Jun. 9—A nationally-renowned nonprofit conservation group announced Wednesday it has purchased a 1,567-acre ranch, just west of Tenino city limits, that will eventually be managed as part of the Scatter Creek Wildlife Area. The transaction is a notable step for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, which will look to establish the Violet Prairie Wildlife Area unit out of the land, .
GORHAM — The Gorham Town Forest Committee met by Zoom on May 17 to formally accept the Forest Stewardship Plan for the Tinker Brook tract nearly a year after the