The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is planning to clearcut a century-old legacy forest on the steep cliffs above the Middle Fork Nooksack River. The Brokedown Palace Timber Sale contains mature, structurally-complex forest that naturally regenerated after being logged sometime in the 1920s. Without community action, this legacy forest will be clearcut and converted into a tree plantation, which would be a major loss for the Middle Fork watershed and our community.
Contact DNR to tell them the Brokedown Palace Forest is worth more standing! Ask DNR to cancel this timber sale - or at the very least to pause while the legislature explores three separate pathways to protect forests just like this. Take action at: p2a.co/6bRHvyP
Learn more about Brokedown Palace here:
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Forest Practices Application for the Brokedown Palace Timber Sale
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23 окт 2024
