BRINNON — Regional Boy Scout officials expect to file permits in the near future to log land near Pulali Point.
Mark Hunter, the Scouts’ Chief Seattle Council director of administration, said he was reviewing the draft permit application for logging at Camp Parsons on Thursday.
The state Department of Natural Resources has up to 45 days to determine if the logging will be once the application has been filed.
Hunter said the proposal is unchanged from the way it has been previously described.
Thin 120 acres
The youth organization still plans to thin trees on 120 acres south of Brinnon on Pulali Point, between Jackson Cove and Dabob Bay.
Trees covering about one-third of the land are said to have root rot which could pose a risk to Scouts using the area, Hunter said. There, up to 50 percent of the trees could be removed.
Another third of the land will be thinned with possible removal of 30 percent of the trees.
The remaining third will be left untouched as an environmental buffer, he said.
During a June 7 jamboree near the point, people opposed to the forestry operation touted the area as a haven for bald eagles. From boats along the shore, dozens of eagles could be seen along the point.
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