Three of the timber sales proposed at the Nov. 5 board meeting were in the Elwha watershed. More than5,000 letterswere sent asking DNR to cancel all upcoming timber sales in the Elwha watershed as of Election Day. DNR last year announced theconservation of 2,000 acres...
If elected, Upthegrove said he would direct DNR to harvest timber on other younger parcels while developing long-term revenue alternatives. This could include acquiring more land for the trust or distributing trust money more progressively toward low-income timber-dependent counties....