RIDGE records, 1923-2015

Overview of the Collection

Creator
RIDGE (Organization)
Title
RIDGE records
Dates
1923-2015 (inclusive)
1987-2014 (bulk)
Quantity
9.66 cubic feet (10 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 4 tubes, 39 CD-roms, 1 DVD, 8 videocassettes)
Collection Number
6295 (Accession No. 6295-001)
Summary
Records of RIDGE, a Roslyn-based community organization focused on environmental and land use activism in Upper Kittitas County, Washington from 1988 until 2014. Records in the collection include litigation material related to the development of the Suncadia Resort, RIDGE office files, newspaper clippings documenting RIDGE’s projects and activism, land use maps, and RIDGE promotional material.
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. VHS cassettes and CDs are closed until processed. No user access copy is available for material on VHS or CDs. Users may be able to obtain a reproduction of the media for a fee. Contact Special Collections for more information.

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 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

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

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries Special Collections.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into the following series and subseries

  • SERIES 1: LAND TRUSTS, 1997-2008
    • Subseries A: Projects, 1997-2008
    • Subseries B: Standards and Practices, 2000-2007
  • SERIES 2: RIDGE OFFICE FILES, 1989-2015
    • Subseries A: Educational and Training Material, 2004-2008
    • Subseries B: Meeting Minutes and Notes, 1989-2015
    • Subseries C: Correspondence and Newsletters, 1989-2010
    • Subseries D: RIDGE Organizational History, 1989-2001
    • Subseries E: Promotional Material, Website, and Meeting Notices, 1992-2014
    • Subseries F: Maps, Trails, and Directions, 2000-2008
  • SERIES 3: SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND LAND USE, 1938, 1980-2013
    • Subseries A: Sustainable Forestry Working Groups and Coalitions, 1987-2000
    • Subseries B: Kittitas County and Kittitas City Planning and Politics, 1994-2009
    • Subseries C: Water and Sewerage Project Materials, 1985-2013
    • Subseries D: Newspaper Clippings Regarding Floods, Droughts, and Land Use, 1990-2009
    • Subseries E: Land Use Proposals and Applications, 1938, 1980-2009
    • Subseries F: Oversize Maps, 1986-2013
  • SERIES 4: NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL AND PRESS, 1977, 1984-2009
    • Subseries A: RIDGE, 1977, 1984-2009
    • Subseries B: Suncadia/Trendwest and Plum Creek Timber Company, 1994-2006
  • SERIES 5: GRANTS, NONPROFIT, AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE [IRS] DOCUMENTS, 1988-2015
    • Subseries A: General, 1988-2015
    • Subseries B: RIDGE Dissolution, 2009-2014
  • SERIES 6: RIDGE/SUNCADIA LITIGATION, 1923, 1988-2013
    • Subseries A: RIDGE Contract Advice, 2007-2011
    • Subseries B: Compliance Contract Auditing, 2005-2008
    • Subseries C: Settlement Drafts, Agreements, Amendments, and Easements, 1991-2010
    • Subseries D: Correspondence, 1923, 1993-2009
    • Suberies E: Negotiation and Proposals, 1988-2007
    • Subseries F: General Suncadia Files, 1999-2013
  • SERIES 7: AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL, 1984-2014

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.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Douglas Kilgore and Ellie Belew.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

SERIES 1:  LAND TRUSTS, 1997-2008Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/1-8, 3/2-4, 4/24

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 LITIGATION.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1-2, 1/4, 1/6-8, 3/2-4, 4/24
Subseries A: Projects
1997-2008
Box/Folder
1/1
Roslyn Ridge Project: Map, Notes, Articles, and Correspondence
2005-2008
1/2
The Cascade Agenda and Kittitas Land Conservancy: Correspondence, Notes, Publications, and Maps with Transparency
2005-2008
1/4
Conservation Trust Materials Concerning Development of Trendwest Resorts, Sapphire Skies, and Cle Elum
1997-2001
1/6
Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust and Kittitas Caucus
2004 November 15
1/7
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
Correspondence and Draft Proposal for Ridge to River Land Trust
approximately 2000
3/2
Kittitas Conservation Trust Phase 2, Grant of Conservation Easement
2007 March 23
3/3
Kittitas Conservation Trust Stream C Corridor Grant of Conservation Easement (1 of 2)
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
Kittitas Conservation Trust Stream C Corridor Grant of Conservation Easement (2 of 2)
2004 October 8-2007 January 16
4/24
Ridge to River Land Trust Draft and Position Paper by Douglas Kilgore
approximately 1997-1998
1/3, 1/5
Subseries B: Standards and Practices
2000-2007
Box/Folder
1/3
Newspaper Articles, Notes, Correspondence, Fundraising Materials, and Land Trust Pamphlet
2000-2005
1/5
Publications and Assorted Material Regarding Land Trust Standards and Practices, Land Conservation Options for Landowners in Kittitas County, Washington
Contains draft deed of conservation easement on Cascade Land Conservancy
2004-2007

