Robert Walls, part of the chocker setters/rigging crew at Ellsworth, choke logs to be yarded at the preserve. The Nature Conservancy’s 7,600 acre Ellsworth Creek Preserve links with the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge along more than five miles of Willap

Robert Walls, part of the chocker setters/rigging crew at Ellsworth, choke logs to be yarded at the preserve. The Nature Conservancy’s 7,600 acre Ellsworth Creek Preserve links with the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge along more than five miles of Willapa Bay shoreline. The Conservancy purchased the entire watershed to protect old-growth forest, salmon, amphibians, birds and more. Working with partners Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, TNC implements common forest management goals and shares strategies and results. Working together, nearly $1 million in restoration grants has been secured. Photo credit: © Chris Crisman