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Link N Log Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Link N Log timber sale located in the Hood Canal State Forest in Mason County is scheduled for auction in 2027. It would log the higher elevation slopes of Dow Mountain.

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Mild Bill Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Mild Bill timber sale which is scheduled for 2027 with log so if the only remaining legacy forests in southern Capitol State Forest. The sale is located in Thurston and Grays Harbor Counties and contains trees over 100 years old.

Learn more at wlfdc.org

Mild Bill U3

Mild Bill U1

Mild Bill U2

Branches Timber Sale (WA DNR)

The Branches timber sale in Capital State Forest is located above Waddel Creek, the forest is about 100 years old and is scheduled for auction in 2028. All mature forests should be protected. 

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Branches U3

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Mass Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Mass timber sale in Capital State Forest is located at the Fall Creek Campground, the forest is about 80-120 years old and is scheduled for auction in 2027. All mature forests should be protected. 

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Mass U1

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Schism Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Schism timber sale is one of the only remaining mature forests on the west side of Capitol State Forest, the forest is about 100 years old and is scheduled for auction in 2026. All mature forests should be protected. 

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Mr Mint Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Mr Mint timber sale in Capital State Forest is located above Waddel Creek, the forest is about 100 years old and is scheduled for 2028. All mature forests should be protected. 

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Beets Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Beets timber sale in Capital State Forest is located above Waddel Creek, the forest is about 80-90 years old and is scheduled for 2026. All mature forests should be protected. 

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Corncob TV Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Corncob TV timber sale in Capital State Forest is located above Waddel Creek, the forest is about 80-90 years old and is scheduled for 2029. All mature forests should be protected. 

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Lizard Lounge Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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Unit 4 of the LIzard Lounge timber sale in Capital State Forest is located above Mima Falls, the forest is over 100 years old and contains a small growth of old growth. The sale is scheduled for 2027. All mature forests should be protected. 

Learn more at wlfdc.org 

LIzard Lounge U4

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Weatherman Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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Dungeness and Dragons Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Dungeness and Dragons Timber Sale will log a 100 year old forests on steep slopes above the Dungeness River in Clallam County. It is scheduled for auction in the fall of 2024.

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Doc Holliday Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Doc Holliday timber sale of Juan De Fuca highway west of Port Angeles contains dozens of massive Sitka spruce, Douglas Fir and Red Cedar trees over 5 feet in diameter. It is one of the DNR’s most egregious timber sales of 2024 and contains trees that are likely approaching 150 years in age. It is scheduled to be auctioned in August 2024

Doc Holliday Unit 5

Doc Holliday Units 4 & 6

Doc Holliday Unit 3

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Bavis Creek - TA2406

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Bavis Creek enters the San Juan river from the south and contains the only large section of high productivity old-growth south of the San Juan river and North of the San Juan Ridge, it extends from the top of the ridge down a steep slope towards the San Juan river, just miles away from the biggest Douglas fir tree on earth. Timber Sale license TA2406 would clear cut the heart of this forest if BC Timber Sales chooses to move it to auction.

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Intent Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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Papaya Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The Papaya (formerly Sunny) timber sale in Capitol State Forest is scheduled to be auctioned off in 2026. U6 and U7 are located immediately adjacent to the Chameleon timber sale which was the side of a tree set in 2020. This beautiful forest is 120 years old and given time will become old growth.

Papaya Unit 5

Papaya Unit 1

Papaya Unit 6

Papaya Unit 7

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Saw Link Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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These are images of DNR's "ecological forestry." This timber sale, located near Lake Cushman in Mason County is, according to DNR not a clear-cut but rather a "variable retention harvest." Judge for yourself.

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Crows Feet Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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Unit one of the Crows Feet timber sale (scheduled for 2028,) targets one of the best remaining sections of legacy forest on Dow Mountain near Lake Cushman in Mason County. There are trees in the forest over 5 feet in diameter and it is on its way to becoming a old-growth Douglas Fir ecosystem.

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Salt And Pepper Timber Sale (WADNR)

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The Salt And Pepper Timber Sale in Clallam County was originally scheduled for auction in April 2023 but has been delayed, this timber sale is home to massive trees up to 58 inches in diameter and appears to have never been logged before, it is home to Salal over 5 feet tall and is an impressive example of a later successional forest.

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Auger In Timber Sale (WA DNR)

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The "Auger In" timber sale is located in the headwaters of the Chehalis River and is scheduled for auction in March 2025. Unit 2 of this timber sale contains hundreds of old growth hemlock trees and is for all intents and purposes an old growth forest, in a region that has almost none. This sale is likely Marbled Murrelet habitat. DNR is required to do an old growth assessment of this forest before auctioning it, and if we are lucky unit two will be dropped from the timber sale. That being said, this timber sale is located in the Pacific Cascade region of the DNR which regularly logs small sections of old growth and may log a big section like this one given that it was selectively logged in the past.

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"Shift The Paradigm" Timber Sale (WADNR)

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The "Shift The Paradigm" timber sale which is scheduled for auction in November 2024 targets some of the best remaining legacy forests in the Willapa River watershed, this watershed has just 0.2% of its original old growth forest remaining, and only 2.1% of the watershed contains legacy forests. The forest contained within unit one of his timber sale contains a dominant cohort of trees that are over 200 feet tall. This forest is easily one of the best and only opportunities to regain old growth forest across any part of this watershed. It is a top conservation priority.

Shift The Paradigm U1

Shift The Paradigm U2

Shift The Paradigm U3