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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 Whatcom County, Washington

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Private & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 73,292 32,967 0 0 106,259
2003 56,846 30,731 0 0 87,577
2004 37,106 34,925 63 0 72,094
2005 30,079 38,156 7 0 68,242
2006 23,436 12,379 0 0 35,815
2007 34,278 14,195 0 0 48,473
2008 22,252 35,034 249 0 57,535
2009 32,598 25,941 0 0 58,539
2010 44,619 24,402 272 0 69,293
2011 52,826 30,663 158 17 83,664
2012 46,640 23,487 0 15 70,142
2013 45,606 26,413 0 620 72,639
2014 46,693 17,095 0 0 63,788
2015 33,843 25,674 0 0 59,517
2016 37,808 15,241 124 0 53,173
2017 38,371 12,579 125 0 51,075
2018 37,244 23,205 230 0 60,679
2019 25,617 27,002 317 0 52,936
2020 34,944 21,079 0 0 56,023
2021 17,048 26,790 0 60 43,898
2022 23,532 23,127 159 89 46,907




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.