Working Forest Alliance

During the summer of 2008, three leaders from conservation, timber and tribal communities sat down to talk about the importance of maintaining working forests on our landscape. Cooperation is the key to having both great communities and working forests that provide clean water and air, fish and wildlife habitat, jobs in rural communities and naturally grown wood. As the population grows in our state, new demands will be placed on the land. It is vital to tell the generations after us to have the courage to work together and try new solutions. More will be accomplished by working cooperatively than separately.

Washington Forest Protection Association

WFPA Washington Forest Protection Association (WFPA) is a trade association representing private forest landowners in Washington State. Our members are large and small companies, individuals and families who grow, harvest and re-grow trees on more than 4 million acres. We are committed to advancing sustainable forestry in Washington State to provide forest products and environmental benefits for the public. We establish balanced forest policies that encourage investment in forestland, protection of fish, water and wildlife and promote responsible forest management as a preferred land use. WFPA was founded in 1908 to protect private forestland from wildfire under the name of Washington Forest Fire Association.

Tribes

Tribes Indian tribes have always inhabited the watersheds of western Washington, their cultures based on harvesting fish, wildlife, and other natural resources in the region. In 1974, the tribes won a major victory in U.S. vs. Washington (Boldt Decision), which reaffirmed their treaty-protected fishing rights. The ruling - which has been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court - established the tribes as co-managers of the resource entitled to 50 percent of the harvestable number of salmon returning to Washington waters. Following the ruling, the tribes created the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) to assist them in conducting orderly and biologically sound fisheries.

Cascade Land Conservancy

Cascade Land Conservancy The Cascade Land Conservancy is a regional land trust, land stewardship provider and policy center operating in Washington State with headquarters in Seattle and principal offices in King, Kittitas, Mason, Pierce and Snohomish Counties. The CLC was founded in 1989 and has conserved nearly 150,000 acres of working forests, farmlands and natural areas as well as estuary lands on the Olympic Peninsula and along the Washington Coast. It provides stewardship services, caring for more than 13,000 acres of land. Since 2005 it has been the host organization of The Cascade Agenda, which links conserving great lands with creating great communities.