Olympic Experimental State Forest

O Ol ly ym mp pi ic c E Ex xp pe er ri im me en nt ta al l S St ta at te e F Fo or re es st t S Sy yn nt th he es si is s o of f R Ri ip pa ar ri ia an n R Re es se ea ar rc ch h a an nd d M Mo on ni it to or ri in ng g P Pe et te er r A A.. B Bi is ss so on n a an nd d S St te ev ve en n M M.. W Wo on nd dz ze el ll l U US SD DA A F Fo or re es st t S Se er rv vi ic ce e P Pa ac ci if fi ic c N No or rt th hw we es st t R Re es se ea ar rc ch h S St ta at ti io on n O Ol ly ym mp pi ia a F Fo or re es st tr ry y S Sc ci ie en nc ce es s l la ab bo or ra at to or ry y 3 36 62 25 5 9 93 3 r rd d A Av ve en nu ue e S SW W O Ol ly ym mp pi ia a, , W WA A 9 98 85 51 12 2-9 91 19 93 3 D De ec ce em mb be er r 1 The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has implemented a Habitat Conservation Plan for the Olympic Experimental State Forest (OESF) that specifies riparian protection measures that go beyond the majority of land management plans currently in place in Pacific Northwest forests. Although the riparian buffers on the OESF are wider and more complex than buffers prescribed in the Forest and Fish Agreement for Washington State, DNR wishes to utilize the experimental capacity of the OESF to investigate alternative management options that could result in a forested landscape that more closely resembles the range of conditions produced by a natural disturbance regime, while at the same time continuing to fulfill trust obligations for timber harvest and protecting sensitive stocks of salmon and trout. The opportunity for collaboration between the DNR and the Pacific Northwest Research Station of the USDA …