Forest Learning Center

Celebrating the return of the forest at Mount St. Helens, the Forest Learning Center overlooks the Toutle River Valley on a spectacular, exposed promontory.

Salvaged timber was used to create a structure congruent to its environment, one that is both inviting to the public while resisting extreme weather conditions.

Learning and Interpretive Center
Interactive Exhibits
10,500 sq ft

Client:Weyerhaeuser Company
Landscape Architect:The Berger Partnership

Developed as a unique public/private partnership, the Forest Learning Center combines multi-media space and sweeping views of a once devastated area. Interactive exhibits depict the salvaging of downed timber, the natural recovery and reforestation of the land, and the conservation efforts of the forest products industry.

Mount St. Helens, WA

Celebrating the return of the forest at Mount St. Helens, the Forest Learning Center overlooks the Toutle River Valley on a spectacular, exposed promontory.

Salvaged timber was used to create a structure congruent to its environment, one that is both inviting to the public while resisting extreme weather conditions.

We’ll notify you when we add a
new project or schedule a bbq.

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or share your information.

Forest Learning Center

Mount St. Helens, WA

Celebrating the return of the forest at Mount St. Helens, the Forest Learning Center overlooks the Toutle River Valley on a spectacular, exposed promontory.

Salvaged timber was used to create a structure congruent to its environment, one that is both inviting to the public while resisting extreme weather conditions.

We’ll notify you when we add a new project or schedule a bbq.

We promise not to spam youor share your information.

We’ll notify you when we add a
new project or schedule a bbq.

We promise not to spam you
or share your information.