Blanchard Mountain's oldest forests are worth more than the value of their timber. Help us protect these rare, coastal legacy forests for recreation, wildlife, the climate, and future generations.

The Carbon Project would protect an estimated 4,000 acres of irreplaceable lowland legacy forests. Some of these forests are well over a century old, and provide rare, critical habitat for sensitive and endangered wildlife.

The Legacy Forest Defence Coalition is fighting a statewide legal battle to force the DNR to adhere to old forest targets enshrined in DNR's Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Policy for Sustainable Forests (PSF). These lawsuits have a potential to reshape the way state lands are managed. So fare we have appealed 18 timber sales in 11 counties.

Most of the remaining natural forests south of Olympia will be gone within the next five years, unless we take action to protect them. LFDC is working with Thurston County and local groups to protect and restore these forests.

The Chehalis River watershed is one of the most endangered watersheds in Western Washington. Once home to some of the most productive old-growth forests on earth, it is now occupied almost entirely by tree plantations. Most of the remaining legacy forests will be gone by 2030 unless we act now.