JOIN OUR
"SAVE MCLANE!"
EMAIL CAMPAIGN
to protect these lands
Before the DNR reconsiders this area for logging, it's important that we let our state officials know how passionate we are on this subject.
Please take the time to email as many individuals as you can. Below is a contact list with messaging ideas. Feel free to use our sample messages.
Thurston County Commissioners are striving to save more legacy and older-growth trees in the Capitol Forest. Let them know the trees above McLane are important to you. They should not be clearcut.
THURSTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
General Message: You support their efforts to save trees in Capitol Forest. The woods above the McLane Creek Nature Trail are important to you. (Expand on why the area is important to you.) Urge them to pressure the DNR to keep this area off the auction docket, forever.
Keywords: accessible, older-growth trees, legacy forest, ecosystem, much-loved, Save McLane!
> View a general sample message - feel free to copy and paste
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> View an adapted sample message supporting the county's plans to save our legacy forests.
Sends email to ALL Thurston County Commissioners
county.commissioners@co.thurston.wa.us
Commissioner Carolina Mejia, District 1
carolina.mejia@co.thurston.wa.us
Commissioner Gary Edwards, District 2
gary.edwards@co.thurston.wa.us
Commissioner Tye Menser, District 3
Commissioner Wayne Fournier, District 4
wayne.fournier@co.thurston.wa.us
Commissioner Emily Clouse, District 5
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Please let the Board know that you support the county's efforts to save structurally-complex forests. These woods are a priority for you and carbon capture is a viable alternative to clear cutting.
THE BOARD
OF NATURAL RESOURCES
General Message: The DNR can choose to save forests for carbon capture instead of logging old growth. The parcels previously known as "Bears U1 and U2" are prime examples of a carbon-dense and structurally complex forest. The ecosystem around McLane Creek Nature Trail is important to you. (Expand on why it’s important to you.) Urge them to protect this area for generations to come.
Keywords: state resident, carbon capture, carbon-dense, structurally complex forest, keep it off the auction block, protect this pocket of land, support Thurston County's plans to save older-growth trees
Sends email to ALL Board Members:
The Honorable Lisa Janicki, Commissioner, Vice-Chair
The Honorable Chris Reykdal, Superintendent
Wendy Powers-Schilling, Dean
Clare Ryan, Interim Director
Jim Cahill, Senior Budget Advisor
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Our state will have a new Commissioner of Public Lands in 2025. Please let him know you belive the DNR can fulfill its legislative mandates in ways that preserve our forests and combat climate change.
COMMISSIONER
OF PUBLIC LANDS
Congratulations to Dave UptheGrove!
General Message: UptheGrove ran on a conservation message. Encourage him to stick to his campaign promises and increase the DNR’s conservation efforts. This agency can choose to fulfill their legislative mandates by saving forests for carbon capture instead of logging our diminishing old-growth forests. The ecosystem around McLane Creek Nature Trail is important. (Expand on why it’s important to you.) Urge them to protect this area for generations to come.
Keywords: voter, structurally complex forest, carbon-capture, safe-guard for generations to come
Dave Upthegrove
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In January,
Upthegrove can be reached at:
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