"Today I am proud to sign a commissioners order to preserve 77,000 acres of structurally complex forests across western Washington including every acre of our older forests .” Those were Commissioner Upthegrove’s words at his August 26 press conference . Many Washingtonians heard this as a commitment to protect every acre of our remaining legacy forests. However, DNR’s definition of “older forests” is based on a very narrow set of arbitrary criteria that have little to do wit

What DNR describes as the "biggest step forward for forest conservation in a generation” could devastate our state forests. Many of the...

Recent timber sales approved by DNR in Snohomish County would clearcut large portions of the Pilchuck River valley, and fragment and...

Continues to Clearcut Many of the Oldest Remaining Lowland Legacy Forests in Western Washington Existing DNR plans, policies, and...

The Tahuya Headwaters Legacy Forest Complex, located in the headwaters at the Tahuya River in Green Mountain State Forest, hosts the...

The state legislature passed a proviso last year, as part of the 2023-2025 biennial budget, that requires DNR to develop a new strategy...

DNR made a commitment in 1997 to restore old growth forests across 10-15% of state forestlands in Western Washington.  This commitment is...