Draft rules seek to protect cool water in Western Washington’s forest streams

Draft rules seek to protect cool water in Western Washington’s forest streams

Streams that wind through Western Washington’s forests are essential habitat for frogs, bugs, and lots of other tiny critters. These streams are also a critical source of clean, cool water...

Draft rules seek to protect cool water in Western Washington’s forest streams - Lynnwood Today

Photos courtesy Washington State Department of Ecology Streams that wind through Western Washington’s forests are essential habitat for frogs, bugs, and lots of other tiny critters. These streams are also a critical source of clean, cool water downstream. This means these streams are an important part of large watershed ecosystems. For the past 26 years, the timber industry, tribes, environmental organizations and Washington state agencies have …