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QUILCENE, February 8, 2008 — Timber won't be harvested
on Mount Walker as part of an upcoming timber sale, an Olympic
National Forest Olympic National Forest supervisor said.
See
Peninsula Daily News story.
The Olympic
Forest Coalition (OFC) reports in its 1/31/08
newsletter that this is indeed good news:
"Essentially all of the controversial logging proposed
in older, scenic forests has been eliminated. National Forest
acreage on Mount Walker will remain untouched. Logging road
mileage has been much reduced, and what remains will feature
improved standards such as narrower widths" said OFC.
Said Olympic National Forest Supervisor Dale Horn: "The
Northwest Forest Plan introduced approximately 15 years ago
changed the cultural and economic landscape of the Olympic
Peninsula that continues to evolve today. Gone are the days
of the Forest Service clear cut." See BrinnonInfo
Hiking for Mt. Walker Viewpoint and Mt. Walker Trail info.
Brinnon, Hood Canal, Olympic
Peninsula, Washington State
Jefferson County Commissioners
have approved the plan by the Statesman Corporation to build
a condotel resort on Hood Canal in Brinnon. See
BrinnonInfo Resort Resource page.
 Ecology
station 16D070 Dosewallips nr Brinnon is now online and
posting real-time stage and temperature data to the web. Department
of Ecology has posted a very cool web site for the Dosewallips
River @ Brinnon stream flow monitoring station. Check
it out.
Want to be updated on WRIA 16 happenings and get involved
in watershed planning? Contact Susan Gulick, Sound Resolutions,
Susan@Soundresolutions.com, (206) 548-0469 (office). See
BrinnonInfo Planning page
for more on WRIA 16 & 17, shoreline, and more planning
contacts.
Finally! Don't tap
your toes waiting for that file to download.
High speed Internet access is here!
Call 888-840-0825
or see:http://embarq.com/highspeed
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