Toutle Ridge Fen

What the application says

“Managed as a Natural Area Preserve... designed to protect a high-quality mid-elevation fen, which includes 5 priority plant communities and two rare plant species.”

Verbatim from the application (application Parts D/E), DNR's public application repository.

Status

1. 2025-09-302027-29 application cycle closed (40 applications received; 30 advanced)
2. 2026-04-15Public comment period on advanced applications closed
3. 2026-05-21Presented to the Trust Land Transfer Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee Meeting 1)

An application is not a transfer: the advisory committee scores parcels, the Board of Natural Resources approves a ranked list, and any transfer requires an appropriation in the state capital budget.

Coverage

• DNR release 2026: New Natural Area Preserve Designated in Cowlitz County
• The Daily Chronicle; Yakima Herald; TDN coverage of the NAP designation (designation ≠ transfer)

Documents

The application file in DNR's public repository →
DNR's Best Interests analyses and committee-meeting recordings live in the same repository; our archived copies land here as the records pipeline ingests them.