Olympic National Forest contains parts of Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Mason counties.

The former office in Hoodsport closed in 2005, and now houses a local Chamber of Commerce, which still sells Northwest Forest Passes.

Under a bill introduced by United States Senator Patty Murray in January 2014 logging on an additional 126,554 acres (20%) of the Olympic National Forest's lands would be disallowed under the creation of nine new wilderness areas and expansion of the five existing ones.

"[9] Like the Northern Spotted Owl controversy two decades earlier,[10] the action has met opposition from some residents on and near the Olympic Peninsula who see it as a threat to their livelihoods.

[13][14][15] Debate on the topic in 2014 has included community meetings drawing hundreds of individuals on both sides, and full-page advertisements in local newspapers.