Join Jefferson Land Trust’s Preserve Manager Carrie Clendaniel and Northwest Natural Resource Group’s (NNRG) lead forester Jaal Mann on a tour of an actively managed lowland coniferous forest. Objectives for the Land Trust’s 65-acre Valley View Forest (the future gateway to Chimacum Ridge Community Forest) include increasing forest resilience and improving structural and species diversity through selective thinning, gap cuts, and creating wildlife habitat structures. As we walk through several treatment units, leaders will discuss the successes and challenges of planning and implementing ecological forestry practices and how we select trees for removal in a thinning. Free site visits provided by NNRG to assess habitat diversity and forest health, and provide management recommendations, will be available to attendees.