Save Rendsland Creek

Stop the tip top timber sale

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has released a plan for the large scale clearcutting of lowland forests in the Tahuya State Forest of the Puget Sound. The “Tip Top” timber sale would auction off the rights to clear-cut five 100-year-old forests adjacent to the Hood Canal and Olympic Peninsula. The largest of these 5 cut blocks (Unite 2) would require the construction of over a mile of road in an intact forest adjacent to Readsland Creek.

The Puget Lowlands are one of the most endangered ecosystems in America. Only 5% of functional habitat remains in the Puget Lowlands, yet the Department of Natural Resources continues to auction off some of our oldest public forests' to fill state coffers. The Tip Top timber sale will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at a starting bid of over $1 million on August 25. We demand that the Department of Natural Resources cancel this timber sale and allow the forests of the Tahuya State Forest to return to an old-growth state over the coming centuries.

In the meantime, we call on activists and local communities to pressure the DNR to cancel the Tip Top Timber Sale to prevent the clear-cutting of the forests of Rendsland Creek.

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Call 360-989-8067 to get involved