2018 Maple Fire

The Maple Fire was a wildfire on Jefferson Ridge in the Olympic Mountains, approximately 23 miles north of Shelton, Washington in the United States.

[9] Some unmanned aerial vehicles,[10] and two Washington Air National Guard helicopters were also dispatched to combat the blaze.

[6] One member of the illegal logging crew pleaded guilty to theft of public property and setting timber afire in December 2019.

[12] After a 6 day jury trial in July 2021, another member of the crew was convicted of conspiracy, theft of public property, depredation of public property, trafficking in unlawfully harvested timber, and attempting to traffic in unlawfully harvested timber.

[3] Key evidence in the jury trial was DNA samples from wood the crew had sold to nearby mills.