US Forest Service Plans Prescribed Burns, Logging in Eagle Creek

0:00It's April 5th. You're listening to Vancouver News today, AI-powered local news. The U.S. Forest Service is gearing up for prescribed burns and commercial logging this summer on more than 5,000 acres around Eagle Creek. Northeast of Leavenworth, their draft environmental assessment clears the project, saying activities like tree thinning, biomass removal, and controlled burns won't cause major. Environmental harm. This comes under a special memo from the Agriculture Secretary pushing to ramp up domestic timber production for better forest health and cutting. Wildfire risks. It skips the usual review process, letting the move faster on managing overgrown woods. Plants call for commercial thinning on about 900 acres, with pile or prescribed burning across the full 5,130 acres. Earlier versions covered more ground, but wildfires last year forced a rethink to focus efforts smarter. Right now, folks have until April 15th to submit comments online, or mail them to Eric

1:01Atecker, the Wenatchee River District Ranger Inn. Leavenworth. No public notice in papers, so this is the last call to weigh in. With timber resources sitting idle too long, these steps aim to balance production, safety, and stewardship, keeping eyes on how public input shapes. The final push forward.