Welcome to the home page of the Olalla Rain Forest, a 40 acre hetrogeneous intentional community in Olalla Washington. The animals and other living things who live in the forest are pleased you have chosen to visit.`We are a community of creatures including humans, donkeys, pigs, dogs, cats, mice, squirrels, birds of many species, bears, deer, skunks(mostly civet cats), coyotes, ants, rabbits, mosquitos, bats, to name a few.We attempt to live in harmony with each other and the outside world. We care very much for the trees of the forest which include Douglas Fir, Cedar, Hemlock, Alder, Maple, Wild Cherry, Madrona , the cancer drug tree Yew and others. Also the understory which includes Huckleberry, Salal, Blackberry Salmonberry, Thimbleberry and countless flowers and mushrooms.
Climbing a Western Red Cedar

• Huckleberry
• Salal
• ferns
• cedar trees
• Devils Club
• wild trilliums
  
• view across lost creek canyon
  Over the years many creatures have contributed to the Olalla Forest.. Some have moved on to the ultimate intentional community. Others struggle on...
• good dog
• smart ass
• house cat
• good kid
• beloved son
  
• view of the Olalla Rain Forest canopy

Olalla is a small town located on the Puget Sound in Washington State , USA. Olalla was one of the original steamer stops before roads connected the towns of the Puget Sound. It has changed very little in the last 100 years(compared to some other Washington towns) For a view of Downtown Olalla , try the following link

downtown olalla



If a log house can last fifty years (the time it takes to grow new trees to replace the house logs), it can be said to be a renuable dwelling. Log houses use little if any drywall, nails, insulation, or other added materials. The trees serve as the majority of the materials. The energy used to build a log house need only be log truck fuel, chain saw gas and food to feed the log builders,

The buildings used by the humans in the Olalla Rain Forest are handcrafted log buildings. To view some of these human dwellings check out the following links:

• Trillium Building
• Douglas Fir Building
• animal house
• reutilization resources
• log builders

The homepage of the Olalla Rain Forest is intended to be a window into the forest , its creatures and their foibles. The current images were taken in the spring. Check back for a view of the forest as the seasons pass.
Please send e-mail to any of our creatures through the following link
Olalla Rain Forest mail

This home page was created "off the grid" using alternative energy.
8:57 PM on 7/20/96

For information on other "home power" systems and information try the following link Home Power Magazine

other interesting links are:

• sustainable ecology
  
• homestead building sites
  
• Gopher environmental journal (earth first)
• Real Goods
• Backwoods Home Magazine
• Log Homes on the Internet
  
  If you would like to tryout the official Olalla Rain Forest Screensaver, click on the following link, save it and click on the saved file.
  Official Screensaver
  
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