Ninety-five percent (95%) of the White Salmon watershed is classified as forestland, amounting to 236,963 of the total 250,459 acres. Roughly half of this is managed by the US Forest Service as Gifford Pinchot National Forest Mount Adams Ranger District. The remainder is managed by WA Department of Natural Resources or as private forestland. Pasture and hay land rank a distant second to forestland in White Salmon River watershed land use. Approximately 9,000 acres are utilized for this purpose, accounting for only 4% of the watershed area. The third largest land use in the watershed is orchard fruit production, accounting for 1,585 acres, or 0.6% of the total watershed area.
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Friends of the White Salmon River
SDS sale - thoughts, concerns, hopes, questions here: https://friendsofthewhitesalmon.org/2021/02/pending-sds-land-sale/

Statement on the SDS Lumber Company Sale - Friends of the White Salmon River
Friends of the White Salmon River is deeply rooted in the White Salmon watershed and in Klickitat and Skamania Counties. Activists since 1976, we’ve worked hard to protect the river. SDS Lumber Company is also rooted here, acquiring 100,000 acres of timberland over 75 years and managing that land ...
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Friends of the White Salmon River
The sale of SDS lands, mill, and assets will open soon. Do you have an opinion? Worry? Hope?
Read our statement and say your piece. Parcels in dark red are owned by SDS, in four counties.
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https://friendsofthewhitesalmon.org/2021/02/pending-sds-land-sale/
Read our statement and say your piece. Parcels in dark red are owned by SDS, in four counties.
Check back here or sign up for our newsletter for updates.
https://friendsofthewhitesalmon.org/2021/02/pending-sds-land-sale/
Friends of the White Salmon River
Great article from Columbia Insight, captures the excitement about this proposal.
"If man bites dog is the mythical definition of a hot news story, Republican fights dam is surely its environmental equivalent. That’s why Idaho U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson’s (R) weekend announcement calling for the breaching of four controversial dams on the Lower Snake River is making top-of-the-fold headlines across the Columbia River Basin."
https://columbiainsight.org/breach-on-idaho-rep-simpson-calls-for-removal-of-snake-river-dams/
"If man bites dog is the mythical definition of a hot news story, Republican fights dam is surely its environmental equivalent. That’s why Idaho U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson’s (R) weekend announcement calling for the breaching of four controversial dams on the Lower Snake River is making top-of-the-fold headlines across the Columbia River Basin."
https://columbiainsight.org/breach-on-idaho-rep-simpson-calls-for-removal-of-snake-river-dams/

Breach on! Idaho Rep. Simpson calls for removal of Snake River dams
The Republican’s weekend proposal for a massive infrastructure initiative to “end the salmon wars” is sending shock waves through the Columbia River Basin Breacher man: On Saturday, Idaho Republican Mike Simpson released a video statement calling for the breaching of four
columbiainsight.org