I see what you mean; sort of surreal; biggest patch of forest on the ring of otherwise densely populated areas around Puget Sound. Got to wonder how that area alone avoided suburban sprawl.
There are thousands of acres of private timber land around here, for which they paid about two cents an acre back before statehood. The 100 year old sawmill in our town of 8000 just closed and 275 people got laid off - a pretty heavy hit to any community.