Washington Governor Bob Ferguson plans to use $623,000 from the state’s Strategic Reserve fund to fix the road leading to the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park.

Washington state officials hope revising a disaster declaration will bring federal aid to reopen the Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park. In December, the Hoh River took out Jefferson County ...

Storm damage caused a washout along the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County, blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works One of Washington ...

An estimated 450,000 people visited the Hoh Rainforest during the summer of 2024. It is considered a "critical driver of tourism on the Olympic Peninsula," according to Ferguson.

A road closure threatens access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rainforest this summer. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works After a months-long closure, Jefferson County has secured some of ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Wash. — The state has found the funds to complete the repairs on the Hoh Rainforest access road. Officials are hoping to reopen that area of Olympic National Park by May.

A washout has closed the only access road to the Olympic National Park’s popular Hoh Rain Forest since December. But on Thursday, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced the state would pitch in $623,000 ...

Storm damage caused a washout along the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County, blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works One of Washington ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Wash. — The Hoh Rainforest access road is set to reopen on Thursday ahead of the peak tourist season on the Olympic Peninsula. Gov. Bob Ferguson announced the reopening date on ...

Gov. Ferguson authorizes Hoh funding package. On Thursday, March 13, Governor Bob Ferguson’s office announced that it had authorized a $650,000 alternative package to repair the road.. The ...

Storm damage caused a washout along the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County, blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works One of Washington ...

Storm damage caused a washout along the Upper Hoh Road in Jefferson County, blocking access to Olympic National Park’s Hoh Rain Forest. Courtesy Jefferson County Public Works One of Washington ...