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Archive Home > 2007 > August > 16 > Deal would preserve 28,000 acres

Deal would preserve 28,000 acres

Owner hopes to build homes on parcel’s remaining 5,000

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
August 16, 2007

The Florida-based owner of 33,000 acres of forest spanning from near Shevlin Park to south of Sisters has proposed donating most of the property to the Deschutes Basin Land Trust — if the state gives it permission to build 500 to 1,000 homes on the remaining land, which is designated....

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