The Trapped Web timber sale, scheduled for 2028 targets one of the only remaining patches of legacy forest in the north end of Hood Canal State Forest. This sale is home to hosts of western red cedar and is well on its way to becoming old growth.
Wiki Web (WA DNR)
The Wiki Web timber sale, scheduled for 2026 targets one of the largest remaining patches of legacy forest in the north end of Hood Canal State Forest. This sale is home to hosts of western red cedar and is well on its way to becoming old growth.
Link N Log Timber Sale (WA DNR)
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.
Learn more at wlfdc.org
Saw Link Timber Sale (WA DNR)
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.
Crows Feet Timber Sale (WA DNR)
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.
Crows Feet U1
Plum Bob Timber Sale (WA DNR)
The Plum Bob Timber Sale located north of Belfair in Mason County Washington contains a G2/S2 imperiled plant community, Pacific Rhododendrum/Douglas Fir/Western Hemlock/Salal/Evergreen Huckleberry. This plant population is considered imperiled and sits right next to the category of S1 or “critically imperiled” which is the most urgent state ranking before a particular community is considered extinct. Forests that contain any semblance of this rare plant community must be preserved, it remains to be seen whether the DNR will drop this plant community from the timber sale (it occurs in unit 3) or if they will put their blinders on and log it.
As of March 2023 the Board of Natural Resources is set to approve this area for logging in the next month or two.
UPDATE: This sale has been removed from the proposed Mae auction list due to the G2/S2 plant community, it's yet to be seen if the DNR tries to log this area in June.
Next Contestant Timber Sale (WA DNR)
The Next Contestant Timber Sale in Mason County is a Legacy Forest 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, to get involved visit wlfdc.org
This sale is scheduled for auction in 2024.