SERIES 2:  RIDGE OFFICE FILES, 1989-2015Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/11-13, 2/9-10, 2/14-16, 2/30-31, 2/37-39, 3/8, 4/26-27, 5/2-4, 5/6, 5/12, 5/15-17, 5/19, 5/21, 5/31, 7/5-9, 7/16-22, 8/1, 8/7, 8/9-11, 8/13-14, 8/21-22, 8/36, 9/1, 10

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 MATERIAL, AND PRESS. More material related to RIDGE organizational records can be found in SERIES 5: GRANTS, NONPROFIT, AND INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE [IRS] DOCUMENTS.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/11, 1/13, 7/9
Subseries A: Educational and Training Material
2004-2008
Box/Folder
1/11
John E. Perkins Consensus Governance Workshop Handouts
2008 May 17-18
1/13
Subcommittee and Consensus Training Materials, Including Booklet "Get Off the Dime" by John E. Perkins
2004-2005
7/9
Assessment and Training Exercises and Open Space Trail Tour Planning
2004 July 8-2005 July 19
1/12, 2/37, 3/8, 5/15, 5/31, 7/5-8, 7/19-20, 8/7, 8/13-14, 8/36, 10
Subseries B: Meeting Minutes and Notes
1989-2015
Box/Folder
1/12
Meetings with Consultant Sam Collins
approximately 2003-2004
2/37
Assorted RIDGE Business Notes
approximately 2013
3/8
RIDGE Board Meeting Agenda
2009 February 10-26
5/15
Statewide Meeting Minutes, Agenda, Mailing Lists, Notes, and Political Action Committee Information
1989 October 21
5/31
RIDGE Meeting Minutes and Assorted Materials
Contains Roslyn City Council resolution for forest stewardship, Suncadia lawsuit material, and developers' resort development plan
2000 July 3-approximately 2015
7/5
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (1 of 4)
Contains transmittal memorandum from Suncadia and memoranda related to Kittitas County Community Development Services
1999-2006
7/6
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (2 of 4)
1999-2006
7/7
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (3 of 4)
Contains planning commission findings and comprehensive plan map
1999-2006
7/8
Notes, Meeting Minutes, Promotional Material, Public Notices, Kittitas County Development Services Materials, and Assorted Material (4 of 4)
Contains planning committee executive statement
1999-2006
7/19
General Suncadia Meeting, Agenda, Correspondence, and Newspaper Clippings
2006 October 23-December 2
7/20
Meeting Notes, Correspondence, Memos, Maps, and Kittitas Department of Labor and Industries Wage List
Contains oversize newsprint
2005 July 29-2006 July 7
8/7
Community Notices, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Notes, and Material from Roslyn City Council and Kittitas County
Contains CD-rom and oversize newsprint
2002 March 6-2005 December 6
8/13
Minutes, Notes, and Newspaper Clipping
Contains oversize newsprint
2004 April 19-2006 April 16
8/14
Newspaper Clippings, Notices, Minutes, Notes, Correspondence, and Plat Maps
Contains oversize map
2003 July 1-2008 November
8/36
RIDGE Meeting Notes, Maps, Correspondence
2002 February 19-2003 May 21
Box
10
CD 17-19: RIDGE Documentation: Maps, Report Booklets, Master Planned Resort [MPR], and Urban Growth Area [UGA]
2014 April 22-October 3
2/9-10, 2/14, 2/16, 2/30, 4/26-27, 5/2-3, 5/16-17, 8/10
Subseries C: Correspondence and Newsletters
1989-2010
Box/Folder
2/9
Fund Letters
1998 November-1999 May
2/10
RIDGE Line Newsletter
1999-2000
2/14
Newsletters
2000 October 25-2003
2/16
Newspaper Clippings, RIDGE Line Newsletters, Flyers, and RIDGE Position Paper on RIDGE Settlement Agreement
Contains oversize newsprint
1997 December 4-2007 July 15
2/30
Mailing List and Contacts
Contains CD-roms
2009 January 22-2010 November 27
4/26
RIDGE Fundraising Letter
1991 February 11
4/27
David D. Kinghorn Memorial Communication
1989-1991
5/2
Assorted Correspondence from RIDGE Treasurer Jim Fisk
1992 February 28-1993 February 28
5/3
Estate of Gary I. Parson
Gary I. Parson included RIDGE in his estate
2001 April 12-June 14
5/16
Newsletters, Correspondence, and Newspaper Clippings
1993 April-1995 May
5/17
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
RIDGE Line Quarterly Newsletter
2008
5/6, 5/12, 5/21
Subseries D: RIDGE Organizational History
1989-2001
Box/Folder
5/6
Draft of New Plan for Organizational Structure of RIDGE
approximately 2001
5/12
Community Meeting Agenda, History, and Talking Points
Contains material about forest management
1990 November 19-20
5/21
Notes and Historical Information about RIDGE
approximately 1989-1992
2/15, 2/31, 2/38-39, 5/4, 5/19, 8/21-22, 9/1
Subseries E: Promotional Material, Website, and Meeting Notices
1992-2014
Box/Folder
2/15
RIDGE Meeting Notices, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, and Assorted Material
Contains oversize newsprint
1993 April 17-June 18
2/31
Ridge Website Transfer: Notes, Notices, and Correspondence
2013 August 12-2014 June 30
2/38
RIDGE Website Updates: Design and Related Documentation
2008 October-2011 November
2/39
RIDGE Website Updates: Design and Related Documentation
2006 June 12-2009 December 15
5/4
Fundraising Materials for RIDGE
Contains Susan Willis Johnson letter to Northern Kittitas County Tribune
1992 February 16-1994
5/19
New Member Packet
1994-1996
8/21
Douglas Kilgore and Ellie Belew's World Affairs Council Presentation
2009 September 29
8/22
Postcards, Handouts, Reports, Maps, RIDGE Line Newsletters, Washington Environmental Council "Voices" Newsletter
Contains oversize newsprint
2002 July 23-2005 October 25
9/1
RIDGE Leaflets
approximately 1994 January 31-2008
7/16-18, 7/21-22, 8/1, 8/9, 8/11
Subseries F: Trails, Maps, and Directions
2000-2008
Box/Folder
7/16
Trails
Contains oversize maps
2003 January 3-2008 May 16
7/17
Suncadia Phase Maps
Contains oversize maps
2005
7/18
Assorted Onsite Suncadia Mapping
Contains oversize maps
approximately 2003
7/21
Trailhead Interpreter Center
2004 June 27
7/22
Trails and MountainStar Master Planned Resort [MPR]
Contains CD-roms and oversize maps
2000 October-2007 August 12
8/1
State Route 903 Spur, RIDGE Line Newsletter, Meeting Sign-in List, and List of Adjacent Property Owners
Contains oversize maps
2004-2008
8/9
Driving Tour Directions and Maps for Roslyn Ridge Area
2006 April 15
8/11
Directions from Suncadia to Roslyn, Washington
approximately 2008

