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HARVEST AND INDUSTRY

Washington Timber Harvest

Click on a county to view Timber Harvest data by ownership for calendar years 2002 to most recent year available. The data have been gathered from multiple agencies which use different data collection methods and time periods. Reference sources and the methods are described below.



Click on county to display harvest by ownership and year.





Timber Harvest for Washington

YEAR OWNERSHIP
  Industry N.I.P.F. & Tribal State Forest Service BLM & Other Public TOTAL
2002 1,304,551 1,661,886 456,516 84,430 202 3,507,585
2003 939,265 1,753,396 490,329 89,682 1,519 3,274,190
2004 930,870 2,017,251 721,072 118,651 1,731 3,789,576
2005 958,058 1,905,892 593,881 94,648 55 3,552,534
2006 1,000,215 1,784,306 399,640 76,174 82 3,260,417
2007 477,760 2,207,513 447,642 120,866 193 3,253,974
2008 667,527 1,370,048 515,107 135,308 578 2,688,569
2009 497,154 843,390 586,480 139,580 149 2,066,753
2010 658,441 1,174,307 764,402 146,962 2,661 2,746,773
2011 756,221 1,447,405 636,863 130,009 38,270 3,008,767
2012 760,853 1,448,671 442,169 83,285 34,100 2,769,078
2013 982,700 1,717,031 462,181 115,192 48,698 3,325,801
2014 1,147,011 1,491,702 585,445 166,972 47,644 3,438,774
2015 1,019,286 1,397,007 438,349 133,952 41,358 3,029,951
2016 1,070,536 1,235,731 534,154 156,857 34,435 3,031,713
2017 1,071,631 1,205,300 529,214 147,309 41,660 2,995,114
2018 1,240,013 828,387 576,367 158,818 34,278 2,837,863
2019 1,191,079 595,088 545,212 194,284 46,447 2,572,110
2020 1,258,390 630,524 529,193 183,333 50,683 2,652,123
2021 1,143,981 734,923 705,060 146,115 15,692 2,745,771
2022 0 0 0 153,210 0 153,210




Note: We have yet to obtain correct harvest data for Forest Service lands for 2019; it will be made available as soon as possible. Data for 2021 is preliminary and still being collected from various agencies.



All volumes reported in thousand board feet (MBF) Scribner. Ownerships considered private include: Industrial private (Industry), Nonindustrial private forests (N.I.P.F), and Native American tribes (Tribal). Ownerships considered public include: Washington Department of Natural Resources (State), United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service (Forest Service), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), County and Municipal (Other Public).



All of the timber harvest data for private lands and the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) lands were collected from the Washington DNR annual reports presented on their website. These data were compiled by using timber receipts for all harvested trees from the Washington Department of Revenue. These reports are available at URL: http://www.dnr.wa.gov/TimberHarvestReports



For timber harvests on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) timberlands, data were collected from the BLM Timber Harvest Information System, located at the Denver, Colorado office. This system separates timber harvests into four categories: commercial harvests, fuel wood, special forest products (timber harvests that are too small to be viewed as commercial), and stewardship contracting. The BLM data presented here represent the sum of these four categories. BLM data can be found at: https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales/bureau-wide-timber-data



For timber harvests occurring on U.S. Forest Service lands, data were compiled from annual U.S. Forest Service Automated Timber Sales Accounting System-Volume and Harvested Revenue-State and County Summaries from 2001-2012. Data were retrieved in fiscal year by quarter and converted to calendar year by subtracting the October-December quarter data from prior fiscal year and adding the October-December quarter data from the subsequent fiscal year. Forest Service data include all convertible products including fuelwood and non-saw material.



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.