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Federation Forest State Park preserves six hundred nineteen acres of old-growth forest along Washington’s White River, with Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce, and western redcedar, along with trails, picnic areas, and an interpretive center. Its origins lay in conservation efforts by the Washington chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, which raised funds in 1928 to save threatened forest land from deforestation. An earlier Federation Forest near Snoqualmie Pass, dedicated in 1934, was badly damaged and sold in 1938, leading to selection of the present White River site and its dedication in 1949. The park also links women’s club activism, Salish history, and the historic Naches Trail.
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