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HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

Washington Harvest by County

Timber harvest data by ownership for 2002 to most recent available year. The data currently available has been gathered from multiple agencies which use different data collection methods. Reference sources and the methods are described below.



Timber Harvest for Cowlitz County, Washington

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 154,188 29,139 0 0 183,327
2003 217,765 33,082 0 0 250,847
2004 219,208 28,826 0 0 248,034
2005 216,874 59,364 0 0 276,238
2006 221,304 42,006 0 0 263,310
2007 176,236 36,444 0 0 212,680
2008 146,561 16,542 0 0 163,103
2009 98,380 35,657 0 0 134,037
2010 134,105 75,741 0 0 209,846
2011 192,034 53,176 305 0 245,515
2012 206,735 24,345 701 21 231,802
2013 213,733 7,177 0 7 220,917
2014 199,750 24,903 0 80 224,733
2015 199,022 48,297 0 29 247,348
2016 202,856 38,919 0 75 241,850
2017 231,933 42,090 0 29 274,052
2018 204,682 44,367 0 31 249,080
2019 199,185 29,349 0 20 228,554
2020 226,141 30,539 0 21 256,701
2021 210,389 38,996 0 947 250,332
2022 225,605 38,995 0 2,502 267,102




All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include industrial private (industrial), nonindustrial private forests (N.I.P.F), and Native American tribes (Tribal). Ownerships considered public include Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (State), United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and county and municipal (Other Public).



All timber harvest data for private lands and state lands ore obtained from the Washington State Department of Revenue. These data provide volumes using timber receipts for all harvested trees. and and are available at URL: http://dor.wa.gov/taxes-rates/other-taxes/forest-tax/harvest-statistics



For timber harvest occurring on industrial and nonindustrial private lands, as well as Montana DNRC (State) trust lands, timber harvest data is collected from the Montana Department of Natural Resource and Conservation (DNRC). Data represent MBF volumes reported through hazard (slash) reduction agreements with the State of Montana. Volumes are separated between industrial and non-industrial private ownership. Harvest volumes derived from Montana DNRC do not include ton wood, post and pole, and pulpwood volumes.



For timber harvest on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data is collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System and include: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data.



This project was made possible, in part, by funding from the Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance (NARA) supported by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30416 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.