Washington Trust Lands at Risk: DNR Timber Sales Hit a 22-Year Low
The first half of FY2026 produced the lowest timber sale volumes in Western Washington in 22 years, with only 114,391 MBF (thousand board feet) sold, just 25% of the annual goal of 459,000 MBF. This historic shortfall follows Commissioner Upthegrove’s pause of older forest timber sales and his announcement to remove an additional 77,000 acres…