we need more green minded people in politics. this is disturbing to say the least.

The pasayten wilderness area is 500,000 acres of untouchable forest land thats probably of similar or older age. But but yes tell me more about why we shouldn't use 100 acres of one of the only truly renewable resources we have. In terms of Forest management, 100 years is not that long of a time scale when trees can live for 500 years. Think of all the carbon stored in them. If they're cut down and used to build houses that carbon will be stored in the beams of a house (think housing shortage) and a new tree will grow and store more carbon in its stem. Young trees grow and sequester more carbon than old trees as the try to outcompete each other. Look it up it's true. If you have 100,000 acres of land in various conditions you could cut 100 acs/year for 1000years before making it back to your first patch. And dnr/USFS have a lott more land than that. Sorry for the rant but we should be using every renewable resource we have. Oil will run out but trees are forever.

As long as we don’t get elevenincheses!

I'm a land surveyor. If you're reasonably fit, like the outdoors and can walk 5+miles a day while carrying 40lbs of gear, just drop off a resume or email virtually any land surveying firm in the State and you'll be hired. There's more to it than that, but we're an industry that is desperate for workers.

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Agreed. But it’s significantly cheaper to buy them bus tickets to Seattle, which is their current way of addressing the issue.

Hey can you pls tell me how to get into surveying work without any experience?

I honestly do not know enough about this particular plot to start making huge judgements. However I do know the article says none of the "old growth" trees predated 1900, and that in instances where they do find old growth those trees are restricted from harvest. This is also on the Lewis/Pacific county line, not exactly the Hoh rainforest.

Mmm that reminds me, it's about time for second breakfast!

ugh that leaves me an icky taste in my mouth

You have a good point here. A lot of people look at the For Service for their recreation duties or conservation efforts but their main function has been to facilitate timber sales. They are under the Department of Agriculture, after all

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She's honestly the worst. If you go on her Instagram she's always touting her conservation strategies. I troll her and call her out on it.

I think she's almost certainly going to run for governor and I fear she might get it.

ITT: people not realizing that DNR and USFS simply exist to manage a "crop" we call timber as a revenue source. They are not here to promote healthy ecology. They do that somewhat but it's mostly side pet projects.

Sure if you like living in the Nevergreen state

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Blood money

This isn’t about homeless shelters. It’s about profit, like everything else.

I always vote in favor of these levees, but I can also understand why people are sick of the feeling that they're being nickel and dimed. WA literally has the most regressive tax system in the US that disproportionately affects those with lower incomes, while the rich get to skate by with around a 2% effective tax rate. WA very heavily favors corporations and the rich.

Need a hobbit to light the beacons

They need to build these homeless shelters in Eastern WA.

And yet they do. We've had two remodels of homeless shelters here in Tacoma that opened just this *last year. State and federal funds are provided via grants to do it. Theres a billion+ just for homelessness in the state capital budget this year, and thats before final tally from fiscal cutoff.

beautiful!! how were the roads getting there?

Ha, my partner was on this flight and sent me a similar shot. If you look closely you can see me drinking a glass of wine by my fire pit.