| 2010 will potentially be a very active year for logging in Capitol Forest. With timber sale contracts expiring and an increase in log prices, logging activity may be increasing this year. Where does the revenue from timber sales go? Click Here. Please use caution if you encounter a logging operation while in Capitol Forest. Roads and trails in areas with logging activity should be signed - but you never know. Please respect these areas and notices for your safety and the safety of those working. Also with the potential increase in logging activity expect to see more log trucks. Please drive and ride with caution around and yield to log trucks. Some roads in active logging areas may be re- opened on weekends. Logging activity may or may not occur on weekends. Roads and trails are required to be restored after logging is completed by the logging contractor. 2010 Capitol Forest sold and planned sales logging map with trails. Click Here. pdf file *************************Closure Information**************************** 3.18.10 Mima Porter #8 trail, near trail #50 junction. Expected closure March - May NOW OPEN 4.5.10 Trail #40, near C-line road and D-4000 road. Expected closure April 5 - April 25 NOW OPEN 4.15.10 C-line road, near C-5000 road. Expected closure April 15 - June 15 NOW OPEN 4.29.10 Trail #50 and Green Line#6 trail . Expected closure April 17-Aug 15 NOW OPEN May 27th Update TIMBER SALES UPDATE Don Melton Timber activity is very active, but most should be finished by August. Here is an update on the current sales that affect trails and roads. Quoin - cutting is going on along the C-line. The road is open but signs are up. Trail 8 will reopen within a couple of weeks. Mor - located at the intersection of the C-line & D4000 affects motorized trail 40. This trail should be open within one or two weeks. Hope Well - on the D4600 rd. Greenline 6 trail is now open. Ascend - The areas affecting Greenline 6 and trail 50 should be done in about a month. The area affecting the C4010 and C-line rd will probably be finished around the first of August. There is logging around the C6000 rd at Fall Creek but the road is open. There is sometimes a wait though. Run - Affects the Mima Porter #8 off the D4000 rd. All logging and cleanup is completed. Pape -Source - Between Margaret Mckinney and Mima - This sale should be starting soon, but should be a quick sale. Be aware that there are a lot of log trucks on the roads. If anyone encounters unsafe driving by the log trucks, please report to Tom. Get a description of the vehicle if possible. Bicycle riders were seen in a closed logging area that was clearly marked closed. Pass the word to stay out of closed areas. July 1 Update Beginning the week of July 19, and lasting about 1 week, expect short periodic delays during two culvert repair projects. This is a segment of the C- Line between the C-5000 and C-6000. Most of the construction activity will occur inside the culverts. However, rock off-loading and equipment mobilization may cause short road closures at each site. Repair work will also occur on weekends. Please make plans to avoid or limit these areas during the week of July 19th, and please pass on this information to people that might be affected. Thank you - Nick Cronquist Community Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator Pacific Cascade Region nick.cronquist@dnr.wa.gov www.dnr.wa.gov |
| 2010 Logging |
| Equipment at C Line and Trail 50 intersection |
| End of the trail. Logs on Green Line #6. Green Line #6 is still open a few hundred yards above Trail #50...for now. |
| Mima Porter #8 trail below Trail #50. |
| The new view from Green Line #6. Looking to the SW towards Fuzzy Top. |
| The section of logging above Trail #50 on Green Line #6 stopped at the edge of the trail. |
| Photos 5.23.10. Photos taken on a weekend, not during active logging. |
| CONTINUE TO AVOID ALL INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. |