SERIES 3:  SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY AND LAND USE, 1938, 1980-2013,   (bulk 1980-2013) Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/14-27, 2/33, 3/5-7, 4/4-11, 4/13-16, 4/18-22, 5/1, 5/7-9, 5/11, 5/13-14, 5/18, 5/32, 8/2-6, 8/8, 8/16-17, 8/29-32, 9/2-5, 10, OS Folder 1-2, Tube 1-3, Tube 5

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.

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

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
4/13-16, 4/18-22, 5/7, 5/9, 5/11, 5/14
Subseries A: Sustainable Forestry Working Groups and Coalitions
1987-2000
Box/Folder
4/13
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable
1990 April
4/14
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable and Correspondence to Members
1990 February 22-July 10
4/15
Draft Proposals, Correspondence, Charts, and Notes
1990 May 14-1990 October 23
4/16
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
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Notes, Proposals, Tables, and Charts
Contains rate of forest harvest, watershed hydrology information, draft proposals and analysis of proposals
1987 August-1990 June 10
4/19
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Working Group (1 of 2)
1987-1990
4/20
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Working Group (2 of 2)
1987-1990
4/21
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
Sustainable Forestry Roundtable Summit Meeting
Contains oversize newsprint
1990 June 25-August 28
5/7
Forest Practices and the Timber Fish and Wildlife [TFW] Process
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
Forest Practices Bill, Mailing Lists, Meeting Sign-In Sheet and Notes
approximately 1989-2000
5/11
Sustain: Coalition of Forest Sustainability Group Correspondence, Mailing Lists, Meeting Agenda and Minutes
"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
Sustain: Coalition of Forest Sustainability Groups
1990 February 24-October 6
1/14-27, 4/4, 5/1, 5/32, 8/8, 8/30, 10
Subseries B: Kittitas City and Kittitas County Planning and Politics
1994-2009
Box/Folder
1/14
Paula Thompson's Campaigns
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
Comprehensive Plan Amendments
2008
1/16
Meeting Notes and Correspondence
2005-2007 October 6
1/17
RIDGE Amendments, Copy of Resolution and Letters of Recommendation
2006 June 27-October 3
1/18
Comprehensive Plan Bullets from 2006 Amendment
2006 August 16-21
1/19
American Forest Resources and Teanaway Comprehensive Plan
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
American Forest Resources Application Materials
Contains DVD and oversize map
2006 June 30-August 21
1/21
Kittitas County Council of Governments Subcommittee and Upper Kittitas Vision Plan
2005 March-May 31
1/22
Resource Lands Advisory Committee, Development Rights Recommendation, and Land Use Plan
2001-2006
1/23
Kittitas County Conservation Coalition Correspondence
2006 July 21
1/24
Correspondence and Notes
2006 May 20-June 12
1/25
Comprehensive Plan Amendment and Newspaper Clippings
2005 June 29-November 15
1/26
Kittitas County Community Group
2005 January 15-25
1/27
Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan and Public Meeting Announcement in Cle Elum, Washington
approximately 2003-2005
4/4
Kittitas County Development Activities Application for Trendwest
1997 March 7
5/1
Kittitas County Board of Commissioners Decision on Cle Elum River Property Designation as Forest Land of Long-Term Commercial Significance
1994
5/32
Assorted Legal Documents, Covenants, Press, and Newspaper Clippings Regarding Kittitas County Land Use
2000-2008
8/8
Public Outreach Process Pre Hearings and Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan Meeting Agenda
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
Kittitas County Easement Survey Documents and Maps
Contains oversize maps
approximately 2006
Box
10
CD 5: Roslyn City Council Meeting
2010 November 9
10
CD 13-14: Roslyn City Council Meeting
2009 November 10
3/5-7, 4/5-11, 5/8, 8/29, 8/31-32, 10
Subseries C: Water and Sewerage Project Materials
