- This 587-acre preserve along the upper reaches of the Grays River protects old growth silver fir, Western hemlock, and Western red cedar in three forest ecosystem types. This is one of the last undisturbed examples of this forest community in southwest Washington. The understory includes Oregon oxalis, vanilla leaf, evergreen violet, Alaska huckleberry, sword fern and deer fern. The stream and riparian systems on the preserve shelter species which depend on old growth natural forests such as the pacific giant salamander, copes giant salamander, and other amphibians.
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Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the Attorney General of Texas since January 2015 but, in May 2023, the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives impeached him leading to his suspension. Paxton is a Tea Party conservative. Paxton was re-elected to a second term as Attorney General in 2018. He previously served as Texas State Senator for the 8th district and the Texas State Representative for the 70th district.