You are here

Home » Land Deal Preserves Entrance Corridor to Mount Rainier National Park

Land Deal Preserves Entrance Corridor to Mount Rainier National Park

Share
By Kurt Repanshek - March 9th, 2008
Mount Rainier. Repanshek photo.

Mount Rainier National Park. Kurt Repanshek photo.

If you've ever entered Mount Rainier National Park's Nisqually Entrance via Ashford, Washington, you're well aware of the long corridor of trees you pass through. Now, thanks to the Nisqually Land Trust, you don't have to worry about those trees being reduced to stumps.

Until the land trust came to the rescue, the previous owners of 142 acres along that entrance corridor had agreed to allow the property to be logged. But local opposition and a federal grant helped the land trust swing the $780,000 deal to preserve the land.

The latest purchase is just part of the Nisqually Land Trust's "Mount Rainier Gateway Initiative," which is a five-phase, $18 million campaign to "permanently protect 4,500 acres of threatened forests in the upper Nisqually watershed" outside the park's Nisqually entrance. According to the trust, this acreage provides key habitat for spotted owls, marbled murrelets, bald eagles, elk, cougar, and other species.

The land trust's Mount Rainier initiative envisions the creation of sustainable, family-wage forestry and tourism jobs.

Add comment

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

Image CAPTCHA
Enter the characters shown in the image.

The Essential RVing Guide

The Essential RVing Guide to the National Parks

The National Parks RVing Guide, aka the Essential RVing Guide To The National Parks, is the definitive guide for RVers seeking information on campgrounds in the National Park System where they can park their rigs. It's available for free for both iPhones and Android models.

This app is packed with RVing specific details on more than 250 campgrounds in more than 70 parks.

You'll also find stories about RVing in the parks, some tips if you've just recently turned into an RVer, and some planning suggestions. A bonus that wasn't in the previous eBook or PDF versions of this guide are feeds of Traveler content: you'll find our latest stories as well as our most recent podcasts just a click away.

So whether you have an iPhone or an Android, download this app and start exploring the campgrounds in the National Park System where you can park your rig.