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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 Pierce County, Washington

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 136,743 20,100 0 0 156,843
2003 139,638 20,807 0 0 160,445
2004 218,597 28,117 0 0 246,714
2005 192,605 12,352 0 0 204,957
2006 175,424 7,068 0 0 182,492
2007 141,225 10,614 632 0 152,471
2008 88,958 12,251 0 0 101,209
2009 83,253 11,069 0 0 94,322
2010 117,899 19,009 2,010 0 138,918
2011 127,607 6,588 1,005 826 136,026
2012 109,004 5,661 3,956 1,432 120,053
2013 111,366 1,964 1 1,829 115,160
2014 128,388 3,095 3,539 505 135,527
2015 104,943 1,677 890 1,752 109,262
2016 105,542 1,623 1,885 2,667 111,718
2017 110,984 2,676 322 2,559 116,541
2018 82,061 18,494 2,228 3,108 105,891
2019 86,447 4,187 1,165 4,885 96,685
2020 99,504 2,339 0 2,729 104,573
2021 75,829 2,786 0 123 78,738
2022 62,018 29,438 0 231 91,687




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.