The Nature Conservancy Opens New Community Forest in Cle Elum • Washington State Standard

The Nature Conservancy opens new community forest in Cle Elum • Washington State Standard

The Cle Elum Ridge is Washington's newest community forest. (Photo by Benjamin Drummond)The Nature Conservancy, an international environmental nonprofit, just acquired 2,600 acres of timberland in central Washington. Historically owned by industrial timber companies, the lands within the Cle Elum Ridge Community Forest are now protected from development and accessible to the public. “This moment reflects what happens when people come together ar…

The Nature Conservancy opens new community forest in Cle Elum

The Nature Conservancy, an international environmental nonprofit, just acquired 2,600 acres of timberland in central Washington.

Cle Elum Ridge Community Forest Opens in Kittitas County

The Nature Conservancy has created a 2,600-acre community forest above Cle Elum, Roslyn and Ronald, keeping the land open for recreation.