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VFS History VFS was founded by island forest owners who wrote management plans for their forests but found it difficult to carry out certain difficult or dangerous stewardship activities. Often times the cost of thinning trees on small parcels was greater than the revenue generated from the sale of those trees. There was also a lack of appropriate lowimpact forestry equipment and operators capable of doing the type of sensitive forestry that would enhance rather than degrade our woods. Vashon has a strong rural working class heritage as well as a diverse population of environmental and artistic communities that value the rural character of the island and already supports a number of organic subscription farms and other sustainable endeavors.