Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
North Fork Nooksack Forest project: thinning for habitat or harvesting for profit?
April 8, 2021
Alex Meacham
Following the comment period on a draft Environmental Assessment of a proposal to cut trees and manage vegetation to improve habitat and stand conditions and to harvest timber in the North Fork Nooksack area, next steps are up to Forest Service project managers.
photo: Tony Angell © 2020
More scrutiny sought on proposed logging around North Fork near Glacier
June 26, 2020
Alex Meacham
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed logging about 5,700 acres near the North Fork of the Nooksack River around Glacier, Canyon and Wells creeks. Called the North Fork Nooksack Vegetation Management Project, the proposal focuses on the timber harvest part of the Forest Service’s multiuse mandate. That puts it at odds with the priorities of some conservation groups, and it is being met with requests for further evaluation.