Click Start Writing to send the pre-written email to the Trust Land Transfer Program and the DNR, urging them to Protect the Elwha river watershed.

Demand that the WA Department of Natural Resources end the logging of older forests in the Elwha River Watershed.

The Elwha River is the site of the biggest dam removal and river restoration in history, with the federal government spending over $327 million to remove the Glines Canyon and Elwha dams and regenerate the river’s surrounding ecosystem. Despite that, the DNR continues industrial logging in this beloved river valley — in some instances less than 1,000 feet from the river itself.

We now have an incredible opportunity to protect and restore 3,089 acres of state forest land in the Elwha River Watershed – with its remaining older, biodiverse forests being protected forever from industrial logging!  

The City of Port Angeles has submitted an application under DNR’s Trust Land Transfer Program – the Elwha Watershed Protection Project - to transfer 3,089 acres of state forest lands in the Elwha River Watershed away from WA Department of Natural Resources industrial forest management and into protected status for drinking water protection, habitat restoration and climate resilience.

Community support is a key criteria for the application to be approved! The program is accepting comments through May 15th to dnrtltprogram@dnr.wa.gov.

You can access the City’s Application HERE.

Learn more about the Elwha’s older forests at ElwhaLegacyForests.org

Click Start Writing to send the pre-written email below to the Trust Land Transfer Program and the DNR urging them to Protect the Elwha river watershed.