1985-2013
Box/Folder
3/5
Water Quality Monitoring (1 of 2)
approximately 2006-2013
3/6
Water Quality Monitoring (2 of 2)
approximately 2006-2013
3/7
Suncadia Water Quality Monitoring Reports
2008 March 3-2010 May 4
4/5
Draft of Cle Elum Regional Sewerage Facilities Plan
2002 May
4/6
Draft of Environmental Impact Statement, Cle Elum Regional Sewerage Facilities Plan, and Yakima River Restoration Projects
2002 July
4/7
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
Contains Destination Resort Handbook by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development
1990-2003
4/8
Photographs of Little Creek: Black and White Photograph of Vista for Thorp Mt. Lookout (1 of 4)
approximately 1985-2000
4/9
Photographs of Little Creek: Black and White Photographs (2 of 4)
approximately 1985-2000
4/10
Photographs of Little Creek: Color Photographs of Clearcutting (3 of 4)
approximately 1995-2010
4/11
Photographs of Little Creek: Color Photographs of Salmon La Sac Road/State Route 903 (4 of 4)
approximately 1995-2010
5/8
Cle Elum River Properties
1992-1993
8/29
Unsigned Declaration for Existing Public Road Easement for Winston Road, Material Concerning Settlement Protecting Domerie Creek Watershed
approximately 2006 February
8/31
Upper Cle Elum River Restoration Correspondence, Proposals, Draft Contracts, and Public Meeting Flyer
2005 February 9-2006 August 8
8/32
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
CD 16: Trendwest Properties: Cle Elum Urban Growth Area [UGA] Final Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix B Water Supply Technical Report Supplement
approximately 2005-2010
5/13, 8/3-5, 8/17
Subseries D: Newspaper Clippings Regarding Floods, Droughts, and Land Use
1990-2009
Box/Folder
5/13
Flooding in Autumn 1990
Contains road closure lists from flooding
1990 December
8/3
Newspaper Clippings and Domerie Creek Diversion
Contains oversize newsprint
2003 January 16-2009 May 4
8/4
Black Rock Dam Flyers and Newspaper Clippings
2003 January 25-2005 May 7
8/5
Yakima Valley Drought Newspaper Clippings
2005 March 8-16
8/17
Newspaper Clippings about Teanaway Solar Farm
2008 August 26-2009 July 16
2/33, 5/18, 8/2, 8/6, 8/16, 9/2-5, 10
Subseries E: Land Use Proposals, Plans, Applications and Assorted Material
1938, 1980-2009; bulk 1980-2009
Box/Folder
2/33
Roslyn Forest Land Stewardship Plan
2008 July 8-2009 July 24
5/18
Assorted Newspaper Clippings, Advertisements, Photographs, Newsletters and Flyers Related to Forest Practices and Land Use
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
Forest Practices Application
2003 March 3-July 7
8/6
Land Use Committee and Cascadia Land Conservancy Report
Contains oversize newsprint
2004 September 1-2009 July 16
8/16
Forest Practices Application, Notification to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources
2009 September 18-23
9/2
Maps, Photographs, and Contracts Related to Land Deeds, Northern Pacific Railway, and Plum Creek Timber Company
Contains oversize maps
1938 August 24-1988
9/3
Petition Regarding Rate of Timber Harvest
approximately 1980-1995
9/4
Photograph: Elum Lake on Left, Cle Elum in Middle, Ellensburg on Right, I-90 Along Bottom of Photograph [?]
approximately 1985-2000
9/5
Acreages and Photographs
approximately 1980-2000
Box
10
CD 6: Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan
contact person[?] James Begley listed on exterior of CD
2006 August 25
10
CD 7: Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan Draft
contact person[?] James Begley listed on exterior of CD
2006 October 3
10
CD 15: Roslyn Urban Forest Land Stewardship Plan Draft
2007 March 6
Box
OS Folder 1-2, Tube 1-3, Tube 5
Subseries F: Oversize Maps
1986-2013
Box
OS Folder 1
Oversize Maps
1988-2013[?]
OS Folder 2
Relative Stability of Soils in the Upper Yakima Basin map
1988-2013[?]
tube
Tube 1
Laminated Map Overlays
1988-2013[?]
Tube 2
Wenatchee National Forest South with Map Overlays
1988-2013[?]
Tube 3
Yakima North Central Washington Region
June 1986 Edition
Tube 5
Wenatchee National Forest South with Map Overlays
1988-2013[?]

