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Update

On June 11th, 2024, the DNR denied the City of Port Angeles’ Trust Land Transfer application to protect the Elwha watershed and the city’s water supply from more logging. The reasons they cited:

Our staff at DNR has evaluated your application and found it to not be in the best interests of the trusts to transfer the parcels out of trust ownership. In addition, Clallam County and its Revenue Advisory Committee stakeholders raised concerns about the proposal, with the advisory committee unanimously asking that the application be denied on the basis that the application does not meet the parameters of the TLT program.

We’re not giving up!

Read the letter here:

DNR’s Letter to the City of PA re TLT

The City of Port Angeles Elwha Protection Project Trust Land Transfer (TLT) application is the best solution to protect Elwha Legacy Forests!

On September 30, 2023, the City of Port Angeles filed an application to transfer 3,089 acres of state forest lands in the Elwha River Watershed (including “Power Plant”, “TCB23” and “Alley Cat”) away from WA Department of Natural Resources industrial forest management and into protected status.

View it here: Trust Land Transfer Application – City of Port Angeles

Part of the process is showing community support!! Use the above Action Network form to voice your support or send your own email:

​TLT Advisory Board: dnrtltprogram@dnr.wa.gov

Kenny Ocker, TLT Program Manager
kenny.ocker@dnr.wa.gov
Robert Winslow, TLT Program Coordinator
robert.winslow@dnr.wa.gov
Be sure to CC Board of Natural Resources: bnr@dnr.wa.gov

To: dnrtltprogram@dnr.wa.gov, Kenny Ocker <kenny.ocker@dnr.wa.gov>, Robert Winslow<robert.winslow@dnr.wa.gov>
CC: Board of Natural Resources <bnr@dnr.wa.gov>
Subject line: Elwha Watershed Protection Project

Example Letter:

Dear advisory members of the Trust Land Transfer Committee,

I am writing to express my support for the City of Port Angeles’s Elwha Watershed Protection Project under DNR’s Trust Land Transfer program. I support the City of Port Angeles in managing these areas for drinking water protection, habitat restoration and climate resilience. The Elwha River is the sole water source for over 25% of the county, including all of Port Angeles’ residents and businesses. DNR’s industrial logging is incompatible with the millions of dollars spent to restore this iconic watershed. I ask that the DNR stop logging older forests in the Elwha Watershed and permanently protect and restore these lands.

**Make your letter stronger by including who you are, where you live/work and your relationship to the Elwha river!**

Map of Clallam County, WA showing proposed Trust Land Transfer forests for the City of Port Angeles.

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