Summary Presentation to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee March 12, 2014 Olympia, WA Report was made possible by the generous support the Washington Hardwoods Commission and the McIntire-Stennis federal cooperative forestry research program. For specific questions about the assessment, please contact Mr. Luke Rogers, [email protected]Dr. John Perez-Garcia or [email protected]Institute of Forest Resources, Director Dr. Bruce Bare [email protected]Report website: fs.washington.edu/research.pfc/research/files/2013WesternWashingtonHarddwoodAssessment
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Summary Presentation to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources CommitteeMarch 12, 2014Olympia, WA
Report was made possible by the generous support the Washington Hardwoods Commission and the McIntire-Stennis federal cooperative forestry research program.
For specific questions about the assessment, please contact Mr. Luke Rogers, [email protected]
Summary• How much hardwood growing stock currently exists in WA?
– 8.3 BBF available – Available growing stock is increasing over time
• Harvest levels are less than the growth on inventory– Economic availability was not studied
• What is the age (or size) class and location of the inventory?– 70% is greater than 15 inches in diameter– 54% of acres in Southwest (30%) and North Puget Sound (24%)
• What ownerships currently manage the growing stock?– Small private and large private owners each have one-third of acres
• How much volume is under riparian management regulations?– 3.6 BBF in core buffer zone– 2.9 BBF in inner buffer zone– 0.4 in outer buffer zone– 0.1 in wetlands buffer zone