H to Z Monitoring Completed With funding from the Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Council (RAC), we have completed monitoring of the H to Z project.  The 5 year remeasure was completed by our field consultants, Resilient Forestry.   This helps the Collaborative evaluate the prescriptions’ effectiveness in 1) creating desired harvest outcomes, and 2) accelerating the […]

Washington Wild is looking for a passionate and skilled individual to work with members of the Olympic Forest Collaborative to help support and coordinate their work in restoration forestry and aquatic restoration projects in the Olympic National Forest.    The Olympic Forest Collaborative Coordinator provides coordination and facilitation support for members of the Olympic Forest Collaborative.

Scent Dogs Sniff Out Endangered Butterflies on the Olympic National Forest Did you know dogs have roughly 40 times more smell-sensitive receptors than humans? This makes them excellent detectives! Scent detection dogs from Rogue Detection Teams joined up with Olympic National Forest biologists to survey Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies (Euphydryas editha taylori) on the Forest July 8-12.

RAC funding awarded The Olympic Peninsula Resource Advisory Council (RAC) has awarded $50,000 in partnership with American Whitewater to the OFC for the OFC’s forest thinning monitoring program. Projects are proposed to the RAC across five counties and the OFC project was awarded funding by the Clallam and Grays Harbor RAC sub-groups. This funding allows

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Oysters are probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about managing natural resources on a National Forest. But on the Olympic National Forest there is a campground located on the Hood Canal that contains theonly federally managed oyster beds within the National Forest System. The Seal Rock Campground

DNR funding for Tiger Tail awarded The State of Washington Department of Natural Resources has awarded $10,000 for the Tiger Tail Stewardship thinning project in the Wynoochee Watershed. This project will focus on the pre-sale work for the Tiger Tail Stewardship Sale, which will occur on the Olympic National Forest in 2025. Olympic National Forest is

Farewell and Thanks to Olivia Awbrey The Olympic Forest Collaborative is sad to say farewell to Olivia Awbrey who served as our Coordinator since September 2021. Olivia was just the second, and longest serving, coordinator for the Collaborative. During her more than two years as coordinator, she has greatly increased our effectiveness supporting our bi-weekly

Collaborative End-of-Year Newsletter – 2023