Posts tagged “National Forest Foundation”

Quilt for Two Rivers celebrates the outdoors in a classic American art form To date, the Tale of Two Rivers conservation campaign has generated an original microbrew, an annual cycling event, a plein air paint-a-thon and a movie screening.  Now up: a modern quilting bee. A collaboration between the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, the National Forest Foundation and the U.S. Forest Service, Quilt for Two Rivers brings together 20 leading... (Read more…)

Living in a state that boasts seemingly endless expanses of forest, prairie, rugged ridge-tops and lush river bottoms, I sometimes feel like public lands are a given. My children’s children will, of course, play hide-and-seek amidst the dense firs and spruces, fish from creek banks shaded by wispy willows and stare in wonder at a grazing herd of elk.  The rivers that flow from the local National Forest will continue to provide fresh water, the park will provide shady groves on... (Read more…)

Once upon a time, in the late 1800s to be precise, there was a booming mining town deep in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (MBS). The town was called Monte Cristo and it became a mining attraction because of its rich mineral deposits. With the help of a railroad and financers like John D. Rockefeller, the town grew to support over a thousand residents (mostly miners), several shops, a schoolhouse, a brothel, a hotel and many homes. Not long after its peak, mining... (Read more…)

Welcome to the “Your National Forests” blog, and the online musings of the National Forest Foundation!   In this blog, we’ll be bringing you updates about the current state of our National Forests and Grasslands across the country, from the rugged wilds of Alaska to the deserts of the Southwest to the bayous of the South. With 193 million acres of land, we’ll have plenty of stories to tell; our National Forests are a unique and varied group, boasting wonders ranging from... (Read more…)