DNR-Weyerhaeuser agree to review watershed analysis, increase landslide protections

Pe Ell landslide
The Pe Ell landslide on Dec. 3, 2007, blocked State Highway 6 and destroyed three structures. Photo: DNR

DNR’s announcement of an agreement in which Weyerhaeuser Co. will increase landslide protections and review its watershed analysis on Stillman Creek and the upper Chehalis River got write-ups in the Longview Daily News  and Aberdeen Daily World late last week. Seattle’s King 5 News also covered the issue.

In a March 25 news release, Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark said, “…the scientific information generated by this and other efforts of the partnership will result in improvements to resource protection.”

Find maps, photos and an overview of the landslides and flooding that occurred after melting snow and high amounts of rain from Dec. 1 to 3, 2007, sent the Chehalis River basin into flood stage.

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