It was created through a public-private partnership involving Forterra and both Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Washington Department of Natural Resources acting towards the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan.

When the land purchase from a private timber company was made in September 2013, it was described as the single largest transaction in Washington state in the past 45 years.

[2] The forest is about the size of the city of Seattle, 65 miles (105 km) to the west.

Unless it is transferred, the trust lands must be logged to raise funds for Washington schools.

This Kittitas County, Washington state location article is a stub.