National Association of State Foresters Weekly Newsletter Feb 18, 2022
In Your State
Washington introduces “Watershed Resilience Action Plan” for salmon recovery in the Snohomish River Watershed [Washington DNR]
(Press release) DNR lays out a ‘Tree to Sea’ effort for recovering salmon habitat in the Snohomish River and a roadmap to improve and restore every watershed in our state
More from Washington:
(Press release) New report outlines significant economic opportunities generated by DNR salmon recovery and forest health restoration [Washington DNR]
DNR land near Green Mountain could generate funds for school construction [Kitsap Sun]
(Press release) WSU Extension, DNR to offer free online forest owners’ winter school classes [Washington DNR]
Meet the woman preserving the history of Oregon’s Black loggers [Atlas Obscura]
Maxville had been a thriving community of a few hundred people. It was owned by Bowman-Hicks, a Missouri company that, like other lumber companies in the area, recruited skilled loggers from the South, regardless of race.
More from Oregon:
ODF issues $20 million for wildfire mitigation projects on forest and rangelands [KDRV]
ODF awards $5 million in grants to landowners for wildfire resiliency [KDRV]
Oregon fire season longest ever, challenges remain [Lake County Examiner]
Malheur National Forest to award another long-term stewardship deal plus other contracts [Blue Mountain Eagle]
$262 million headed to Oregon's National Forests [KTVL]
Weyerhaeuser adds 89,000 acres to free access program in Oregon [Market Screener]
Following restoration, Collier Park plans a summer reopening [Herald and News]
In bringing back wild lynx, Confederated Colville tribes hope to right historical wrongs and restore balance to wildlife on the landscape [Inlander]