SERIES 4:  NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS, PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL, AND PRESS, 1977, 1984-2009,   (bulk 1990-2001) Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 1/28-35, 2/1-8, 2/11-13, 2/17-18, 2/20, 4/3, 4/17, 5/10, 8/23, 8/33-35, 8/37

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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/28-35, 2/1-8, 2/11-13, 2/17-18, 2/20, 5/10
Subseries A: RIDGE
1977, 1984-2009; bulk 1990-2001
Box/Folder
1/28
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize items and material related to Growth Management Area [GMA] Forest Appeal
1984 June 1-1995 March 25
1/29
RIDGE Press Clippings
Contains oversize newspaper clippings
1994 January 5-February 1
1/30
Newspaper Clippings and Related Materials
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
Newspaper Clippings
1993 Sept 13-1999 February 11
1/32
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize items
1994
1/33
Wall Street Journal Letter from RIDGE Committee to Editor
1990 July 10
1/34
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1993 August 18-1999 July 22
1/35
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1993 September-1999 December 29
2/1
Daily Record Newspapers, Ellensburg, Washington (1 of 2)
Contains oversize newsprint
1991 November 22-27
2/2
Daily Record Newspapers, Ellensburg, Washington (2 of 2)
Contains oversize newsprint
1991 November 22-27
2/3
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1992
2/4
Newspaper Clippings
1992
2/5
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1993-1995 April 2
2/6
Newspaper Clippings
1994
2/7
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
approximately 1988-1993
2/8
Newspaper Clippings
approximately 1990-1995
2/11
Press Clippings
Contains oversize items
2004 April 27-2009 July 30
2/12
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1992 Oct 22-1994 January 19
2/13
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1993 March 4-1994 January 19
2/17
Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint and RIDGE/Trendwest Agreement Capsule Summary
1996 November 7-2001 February 13
2/18
RIDGE and Plum Creek Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
1986 June 4-1994 January 13
2/20
Newspaper Clippings and Flyers
Contains oversize newsprint
1992 January 16-1997 March 10
5/10
Seattle Times Article, "Timber-pact Moderators Blasted for Lobbying"
1990 November 7
4/3, 4/17, 8/23, 8/33-35, 8/37
Subseries B: Suncadia/Trendwest and Plum Creek Timber Company
1994-2006
Box/Folder
4/3
Trendwest and MountainStar Resort Brochures
1999-2001
4/17
Plum Creek Timber Company Press Releases and Newspaper Clipping
Contains oversize newsprint
1994 January 4-1995 April 6
8/23
Suncadia News Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint
2009 February-July 5
8/33
Suncadia Resort Advertisements, Reports, Job Postings, and Newspaper Clippings
Contains oversize newsprint and advertisements
1996-2006
8/34
Advertisements and Articles about Golf Resorts
Contains oversize newsprint
2005 July 1-October 24
8/35
Newspaper Clippings Regarding JELD-WEN Windows and Doors and Possible Privatization of the Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Oregon
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
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 SERVICE [IRS] DOCUMENTS, 1988-2015Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/19, 2/21-24, 2/29, 2/32, 2/34, 4/12, 4/25, 5/5, 5/22-30

