Storm brings mountain snow

SEATTLE (AP) -- Another 3 to 6 inches of snow fell in the Olympics and Washington Cascades March 30.

The National Weather Service said the total accumulation of mountain snow from the two-day spring storm was 1 to 2 feet.

The cloudy, showery weather was forecast to continue into the weekend across the state, adding to the precipitation total for the season.

Steep slope rules increased

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington's Department of Natural Resources and Weyerhaeuser have agreed that the forest products company will increase landslide protections.

As part of the voluntary agreement, the company and state agency also will review watershed plans that set out logging rules for southwest Washington's Stillman Creek and Upper Chehalis River watersheds. A severe storm in December 2007 caused widespread damage, landslides and flooding in western Washington.

A Weyerhaeuser study concluded that heavy rain was the primary cause of the slides, but conservation groups contend that too much timber harvesting on steep slopes was partly to blame.