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Public invited to provide feedback on draft Canyon Environmental Assessment
QUILCENE, Wash., September 26, 2025 — The Forest Service is now accepting public input on the draft Canyon Forest Restoration Project Environmental Assessment (proposed project). The
project proposes to restore parts of the Dungeness River watershed located south of Sequim, WA in the northeast portion of the Olympic National Forest. Comments will be accepted until
October 15, 2025.
The proposed actions are intended to promote complex forest structure, accelerate the development of late-successional forest characteristics, and develop diverse wildlife habitats by
thinning forest stands, while contributing to the economic viability of local communities through timber sales. Commercial thinning would occur on approximately 1,840 acres and other
treatments would occur on approximately 320 acres.
Additionally, the proposed project could reduce the severity of potential wildfires, replace culverts that are barriers to fish passage with larger aquatic organism passages, and prepare
roads to support logging equipment and hauling.
The proposed project was developed from a detailed project proposal that was published for scoping in 2022. The draft Environmental Assessment includes the results of additional field
work, consideration of comments and documents, and anticipated effects of the proposed actions.
The proposed project, including project area maps and figures can be found at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r06/olympic/projects/62260 <https://pld9h64ab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Lzf0LMAxicksZ2peZEXRKsYrL0pV
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Public comments will help inform the Forest Service’s final decision on the project proposal. Only those who submit timely, project-specific written comments during the public comment
period will be eligible to file an objection to the final decision.
The project website will be the primary avenue through which the Forest Service will provide information about the project. Comments can be submitted electronically through the project
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Once on the website, under “Get Connected,” click on the link for “Comment/Object on Project.” Electronic comments must be in one of the following formats: email message, plain text
(.txt), rich text format (.rtf), or Word (.doc) or (docx), or Adobe (.pdf).
Alternatively, comments may be submitted by mail or hand delivery to the Supervisor’s Office or Quilcene Office:
Olympic National Forest
c/o Alison Center
1835 Black Lake Blvd SE
Olympia, WA 98591
The office hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments at the Supervisor’s Office are 9am to 3pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, excluding federal holidays.
or
Olympic National Forest
c/o Alison Center
295142 Highway 101 S.
Quilcene, WA 98376
The office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments are: 9am to 3pm Tuesday and Wednesday, excluding federal holidays.
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