Without having read all of the above posts...

In Skagit County a lot of the timber land is owned by Crown Pacific. Nearly all of the CP land is gated to prevent access. All one need to do to get access is to contact CP. They give you a free permit and the combination to any gate that you want access to. Does WeyCo. have a similar program?

At certain times of the year they open a lot of the gates for hunters. However, probably not during peak fire danger.

Looking at it from their side...If I had billions of dollars in timber on my property, I would want to protect it also. As far as the gates go, I can't blame them there either. Illegal wood cutting, illegal garbage dumping, & abandoned vehicles just to name a few reasons. We have a few bad apples(scum bags) that ruin it for all of us.

As far as access goes to state land thru WeyCO property goes, sounds like the good ol' State of Washigton didn't do they're homework. Like one of the other posters mentioned, why put all that money into the hatchery and not have guaranteed access to it? Hopefully WeyCo does the right thing for public relations and allows access when there is no fire danger.

Camo