Sat, Oct 05
|Old School Park
Past Event: Snohomish County Legacy Forest Walk
Join LFDC, the League of Women Voters of Snohomish County, and Sno-Isle Sierra Club at the "Next Regeneration" timber sale. DNR plans to auction off this forest for clearcut logging in July 2025. EASY/MODERATE 1.3 miles on mostly flat gravel followed by an optional off-trail hike in the woods
Time & Location
Oct 05, 2024, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Old School Park, 1026 Alvord St, Darrington, WA 98241, USA
Guests
About the event
LFDC, the League of Women Voters of Snohomish County, and Sno-Isle Sierra Club invite you to explore a legacy forest targeted by DNR's "Next Regeneration" timber sale.
Just outside Darrington, between the Sauk River and Squire Creek, DNR’s “Next Regeneration” timber sale threatens to clearcut over 86 acres of forest. Unlike industrial tree plantations, much of this forest is structurally complex and retains the biodiversity of natural forests once dominant in the Pacific Northwest. The area has naturally regenerated after being selectively logged, resulting in a carbon-dense mix of western redcedar, Douglas fir, hemlock, Sitka spruce, Pacific yew and maple. Trees over four-and-a-half feet thick tower above emerging understories and blankets of mahonia, ferns, prince’s pine, and salal. Arches of vine maple frame stunning views of nearby Whitehorse Mountain. Wildlife habitat and mushrooms abound thanks to snags, uprooted trees, and decaying nurse logs. This is truly an old-growth forest in…