From the Seattle Times:
Logging and landslides: What went wrong?
When Weyerhaeuser began clear-cutting the Douglas firs on the slopes surrounding Little Mill Creek, local water officials were on edge. Some of these lands had slid decades ago, after an earlier round of logging. They worried new slides could dump sediments into the mountain stream and overwhelm a treatment plant.
Those fears came true last December when a monster storm barreled in from the Pacific, drenching the mountains around the Chehalis River basin and touching off hundreds of landslides. Little Mill Creek, filled with mud and debris, turned dark like chocolate syrup.
More than three months passed before nearly 3,000 valley residents could drink from their taps again. Continue reading here.
Filed under: Community News, Conservation | Tagged: Conservation, deforestation, foresty, habitat loss, landslide, logging, natural disaster, Weyerhaeuser
Hey great Blog,
I’m down here in Olympia and I’m a long time forest activist… I do an International forest newsletter that you can keep your eye on for forest issues in the Washington area that might be good to have in your publication: http://olyecology.livejournal.com
Also if you need help distributing your publication in the Olympia area, I’d be happy to help!
Be well, Deane