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Conservation groups ask Clallam commissioners to nominate Doc Holliday timber parcel for state 'cash-for-counties' conservation funding
Summary
Conservation advocates asked Clallam County commissioners to nominate part of the Doc Holliday timber sale for state Natural Climate Solutions funding, emphasizing a new "cash for counties" option that can provide immediate county revenue as replacement lands are assembled.
Conservation groups and local advocates asked the Clallam County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 6 to nominate roughly 46.4 acres within the Doc Holliday timber sale for state Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) conservation funding, citing ecological values and a new provision that can provide counties immediate cash to offset the revenue effects of placing trust lands into conservation.
Bridal Froby, identified in the meeting as a policy adviser for the Center for Responsible Forestry, and colleague Bill Bryant described the NCS program that the 2023 Legislature funded to protect "structurally complex" forests for their climate, watershed and habitat benefits. The program pairs conservation of high‑value parcels with purchase of replacement acres for trust beneficiaries; a new "cash for…
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