Whatcom County has an opportunity to conserve an incredibly high conservation value forest, called the Upper Rutsatz Forest. Through years of hard work, we now as a community have a unique funding opportunity to permanently conserve this forest utilizing the 2025 round of CCA conservation funding. https://re-sources.quorum.us/campaign/132266 Please sign onto the community petition letter urging Whatcom County and DNR to nominate Upper Rutsatz Forest for permanent protection through the 2025 round of CCA conservation funding. (fb)

If you live in Washington state, please take one minute to click the link and ask your local legislators to invest in Washington’s best natural climate solution, the old growth of our future. https://actionnetwork.org/letters/take-action-to-conserve-our-most-carbon-dense-mature-forests-contact-your-legislators-today Two years in a row, the State Legislature used funds from the Climate Commitment Act to protect approximately 2,300 acres of older forest in 8x different counties. However, there are still 75,000 acres that are unprotected from being logged. Washington State has an opportunity to invest in protecting these older forests by buying replacement lands that are working forest. This will help generate timber supply and revenue for rural communities, AND save the last older forests we have left in our bioregion. (fb)