900 acres added to Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument

The Cascade-Siskyou National Monument has expanded by more than 900 acres, following the transfer of property from The Conservation Fund to the Bureau of Land Management. The transferred land, which includes a stretch of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, was formerly owned by Hancock Timber Resource Group. The national monument, located at the intersection of the Cascade Range, Siskiyou Mountains and Klamath Mountains, was created in 2000 to preserve the area's biodiversity. The monument now includes about 61,700 acres in Southern Oregon. Congress provided funding for the purchase through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The transfer of the lands, along with parcels the BLM purchased in 2012, completes more than half of an effort by the BLM and The Conservation Fund to protect land that is one of the largest remaining private landholdings within the monument boundary — approximately 6,570 acres — owned by Hancock Timber Resource Group. About 2,900 acres of Hancock Timber lands remain available for sale, and supporters of the monument say they hope future funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund could help the BLM acquire the remaining property for conservation...more

That's how it happens.  Congress or the President designates a National Monument.  In many cases these private "inholdings" lose value because of restrictions on development or problems with access.  The land owner suddenly becomes a "willing seller".  An outfit like the Conservation Fund or the Nature Conservancy purchases the land and holds it until the federal agency gets their budget lined up.  Its then sold to the federal agency, usually for a profit.  The federal agency gets the land they wanted, the land trust walks away with more money to acquire additional private property, and the original landowner gets screwed.