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News You can Download This Adobe PDF File of the latest edition of the GFWC Washington State Clubwoman Newspaper. You can learn about S.O.S Leadership training July 12th in Ellensburg. GFWC-WS Fall Board will be held September 19 - 21, 2008 in Ellensburg. |
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Membership Chairman:
Nancy Burdick
President:
Shirley Phipps
2nd Vice President:
Dawm Magden
Treasurer:
Paulette Stinson
Federation Forest State Park
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The Federation Forest State Park story began at the 1925 State Convention in Port Angeles when Consevation Chairman, Jeanne Caithness outlined a plan for raising funds for the saving of an"Evergreen Forest". In just three years members of 245 clubs in the state federation raised $25,000 to purchase the first site. On February 28, 1928 land was purchased from Snoqualmie Falls Lumber Company. In 1939 due to logging operations on adjacent land and strong winds, many of the big firs were blown down and since the forest bordered th highway, it was condemned. Monies from the sale of the first park were used to purchased the present site. Dedication of the Federation Forest took place in July of 1949.
Federation Forest is unique in that it contains seven general life zones. There are only ten zones in the United States, and few states can claim more than three.
In 1958 Catherine Montgomery, pioneer educator deeply interested in conservation, willed funds to the Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs for improvements to Federation Forest State Park. This money was used to construct the present Interpretive Center. The primary purpose of the center is to show the contrasts in nature found in Washington. In the developed portion of the park, the exhibits illustrate the widely diverse beauty and character of the native flora.
