organization)--Archives
  • RIDGE (Organization)--Press coverage
  • Suncadia (Resort)--History--Sources

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Labor Archives of Washington (University of Washington) (curator)