Trees in coastal temperate rainforest spared from the chopping block

Trees in WA temperate rainforest spared from chopping block

Private donations will save 29 acres of forest that had been slated for logging west of Port Angeles.

Trees in coastal temperate rainforest spared from the chopping block

A grassroots organization has successfully raised enough money to spare 29 acres of trees on state forestland in the Northern Olympic Peninsula from being cut down, employing a new conservation method that also replaces timber revenue. The Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition struck a deal with Webster Logging, which purchased a timber sale west of Port Angeles from the state Department of Natural Resources. The company agreed to sign away its right t…

Trees in coastal temperate rainforest spared from cutting

Members of the Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition celebrated a major milestone in August when the group fundraised $260,000 to conserve 13 acres of forests in the Doc Holliday timber sale. By mid-September, they raised enough to bring the total to 29. (Photo courtesy of the Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition)