Aren’t they cutting 100 acres in Lewis county of old growth forest? What can we do to stop this?

Maybe see if these folks are on alert about it? https://westernlaw.org/

You can look up their permit here and see if there's grounds to contest it https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/forest-practices

I will definitely look into that. Hopefully it doesn’t come down to people chaining themselves to trees.

I hope there is. I would be interested in doing so. I had to witness a massacre of forest I grew up with and it’s been something I can’t truly heal from. I really think we need to protect our forests. We already have quite a bit of forests for timber specifically. I grew up around it.

Actively discourage out of state people from moving over. More people= more urban development and materials ( wood) needed for housing.

Hopefully there's a lawsuit underway already and you can simply do some ground truthing for them.

The DNR pretty much rubber stamps permits for logging as long as they pay the fee. I think the logging fee is around $10k. If there's an avenue for change that's it. It may be a matter of ensuring existing rules are upheld or it could take getting the rules changed. I'm not getting into that legal quagmire though. Go for it. Get the details and talk to the DNR and other folks that have an interest in a better regulated process

Ok cool I pulled up the website and I will call. I also plan to contact legislative. This is just not something I agree with and want more understanding of why. I literally grew and still live close to multiple giant “working” forests. I know there are many more. I see what they are doing out on the Olympic peninsula and it’s frustrating and heartbreaking. I feel like we have to stand up to this bs.

The best part about Washington is our wildlife.

We have an insane biodiverse landscape, it’s pretty incredible

The news cycle has been reporting the state department of commerce has determined Washington will need a million new homes over the next 20 years, so they’re definitely prepping us for this it seems

But demo’s are all for the environment what happened lol

I thought our governor was the governor of the environment and global warming. How could he let this happen on his watch.

I have some free time in my schedule I could chain myself to something on the west side. I would benefit from getting out of the Spokane snow

Sadly in our reality profit trumps environment. Washington's destroying so much of what makes it beautiful. Why is it always "peoples" fault though? Its usually companies, politicians, celebrities and other people who make huge profit off destroying land who are at fault - I can buy all the reusable straws and protest as much as I want, but it's not just a "people" problem.