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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 Skagit County, Washington

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 67,275 57,038 7 0 124,320
2003 65,306 38,719 15 0 104,040
2004 84,928 51,533 52 0 136,513
2005 57,892 52,527 55 0 110,474
2006 56,951 32,359 39 0 89,349
2007 64,607 37,839 109 0 102,555
2008 52,406 54,757 81 0 107,244
2009 42,413 44,676 104 0 87,193
2010 62,599 55,888 219 0 118,706
2011 58,459 53,063 231 0 111,753
2012 69,258 34,454 357 1,394 105,463
2013 83,180 33,626 311 0 117,117
2014 82,087 38,418 296 0 120,801
2015 71,703 28,007 167 900 100,777
2016 56,271 54,993 2,241 0 113,504
2017 70,859 65,900 2,257 146 139,162
2018 58,058 52,813 1,809 119 112,799
2019 47,117 50,518 2,075 122 99,832
2020 58,767 34,032 3,229 82 96,110
2021 71,496 46,374 1,342 0 119,212
2022 55,708 22,121 0 0 77,829




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.