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Board approves timber sales including Tonal and Chai after public pleas to spare CHI Unit 3
Summary
After more than an hour of public comment urging the removal of CHI Unit 3 and other legacy stands, the Board of Natural Resources approved multiple timber sales including Tonal and Chai; an amendment to remove Unit 3 failed 2–4.
The Board of Natural Resources voted on Feb. 3 to approve a package of timber sales — including Tiger Stripes, Biscuits, Maple Grounds, Synergized, Q Crown Creek salvage, Chai and Atonal — after extended public comment urging the agency to withdraw or reconfigure some units.
Hundreds of public comments were tallied on the meeting record. Speakers representing tribal interests, local counties, conservation groups, recreation users and private residents urged DNR to remove CHI Unit 3 from the Chai sale and to delay other sales pending corrected mapping, fuller SEPA review and government‑to‑government consultation. Sherry Dysart read a Skokomish Tribal Council SEPA letter and…
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