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.

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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
2/19, 2/22-24, 2/29, 2/32, 4/12, 4/25, 5/5, 5/22-30
Subseries A: General
1988-2015
Box/Folder
2/19
Grant Drafts, Newspaper Clippings, Flyers, and Correspondence
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
Internal Revenue Service 501C3 Application
1995 May 22-June 6
2/23
Receipts for Legal Expenses
2014 February 13-June 10
2/24
Incorporation of R Town Community Organization
2010 September 26-2011 January 23
2/29
RIDGE Data Universal Number System [DUNS]
2012 August 12-2015 May 4
2/32
Tax Letters
1995 June 19-2009 August 13
4/12
Internal Revenue Service [IRS] Documents
1995 June 16-2004 November 23
4/25
Internal Revenue Service Ruling on Request for 501 ©)(3) Exemption for RIDGE
1995 June 30
5/5
Grants
2001 September 19-25
5/22
RIDGE 501©)(4) Application and Assorted Materials
Contains color photographs of RIDGE community meeting
1989 May 19-2002 February 2
5/23
RIDGE Association Tax Documents
1993 December 3-2005 April 8
5/24
Grant Application Materials for Northwest Fund for the Environment
2009 September 17-2010 November 16
5/25
Grant Material for Northwest Fund for the Environment
2010 February 11-June 12
5/26
Grant Administration Materials for Northwest Fund for the Environment
1992 October 11-2012 April 5
5/27
RIDGE Organizing Documents and Tax Exemption Information
1995 June 19-30
5/28
Tax Documents and Organization Identification Documents
1991 February 13-2002 June 30
5/29
Non-Profit Paperwork for RIDGE Association
1995
5/30
Nonprofit Corporation Annual Report
1989 June 19-2010 June 25
2/21, 2/34
Subseries B: RIDGE Dissolution
2009-2014
Box/Folder
2/21
RIDGE Dissolution Records
2009 July 24-2014 October 29
2/34
RIDGE and Kittitas County Settlement Agreement and RIDGE Successorship
2014 February 6-July 3

SERIES 6:  RIDGE/SUNCADIA LITIGATION, 1923, 1988-2013,   (bulk 1988-2013) Return to Top

Container(s): Box-folder 2/25-28, 2/36, 3/1, 3/9-22, 4/1-2, 4/23, 5/20, 5/33-34, 6/1-13, 7/1-4, 7/10-15, 8/12, 8/15, 8/18-20, 8/24-28, 8/38-40, 10, Tube 4

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.

