MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) -- An official with the Palouse Land Trust says she wants to work with local residents as well as a preservation committee to save an ancient cedar grove containing trees nearly 1,000 years old on state-owned land on Moscow Mountain in northern Idaho.

Executive Director Amy Trujillo tells the Lewiston Tribune (http://bit.ly/XK1v7g) she's talked with the cedar grove advisory committee and they hope to find a permanent solution for the 295 acres managed by the Idaho Department of Lands.

Logging the grove became a possibility when Latah County commissioners earlier this week opted out of a 10-year lease with the state agency.

The state agency is obligated by law to make money from endowment land, and says the site could be sold or leased for timber harvest.

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Information from: Lewiston Tribune, http://www.lmtribune.com

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