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Clark County uses Spud Mountain thinning to supply engineered habitat for East Fork Lewis River reconnection
Summary
Clark County transferred more than 700 logs from a recent Spud Mountain thinning to a Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership river-reconnection project that aims to install over 5,000 logs, fill eight former gravel pits and restore habitat; work is expected to finish by October 2026 and the river is closed to recreation for three miles downstream of Daybreak Regional Park.
Clark County officials and project partners said this summer’s selective thinning at Spud Mountain supplied more than 700 logs to an ongoing river-reconnection project on the East Fork Lewis River, part of a larger effort to restore floodplain habitat and reduce wildfire risk.
County presenters said the thinning was undertaken after an earlier inventory recommended cutting in the 8–10 year window. "Selective thinning allows the remaining trees to receive more resources such as sunlight and water and reduces fuel loading and wildfire risk," Speaker 1 said, summing up the forest-health rationale.
The logs have several uses. Some were sent to be milled for dimensional lumber or made into utility poles, while a reserved set of large trees — more than 700 from Clark…
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