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Treating Washington's Forests


2020 Washington Forest Action Plan | WA - DNR

To help forests thrive, the 2020 Washington State Forest Action Plan (Forest Action Plan) provides a comprehensive review of forests across all lands — public, ...

Forest Resilience Division | WA - DNR

The 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan is DNR's strategy for improving forest health and reducing wildfire risk in central and eastern Washington. The Federal ...

Sustainability: Washington's Forests | The Wilderness Society

Washington's great forests must be managed in a way that prioritizes clean water, wildlife and outdoor recreation ahead of logging.

Forest Management - Washington Forest Protection Association

Working foresters oversee the growth, management, and harvesting of trees to produce renewable and recyclable wood and paper products. Sustainable forestry ...

Natural Resources Conservation – Washington Forest Protection ...

WASHINGTON'S FORESTRY PRACTICES ARE SOME OF THE TOUGHEST IN THE NATION · Shifting Land Use Policies In The 19th And 20th Centuries Affect Forest Ownership ...

Washington - National Association of State Foresters

Climate change, drought, insects and disease outbreaks, wildfire, invasive species, and conversion pose significant threats to forests in Washington State. The ...

Evergreen Forests - Washington Conservation Action

Forests are vital to the health of Washington's communities and ecosystems. They clean our air, filter sediment and pollutants from our water, ...

Treating Washington's Forests

The goal, as outlined in the 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan: Eastern Washington, is to treat 1.25 million acres of eastern Washington forestlands over ...

Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest - University of Washington

It was clear that the Forest Service would play a central role in shaping the future of Washington's forests and its logging industry. Although many Western ...

Healthy Forests = Healthy Washington

Forest 30 days after prescribed burn treatment. Since 2014, WDFW has used a variety of forest management tools to mitigate risks and restore ...

Washington State's Forest Products Industry

For almost 200 years, the forest industry has played a central role in Washington's economy. In the early days, the virgin forests that covered the state ...

Saving Eastern Washington Forests with Proactive Forest ... - YouTube

Wildfire is the leading threat to old-growth forests in the western United States. In the Eastern Cascades of Washington State, ...

Here's how Washington forests are more wildfire resilient | king5.com

Central and eastern Washington forests had become choked with flammable vegetation like bushes, grasses and small trees after generations of ...

A New, Old-Growth Future - The Nature Conservancy

A forest restoration experiment has made large-scale conservation possible in Washington.

North Central Washington Forest Health Collaborative

“The goals and strategies outlined in the plan will reduce wildfire hazards to state trust lands and private forest owners, leverage additional funding, ...

Central Cascades Forest - The Nature Conservancy in Washington

We envision an expansive forest landscape for the future that is healthy and resilient to environmental changes, supports strong wildlife and fish populations, ...

Washington State and Private Forestry Fact Sheet 2024

WSDA treated 680 acres with 136 biocontrol releases including new agents for gorse and psyllid releases for knotweed species. They conducted biocontrol releases ...

the future of washington's forests and forestry industries

The economic effects of the harvest level are over 36,000 forest employees, $7.3 billion gross state product and $823 million in state and local ...

2.7M Acres of Forest Need Treatment: How Do We Accomplish That?

In addition, the forest restoration goals set by DNR and its partners will also support private enterprises in rural Washington. The removal of ...

It's Now or Never | We have a forest health crisis in Washington. One ...

We have a forest health crisis in Washington. One of the best ways to help our forests is with proactive thinning and prescribed burning ...