Skamania County Commissioners passed a resolution this week to express their unhappiness with the federal government’s management of federal forest lands and the condition it has left the county in.  The resolution declares an emergency in the County due to “unhealthy national forest conditions…yearly threat of catastrophic fires…and minimal County government, schools, and emergency services.”  The resolution demands Washington state and federal officials take immediate action to eliminate hazardous conditions in communities in and around the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and all other federally managed lands in Skamania County.  It accuses the U.S. Forest Service of not involving Skamania County as an equal partner in planning and management of the Pinchot forest.  88 percent of land in Skamania County is government owned, and the shrinking of federal forest payments has damaged the ability of local agencies to provide services.