The Restore Garland Campaign
The Restore Garland Campaign seeks to preserve what remains of Garland after the 2025 flooding. That work may include documenting flood damage, studying river movement, protecting the spring areas, stabilizing vulnerable land, preserving historic records, and seeking assistance from agencies and conservation partners.
This campaign is about saving a rare historic mineral spring sanctuary in the Cascade foothills. It is about honoring the families who cared for Garland, protecting a unique geothermal water system, and giving future generations the chance to understand why this place mattered.
The work ahead may include documenting the springs, studying the water, stabilizing damaged areas, seeking conservation and emergency restoration assistance, preserving historic photographs and film, and exploring responsible ways to protect Garland’s natural and cultural legacy.
Why Garland Matters
- Garland is a rare historic mineral spring property in the western Cascades.
- The springs are geologically unusual, with mineral, soda, and cold spring waters documented in historic reports.
- The property has nearly a century of resort, camp, church, and family history.
- Garland is connected to the Wild Sky region and the natural history of the North Fork Skykomish River valley.
- The 2025 flooding placed the remaining landscape and spring areas at serious risk.
- The Restore Garland Campaign offers a path forward through preservation, stewardship, documentation, and restoration.
A Place Worth Saving
Garland Mineral Springs is more than a memory. It is a rare meeting place of water, wilderness, history, and family legacy. The story of Garland cannot be told without the North Fork Skykomish River. The river gave Garland its setting, its sound, its wildness, and much of its beauty. It also brought the floodwaters that nearly erased the historic property.
The Lodge and the cabins may be gone. The river may have changed the land. But the story of Garland still flows through the mineral waters, the old photographs, the family memories, and the hope that this place can be preserved before it is lost forever.
Restore Garland is a call to remember, protect, and care for one of the last historic mineral spring sanctuaries near the Wild Sky Wilderness.