ARCH CAPE — The community is invited to a free presentation on the acquisition plan for the Arch Cape Forest, 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 16, at the Arch Cape Fire Station, 79729 U.S. Highway 101.

Ben Dair, senior finance manager of Sustainable Northwest, will give an update on the progress toward the proposed community forest acquisition. He will give an overview of the grant funding sources applied for so far, as well as gap financing.

The Arch Cape Domestic Water Supply District is seeking to purchase the watershed that supplies the drinking water for the community of Arch Cape. The watershed would then become a community forest, managed for clean, safe and affordable drinking water.

Register for this event by emailing archcapeforest@gmail.com.

Mary Olson, Arch Cape Forest outreach coordinator, will give a short presentation on Scotch broom and the upcoming volunteer Scotch broom control event planned for Saturday, April 6.