The Maladjusted Timber Sale in Jefferson County contains a perplexing mix of massive legacy trees, sections of legacy forest as well as sections of forest appearing to be plantations that date back to the 1930s, it is certainly a prime candidate for conservation and restoration and it's much more diverse than most forests. This forest used to be part of the "Anderson Adjusted" timber sale, part of that timber sale was canceled but this unit has been re-branded and is now scheduled for auction in the end of 2024.
Maladjusted Timber Sale (WADNR)
Anderson Adjusted Timber Sale (WA DNR)
The Anderson Adjusted Timber Sale is located in Eastern Jefferson County and contains a massively diverse Legacy Forest with towering Red Cedar, Grand Fir and Douglas Fir. Units 1 and 2 of this timber sale contain a critically imperiled (G1/S1) plant community, this plant community. An association between Red Cedar, Grand Fir and Sword Fern is one of the rarest forest types in the Pacific Northwest the DNR is legally required to protect critically imperiled plant communities such as this one.
It remains to be seen whether the DNR will protect this plant community or not, but for now, they are planning on auctioning this area in fiscal year 2025.
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Anderson Adjusted U1 & U2
Anderson Adjusted U4
Last Crocker Timber Sale (WA DNR)
The Last Crocker Timber Sale in Eastern Jefferson County is a Legacy Forests up for logging on Washington State Department of Natural Resource Trust Lands. The forest re-generated from logging in the early 1900s and is now around 100 years old. It, and all other legacy forests like it deserve protection.
The Jefferson County Commissioners have supported the protection of Legacy Forests yet the DNR intends to move forward with his sale in October 2023.
