by Web Editor | Oct 30, 2017 | News, News/PR
This summer’s costly Jolly Mountain Fire made Cle Elum the ideal place to unveil Washington’s 20-year-plan to restore forest health and take a more proactive approach to reducing catastrophic wildfires. State Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz announced the plan...
by Web Editor | Apr 5, 2017 | News, News/PR
To restore a forest and reduce the risk of severe wildfires, a conservation group is cutting down trees. The Nature Conservancy is selectively logging dry forests in Washington’s Central Cascades as part of a long-term plan to make thousands of privately owned...
by Web Editor | Nov 18, 2016 | News, News/PR
They’re cutting down trees to save this forest. This 548-acre logging project on the Naches Ranger District is removing trees that are unnaturally dense and at risk of catastrophic fire. By doing so, it’s employing people and providing valuable timber. It’s not a...
by Web Editor | Oct 5, 2015 | News, News/PR
A timber company that over the years clear-cut and thinned trees above the hill that unleashed the Oso mudslide has asked a King County judge to spare it from being forced into court next year to fight claims that it is partially responsible for the tragedy. Grandy...