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SUMMARY:Protect the Upper Rutsatz Forest
DESCRIPTION:In 2021, the Center for Responsible Forestry (CRF) raised 
 the alarm on the plans to auction a state timber sale known as Upper R
 utsatz Sorts. The sale consisted of two units totalling 99 acres, with
  roughly 90 acres including naturally regenerated 130 year-old forest,
  old growth forest remnants, and hundreds of trees over four feet in d
 iameter— some reaching eight feet in diameter! Sitting high on the s
 teep slopes above the confluence of the North Fork and Middle Fork Noo
 ksack Rivers, the Upper Rutsatz area contains a significant portion of
  the remaining unprotected older, structurally complex forest in Whatc
 om County.\r\nFrom RE Sources website:\"RE Sources, CRF, and state par
 tners worked with Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) to 
 provide counties the option to get a portion of their replacement valu
 e in cash up front, in addition to replacement lands that grow the to
 tal number of acres managed in trust for beneficiaries. We advocated f
 or this small but mighty change to account for the unique experience o
 f trust beneficiaries like Mount Baker School district, who have criti
 cal short term financial needs to address while the benefits of the ex
 panded trust lands accrue longer term. This added flexibility in repla
 cement revenues allows counties to choose what best meets the needs of
  their trust beneficiaries as they invest in the long term resilience 
 of their region as a whole.\"\r\nRE Sources has a petition you can sig
 n - Urge Whatcom County to permanently protect Upper Rutsatz as part 
 of the 2025 CCA-funded forest conservation efforts!  Check out this ex
 cellent, informative video from the Center for Responsible Forestry.\n
 \nFor more information visit https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events
 /protect-the-upper-rutsatz-forest
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CATEGORIES:petition
LOCATION:Online
WEBSITE:https://www.re-sources.org/initiative/protect-upper-rutsatz/
URL:https://www.re-sources.org/initiative/protect-upper-rutsatz/
CONTACT:
ORGANIZER:Re Sources for Sustainable Communities
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="David Ma
 cLeod":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/DavidMacLeod
ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=TENTATIVE;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Paul Ca
 mpbell":https://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/profile/PaulCampbell
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