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.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
2/25-28
Subseries A: RIDGE Contract Advice
2007-2011
Box/Folder
2/25
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (1 of 4)
Contains CD-roms
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
2/26
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (2 of 4)
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
2/27
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (3 of 4)
Contains oversize map
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
2/28
RIDGE Contract Advice and Client Documents (4 of 4)
2007 March 17-2011 January 15
3/14, 7/10-15
Subseries B: Contract Compliance Auditing
2005-2008
Box/Folder
3/14
Agreement between Suncadia, Adolfson Associates, and Douglas Kilgore
2005 May 9
7/10
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement (1 of 2)
Contains oversize material
2005
7/11
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement (2 of 2)
2005
7/12
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement
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
Adolfson Associates Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract and RIDGE Settlement Agreement
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
Adolfson Associations Inc.,: Contract Compliance Audit for Suncadia Contract, Suncadia Information, Meeting Notes, Charts, and Correspondence
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
Suncadia Landscape Review with Contract Compliance Auditor
Contains CD-roms
2008 August 12-September 5
3/9-13, 3/15-22, 4/1-2, 5/33-34, 6/11-13, 7/1-4, 8/19-20, 10
Subseries C: Settlement Drafts, Agreements, Amendments, and Easements
1991-2010; bulk 2000-2010
Box/Folder
3/9
First Amendment of RIDGE Settlement Agreement and Second Agreement for MountainStar Master Planned Resort [MPR]
Contains oversize maps
2003 March 13-2004 April 19
3/10
Original RIDGE Settlement Agreement (1 of 2)
2004 May 1
3/11
Original RIDGE Settlement Agreement (2 of 2)
Contains oversize enlargements of site plans
2004 May 1
3/12
Cooperative Agreement (1 of 2)
Contains oversize enlargements of site plans
2003 April 1-2004 December
3/13
Cooperative Agreement (2 of 2)
Contains oversize enlargements
2003 April 1-2004 December
3/15
MountainStar and Stream C Draft Land Stewardship Plans and Cooperative Agreement between Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Yakama Nation, and Trendwest Resorts, Inc.
Contains oversize map
2003 January-2005 November
3/16
Mountainstar Land Stewardship Plan and Stream "C" Addendum Reports (1 of 2)
Contains CD-rom
2003 July 15-2006 August 25
3/17
Mountainstar Land Stewardship Plan and Stream "C" Addendum Reports (2 of 2)
2003 July 15-2006 August 25
Box
10
CD 22: Roslyn Land Stewardship Plan, Prepared by James Begley of Central Washington University
2007 May 18
Box/Folder
3/18
Trendwest Resorts, Inc. and RIDGE Agreement (1 of 2)
Contains oversize map
2006 June 17
3/19
Trendwest Resorts, Inc. and RIDGE Agreement (2 of 2)
Contains oversize maps
2006 June 17
3/20
First Amendment to Phase 3 Managed Open Space Conservation Easement
2006 June 21
3/21
Stream C Corridor Grant of Conservation Easement
2006 June 13
3/22
RIDGE and Washington First Law Center's Mountainwest Settlement and Upper Teanaway Subarea Plan Agreement
Contains oversize maps
approximately 2004-2009
4/1
Development Resolution for Roslyn, Washington
2003 March 25
4/2
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments, Modifications, Dispute Resolutions, and Final Documents
2002 September 18-2006 May 8
5/33
RIDGE Settlement Agreement
Contains oversize maps and blueprints
1991 January 13-2006 December 21
5/34
Recorded Easements
Contains oversize material
2003 August 20-2006 January 28
6/11
Signed Trendwest/RIDGE Contract
2001 April 8-May 15
6/12
Douglas Kilgore: Implementation of Provision 1.56 (Big Creek) of RIDGE Settlement Agreement
2003-2004
6/13
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (1 of 5)
Contains CD-roms and oversize map
2002-2010
7/1
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (2 of 5)
2002-2010
7/2
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (3 of 5)
2002-2010
7/3
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (4 of 5)
2002-2010
7/4
RIDGE Settlement Agreement Amendments and Dispute Resolution Documents (5 of 5)
Contains oversize maps
2002-2010
8/19
Cooperation Agreement Meeting Minutes, Cle Elum River Site Map
Contains oversize map
2000 December 4-2003 July 23
8/20
Timeline of Second Amendment to RIDGE Settlement Agreement, MountainStar Report, Cle Elum Urban Growth Area, Map
Contains oversize map
2002 September 9-2004 May 4
Box
10
CD 1-3: Index and First Amendment
contact person listed on exterior of digital files is Maura Woodwell
2005 October 31-2006 November 3
