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Tulalip Tribes groom stands of Douglas Fir to foster healthier trees, ecosystem BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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TULALIP — For the Tulalip Tribes, it’s a means of maintaining not only their lands, but also their culture. Precision Thinning began grooming 88 acres of two 28-year-old stands of Douglas Fir trees on the Tulalip Tribes reservation in late June, thinning them from an average of 400 down to 160 trees per acre. The Tribes aim not only to foster healthier trees and a richer ecosystem, but also to provide their peoples with places to forage and hunt, which are important parts of their heritage.
“By taking out smaller competing trees, you leave more room for larger trees that will yield higher value down the line,” Tulalip Tribes Forester Russell Moses said, before showing two segments of tree trunks, both 20 years old, to compare the size of trees in thinned versus non-thinned stands. The trunk segment from the thinned stand was much thicker. “You get better quality trees,” Tulalip Tribes Forestry Technician Ross Fenton agreed, as he noted that thinning also reduces the risk of forest fires over the long term. “The loggers SEE FOREST, PAGE 2
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Precision Thinning co-owner Roger Melton cuts the trees near the Tulalip Tribes reservation’s Fire Trail Road down to logs and moves them out of the stand without damaging the forest floor.
Officials listen to community concerns
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BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
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Washington state Rep. Kirk Pearson explains his nuanced position on tax incentives when asked to sign off on a ‘community commitment’ checklist from ‘OUR Marysville’ and Working Washington on July 6.
MARYSVILLE — City and state elected officials met with members of “OUR Marysville” and Working Washington to discuss corporate tax loopholes and shortfalls in funding for education. Jennings Park hosted Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring, state senators Nick Harper and Mike Sells, and state Rep. Kirk Pearson on July 6, as Crystal Blanco of OUR Marysville — with “OUR” standing for “Organization United for Reform” — identified the membership of the group as 85 lowto moderate-income families who believe in being positive and proactive.
Linda Wright of Working Washington then introduced a row of students from Sunnyside Elementary who had taken part in a “sing-in” on June 30 to support their music teacher, whose days at their school were reduced for the coming school year. “Our children don’t deserve to suffer because we can’t fund music programs,” Wright said. When Blanco presented a “community commitment” checklist to the four elected officials, Nehring agreed to write a letter to JPMorgan Chase Bank, whose Marysville branch was the site of a protest by OUR Marysville and Working Washington on June 24, asking them to fund the SEE CONCERNS, PAGE 2
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