Timber Permit Tangle
Your family-owned lumber mill in Cascade Falls faces immediate shutdown after satellite imagery reveals a spotted owl nesting site in your primary harvesting zone. With 47 employees depending on Friday's payroll and $2.4M in winter contracts at stake, you have 30 minutes to negotiate with an Environmental Protection Agency enforcer who seems suspiciously eager to make an example of your operation.
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0
Survivors
0
Popularity
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Difficulty
B1-B2
Scenario Overview
Your Role
Operations Manager & 3rd Generation Mill Owner
Conversation Partner
Senior EPA Enforcement Officer Diana Thorne
Setting
Your cluttered mill office, surrounded by permit applications and family photos, while the deafening sound of idle machinery echoes through the walls
Location
Cascade Falls Lumber Co., Oregon
Learning Objectives
Negotiate continuation of operations in unaffected zones
Secure temporary permit for existing contracted timber
Establish timeline for environmental impact study without full shutdown
About This Scenario
Your family-owned lumber mill in Cascade Falls faces immediate shutdown after satellite imagery reveals a spotted owl nesting site in your primary harvesting zone. With 47 employees depending on Friday's payroll and $2.4M in winter contracts at stake, you have 30 minutes to negotiate with an Environmental Protection Agency enforcer who seems suspiciously eager to make an example of your operation.
How It Starts
“Mr. Walker, our satellite imaging from 0600 hours confirms active spotted owl nesting sites in sections 7 through 13 of your permitted cutting zone. I have a cease and desist order ready. Unless you can convince me otherwise in the next few minutes, I'm shutting down all operations effective immediately.”
This is how Senior EPA Enforcement Officer Diana Thorne's greeting will start.
Practice Details
Scenario ID
#86
Category
General
Location Tag
Cascade Falls Lumber Co., Oregon
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