WHITE SALMON — Nine private timber landowners in the Columbia Gorge are closing their lands beginning today due to the extreme fire danger.
The nine include American Forest Management, Broughton Lumber Co., Hancock Forest Management, Kreps Ranch LLC, Stevenson Land Co., Western Pacific Timberlands, Weyerhaeuser Columbia Timberlands, Kreps Ranch and PK Kreps Family LLC.
The land totals about 300,000 acres in Skamania, Klickitat, Hood River and Wasco counties.
The closure will continue until “significant moisture” reduces fire hazards, the companies said in a statement.