10
CD 20: Transmittal Memo, Rational, Amended Development Agreement, Amended County Conditions of Approval, Exhibit J and Exhibit M
2007 August 9-10
4/23, 8/12, 8/15, 8/18
Subseries D: Correspondence
1923, 1993-2009; bulk 1993-2009
Box/Folder
4/23
Correspondence, Maps, and Land Transfer Documents Related to Trendwest Development
Contains oversize maps, oversize site plans, and correspondence from Bill Hunt to Douglas Kilgore
1923, 1993-1997; 1993-1997
8/12
Road Access, Suncadia Master Planned Resort [MPR] Zoning Correspondence
2008 August 25-26
8/15
Suncadia Plans Correspondence, Notes, and Outstanding Issues Dispute Process Documents
Contains oversize map
2008 July 21-2009 January 14
8/18
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
6/1, 6/3-10, 6/14, 8/38-40, 10
Subseries E: Negotiation and Proposals
1988-2007
Box/Folder
6/1
RIDGE Board Member Andy Januzkiewicz's Notes for Negotiations with Trendwest
Contains oversize items
1999-2002
6/3
RIDGE and Trendwest Negotiation (1 of 2)
1997 June 27-2004 March 1
6/14
RIDGE and Trendwest Negotiation (2 of 2)
Contains oversize meeting wall charts
1997 June 27-2004 March 1
6/4
RIDGE Proposals (1 of 3)
2001 June-July
6/5
RIDGE Proposals (2 of 3)
2001 June-July
6/6
RIDGE Proposals (3 of 3)
2001 June-July
6/7
Douglas Kilgore: RIDGE/Trendwest Negotiation (1 of 2)
2001 July-August
6/8
Douglas Kilgore: RIDGE/Trendwest Negotiation (2 of 2)
2001 July-August
6/9
Douglas Kilgore: Trendwest/RIDGE Negotiation File and Final RIDGE Settlement Agreement (1 of 2)
Contains oversize items
2001 September 9-12
6/10
Douglas Kilgore: Trendwest/RIDGE Negotiation File and Final RIDGE Settlement Agreement (2 of 2)
2001 September 9-12
8/38
Miller Property: Proposal Notes and Documents, Proposal by RIDGE to Suncadia, Open Space Analysis, and Traffic Impacts
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
Miller Property: Notes and CD with Satellite Photographs [?]
Contains CD-rom
1988-2007 March 1
8/40
Miller Property and Fourth Amendment of Settlement Agreement: Revisions, Correspondence, Notes, Reports, and Maps
Contains CD-rom and oversize maps
2005 June 1-2007 June 12
Box
10
CD 9-10: Suncadia Cle Elum River Corridor, Stream C Corridor, Phases 1-3
approximately 2007
10
CD 11-12: Stream C Land Stewardship Plan
2005
2/36, 3/1, 5/20, 6/2, 8/24-28, 10, Tube 4
Subseries F: General Suncadia Files
1999-2013
Box/Folder
3/1
Suncadia Settlement Agreement Presentation to Kittitas County Court
Contains oversize maps and site plans and correspondence from Bill Hunt to Douglas Kilgore.
approximately 2001-2013
2/36
Resource Media Proposal for RIDGE and Suncadia Case Study
approximately 2012
5/20
Topographical Maps with Notations of Legal Land Boundary Descriptions
Contains oversize marked topographical map
1999 April 22-October 25
6/2
Successorship of Trendwest to MountainStar
Contains oversize newsprint
2002 April 17-2004 March 1
8/24
Suncadia Mass Wasting Event, Erosion and Sediment, Correspondence, Notes, Memorandum, and Stormwater Compliance Inspection Report
Contains CD-rom
2006 November 16-2007 February 28
8/25
Open Space on Master Planned Resort [MPR] Zoning, Notes on Trails
approximately 2005-2007
8/26
Draft of Suncadia Resort Golf Course Management Plan, Correspondence, and Notes
2006 January 1-April 18
8/27
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
Contains oversize newsprint
2006 March 1-July 13
8/28
Suncadia Newspaper Clippings, Maps, Correspondence, and Memorandum from Notary Regarding Agreement between TrendWest and RIDGE
Contains oversize newsprint and map
2003 March 3-2006 August 10
Box
10
CD 4: Suncadia Site Development Plan Application, Lower River Corridor Paths and Trails
2007 July 12
10
CD 8: Suncadia Path and Trail Master Planning Map
2007 February 16
10
CD 21: Suncadia Path and Trail Master Planning Map, Dawson Associates
2008 February 29
tube
Tube 4
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
Restricted until digital version is available.
1988-2013[?]

SERIES 7:  AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL, 1984-2014Return to Top

Container(s): Box 10

Videocassettes on assorted topics related to RIDGE.

Container(s) Description Dates
video
Video 1
RIDGE Compliance Study Sessions
1994 October 19-21
Video 2
RIDGE Yakima Basin Aerial Video
approximately 1984-2014
Video 3
MountainStar Master Planned Resort [MPR] Zoning Site Visit, Judge Susan Hahn and Counsel
2001 April 12
Video 4
Unmarked VHS
approximately 1995-2005
Video 5
Plum Creek Timber Company, RIDGE Interview, and Town Meeting
approximately 1995-2005
Video 6
Dick Rieman at the High School
approximately 1995-2005
Video 7
Thanksgiving Day
1989
Video 8
"The West", Show #109
approximately 1984-2014

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

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)