The In The Pipeline Timber Sale located in Pacific County Washington contains trees over 5 feet in diameter. It 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 November 2023.
BCTS (BC Timber Sales) is planning on auctioning off a 42 HA old growth cut block immediately adjacent to Cape Scott Provincial Park in the Dakota Creek Watershed this year.
This would only be the SECOND cut block ever to be logged in the intact Dakota Creek Watershed.
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.
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.
The BC NDP has approved road building into an old growth cedar forest on the Darling River south of Bamfield, this cut block contains literally hundreds of western red cedar trees growing over 2.5 m in diameter.
This truly is one of the most spectacular sections of Old Growth Forest on Southern Vancouver Island and before the end of 2023 it is likely to be gone.
The Juneau Timber Sale in Thurston 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
The Class Dismissed Sorts Timber Sale in Thurston 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.
The Cedarville Sorts Timber Sale in Grays Harbor County is a Legacy Forest up for logging on Washington State Department of Natural Resource Trust Lands. This Timber Sale on Chehalis Territory contains cedar trees over 5 feet in diameter, as well as hundreds of culturally modified trees. 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
Teal Jones has plans for three cut blocks on the southwestern flank of the Fairy Creek Rainforest, just across the ridge from Fairy Creek. This intact slope contains extremely impressive yellow and red cedar forest with trees up to 9 feet thick growing at high elevations. This area is identified as a deferral candidate and as Marbled Murrelet Habitat, however, it remains unprotected. Teal Jones hasn't applied to log this area yet however when they do they are sure to face substantial opposition.
Western Forest Products has applied to build a sprawling road network into a last fringe of old growth forest along the pacific ocean near the outlet of Quintino Sounds and north of Grants Bay. This forest contains old group red cedar with remarkable canopies and is near some of the most productive old growth forest on Northern Vancouver Island.
As of the end of February 2023 this road building has not been approved.
The 2000 Road lies just across the ridge from Fairy Creek on the southwestern flank of the old growth rainforest. The area was clear-cut in 2019 and then again in 2021 after dozens of people were arrested trying to stop the logging. The area is incredibly steep and landslides are common on the road.
Teal Jones has decommissioned the road for now however there are 3 cut blocks planned on the next slope over.
Kwatleo Creek on Northern Vancouver Island contains some of the most spectacular cedar forests remaining in British Columbia. The groves here are truly the best of the best of BC’s endangered old growth forest. This area is part of TFL 6 and is unprotected. This area has seen over 80 years of industrial logging, and it is truly remarkable that any of these grandest cedar groves remain intact. You can easily explore this area by following the road past Winter Harbor; these trees are immediately visible from the road a few kilometers before it dead ends at Grant Bay. This old growth forest stretches for over 100 ha.
Weather conditions did not allow for a thorough exploration of this grove however in the short time we were there, and within minutes of entering the forest we found two cedar trees measuring 3.6 and 3.5 m in diameter.
There are no logging approvals in this forest, however that could change any day. I will certainly be monitoring this area.
The Hightower Timber Sale in Grays Harbor County is a Legacy Forest up for logging in Capitol State Forest near Olympia Washington. 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 c4rf.org
As of November 2022, this timber sale hasn't been sold.
The McCannon Timber Sale in Lewis County is one of the oldest Legacy Forests up for logging on Washington State Department of Natural Resource Trust Lands. The forest re-generated from logging in the 1900s and is now over 100 years old. It contains old-growth trees marked for cutting. It and all other legacy forests like it deserve protection, to get involved visit c4rf.org
As of November 2022 this timber sale has not beed auctioned off.
The Baltimore Plot Timber Sale in Lewis County is a spectacular 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 was probably one of the most spiritually vibrant second growth forests I've ever been in, with massive Douglas Fir stumps covered in gardens of ferns throughout the timber sale. This legacy forest deserves to be left alone to become an old-growth forest.
In December 2022 this timber sale was sold to Hampton Tree Farms for $4,179,089.66
McGinnis Creek in the Mattole watershed of northern California contains over 150 acres of old growth Douglas Fir forest that are currently for sale by the owner. The properties, consisting of a total of 492 acres contain a substantial amount of old growth forest and have been/are listed for a total of $935,000, with one of the properties, containing 80 acres of old growth listed for only $280,000.
If you have the money to buy these properties or know someone who does please contact me immediately.
These are images of the Cranberry Mountain legacy forest complex on private land. There are around 2000 acres of legacy forests on Cranberry Mountain in Lewis county Washington. These forests survived the initial wave of clear-cut logging of this area in the 80s and 90s due to a fire that destroyed much of the ecosystem in the 1890s. These forests which grow at the summit of cranberry mountain are now 130 years old and have never seen industrial logging. Weyerhaeuser, which owns millions of acres in Washington State has been steadily logging this complex of old growth legacy forests despite their commitment not to log old growth. By 2030 all of these forests will be gone.
BTG Pactual a Brazilian investment group also owns a substantial amount of these 130-year-old legacy forests just east of Cranberry Mountain in the Deschutes River watershed which flows into Capital Lake. It is unclear whether or not BTG Pactual will actually log these areas. However, they have already sold some of them to another smaller logging company which has clear-cut around 200 acres of these legacy forests. Cougar Mountain Grove was part of this Legacy Forest complex sold by BTG Pactual.
The Quiver Timber Sale in Grays Harbor County is one of the oldest Legacy Forests up for logging on Washington State Department of Natural Resource Trust Lands. The forest re-generated from logging in the 1800s and is now around 140 years old. It, and all other legacy forests like it deserve protection, to get involved visit c4rf.org
As of October 2022 this timber sale has not been approved for auction.
The Brown's Corner Timber Sale in Pacific 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, to get involved visit c4rf.org
In November 2022 this timber sale was sold to Murphy Company for $461,025.93.
The Sprinter Timber Sale in Thurston County is a Legacy Forests up for logging on Washington State Department of Natural Resource Trust Lands in Capital State Forest. 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 c4rf.org
In November 2022 this timber sale was sold to the Stella Jones Corporation for $2,333,582.67.
