KECP: From the National to the Neighborhood | 11.16.2025
KEC Presents
From the National to the Neighborhood: Federal Forest Policy and Ecological Forestry in Kitsap
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
WHEN: Sunday, November 16, 2025 - 3-5 pm
WHERE: Kingston Village Green Community Center
26159 Dulay Road NE, Kingston, WA 98346
SNACKS: Share your favorites (cookies, desserts)
FOOD DONATION: Please bring a food donation for Fishline and ShareNet (List of most needed items)
FLYER: Download and share
SPEAKERS:
Alex Budd
Pacific Northwest Forest Climate Alliance Organizer, with regional and federal focus
Seth Zuckerman
Co-Author of
“A Forest of Your Own”
The Pacific Northwest Handbook of Ecological Forestry
Alex Budd will start with The Changing Landscape of Federal Forest Policy
An overview of federal forest management and the forest defense movement--from the creation of the National Forest Management Act to the timber wars, the NW Forest Plan, the Salvage Rider--as well as covering many of the current proposed policy changes by the Trump Administration--from the Roadless Rule rescission to the NWFP revision and Trump's timber focused Executive Orders.
Seth Zuckerman will bring us down to earth, literally, as an ecological forestry practitioner and writer with a focus on Pacific Northwest forests, including local Kitsap/West Sound context. He and Kirk Hanson have written the ultimate handbook on managing trees for sustainable wood harvest as well as recreation, inspiration, and a range of cultural connections.
Together, with a Q&A we'll figure out next steps on how to get to sustainability with what is under our control:
- Engage with federal‐policy processes (public comment, local advocacy)
- Participate in local forestry initiatives (volunteer groups, land trusts, community forests)
- Use local practice to inform and influence higher-level policy.
