Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

Mason County included in settlement

Mason County commissioners approved a proposed settlement between multiple parties, including Mason County, and the state Department of Natural Resources regarding DNR-managed forest lands.

According to the information packet, Mason County along with other counties, school districts, fire districts and government entities, challenged the Sustainable Harvest Calculation for the 2015-2024 planning decade adopted by DNR and the proposed settlement.

The settlement is intended to improve the forest inventory data used by DNR for t...