These forests are not old growth — that’s already protected ... We met the employees at the Washington Department of Natural Resources who lay out a sale, as well as loggers cutting ...

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older forests ... growth” but still are old enough to provide valuable habitat. The ...

The surrounding forest ... of old growth on federal land in Washington, Oregon and Northern California with implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan in 1994. And he helped develop what DNR ...

The Quinault Indian Nation could soon help manage one of the last old growth forests in Washington state, which was ... of the Quinault Division of Natural Resources. “We'll take a tree out ...

Members of the Center for Responsible Forestry explored Unit 2 of the DNR’s Bessie ... places — legacies of the old-growth forests that once dominated western Washington — still exist.

At stake in this race are three main things: the health of Washington’s timber industry, the next generation of its old growth forests, and how much DNR revenue flows to rural communities.

The trees in question do not qualify for old-growth ... Washington Conservation Action, said in a statement. “He’s making sure the action is science based and well planned. This allows DNR ...

This statement, say critics, is especially true of the maps created by the U.S. Forest Service to inventory the nation’s largest carbon sinks: its mature and old-growth forests. In April 2023 ...

Ashley Short, Policy Manager for Cascade Forest Conservancy, has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Policy and Planning and a Certificate in Environmental Law. Courtesy photo We need to stop ...

But in Washington, a strategic approach spearheaded by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), has focused on restoring ...

Can Washington state hold off harvesting older ... of timber from 70,000 to 80,000 acres of older forests that don’t yet qualify as “old-growth” but still are old enough to provide valuable ...