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

The state Department of Natural Resources is scheduled to sell timber in the Sherwood Forest at 10 a.m. May 23 at the South Puget Sound Region Office in Enumclaw.

Mason County commissioners addressed the topic at their Monday briefing. Commissioners were asked by people attending the regular commission meeting May 9 to write a letter to the state DNR asking them to cancel or postpone the sale, known as the "Sure Wood Timber Sale." It appears unlikely the commission will write such a letter.

At Monday's briefing, Commissioner Randy Neatherlin, who said at the May 9 meeting that he lives ne...