Washington/Alaska Program
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| This past summer, 35 youth from Seattle, many of them refugees, learn about invasive species with the help of Forest Service professionals. |
Alaska boasts the nation’s two largest National Forests – The Tongass and the Chugach, with a combined total area of more 22 million acres! These two National Forests have some of the wildest places in the country and provide a home for a dizzying array of wildlife and fish, numerous mountain chains and glaciers, and some of the most productive forest systems on earth.
Washington has more than nine million acres spread over six National Forests. The majority of these forests are located on the crest of the Cascade Mountains and serves as the headwaters for a vibrant and growing population base in Puget Sound. The diversity of forests in Washington ranges from the lush and productive rain forest in the Olympic Peninsula to the dry forests of the eastern portion of the state, stretching all the way to the Canadian border in the far northeast Colville region.
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Current Projects
We are working with the Forest Service and the Prince of Wales Island community to help restore Twelvemile
Creek, a salmon bearing stream on the Tongass National Forest and a Treasured Landscapes
campaign site that was heavily impacted by logging. Through this effort we are providing direct
support for in-stream habitat enhancement, riparian restoration, and upland wildlife habitat
improvement. We are also working across Prince of Wales Island to establish their first ever
island-wide watershed association to support community engagement in watershed management and
stewardship.
What's Happening
The NFF just concluded a year-long youth engagement partnership with the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in western Washington. Through this effort the NFF’s AmeriCorps intern helped the Forest Service and their partners hosted 17 stewardship and conservation education events reaching more than 1,300 youth over the course 2011. Read the 2011 Youth and Community Report to see the results of this valuable partnership.
In collaboration with the U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Wilderness League and Braided River Publishing, the NFF brought acclaimed photographer Amy Gulick and her Salmon in the Trees photo exhibit throughout Southeast Alaska. The tour, taking place in conjunction with the United Nations’ International Year of Forests, told the story of the Tongass National Forest, the largest intact coastal temperate rain forest, where life interconnects in unexpected ways.
Donate
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If you would like to support Washington and Alaska’s National Forests, please click here. Your support helps to further our efforts to engage youth in meaningful and novel stewardship events on the forests, including tree plantings, habitat enhancement for bats, fish, and wildlife across National Forests.
Your support will also help us expand our restoration efforts in Alaska’s Tongass National
Forest for the benefit of salmon and the numerous species that depend on healthy salmon runs,
including people!
Seattle Office
National Forest Foundation
5005 3rd Ave S.
Seattle, WA 98134
(206) 832-8280
(702) 549-5415 (fax)
Kathleen Dowd-Gailey - Regional Director, Northwest Programs
kdowdgailey@nationalforests.org
