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Recent Blog Posts

To improve forest health, we need prescribed burns

September 12, 2022

State recognizes large private forest landowners

August 29, 2022

State forest practices study finds high compliance among working forests

August 15, 2022

Spirit of collaboration clears a way toward salmon recovery

July 23, 2022

FORESTER'S CORNER

It begins with a passion for the woods.

Washington’s working forests bring together a large, diverse community with a common purpose for stewardship of nearly 11 million acres of forested landscapes across the state.

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Stewards of ours and our neighbor's future.

A forest in the Cascades might be the “neighbor” of a Central Puget Sound tribe hundreds of miles away because of a stream connecting their lands.

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Since before Washington was a state.

The story of working forests in Washington is one of hope, courage and innovation.

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For every tree harvested, three seedlings are planted.

Replanting in working forests ensures that forests are regrown quickly, labor that ensures they will be green and productive for future generations.

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Green from the ground up.

Modern forestry, driven by science and a commitment to stewardship, is ensuring that Washington’s privately owned forests are setting the standard for sustainability. It’s part of our heritage.

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Our Current Focus

Sustainable Forestry is a Natural Carbon Solution

The 2021 Legislature took historic action on climate change, passing both a cap & trade program and a low carbon fuels standard. This action makes Washington only one of two states to adopt both policies. Both are complicated bills, but the bottom line is that policies contained in 2019’s forest sector carbon bill is reflected in these enactments that recognizes the essential role Washington state’s forestry industry and working forests play in removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Salmon Solutions

Forest landowners are doing their part for salmon recovery, but forestry is just one part of the salmon life cycle. All activities in a watershed that affects streams must do their part to protect riparian areas and remove fish passage barriers for fish to thrive.

Sustainable Forestry Dialogue

“I’ve dedicated most of my life to the natural resources. I’ve been a commercial fisherman, a tree farmer, I still own a small tree farm in SW Washington and I’ve had a cattle ranch in the past. I’ve also been a legislator who supported natural resources through the House Natural Resources committee, and now I’m Executive Director for the WFPA. Where my passion comes from for natural resources, is that I want to leave the state of Washington as well for my children and grandchildren as I found it. The way of life that we’ve had here is critical to having a bright future for this state. Natural resources are an incredible asset for the state of Washington. The forest products industry has been a large backbone industry since prior to statehood, and it will be a large industry for the state on into the future, for the foreseeable future, for perpetuity.”

Mark L. Doumit, 2008