1 / 6

WASHINGTON DNR Update to the Washington Hardwoods Commission

WASHINGTON DNR Update to the Washington Hardwoods Commission. June 20,2007 By Jed Herman. TIMBER SALE STATISTICS. FISCAL YEAR 2006 527 Million board feet (MMBF) sold Hardwood species made up over 8% of the sold volume 37 MMBF of alder. Fiscal Year 2007

eilis
Download Presentation

WASHINGTON DNR Update to the Washington Hardwoods Commission

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. WASHINGTON DNR Update to the Washington HardwoodsCommission June 20,2007 By Jed Herman

  2. TIMBER SALE STATISTICS • FISCAL YEAR 2006 • 527 Million board feet (MMBF) sold • Hardwood species made up over 8% of the sold volume • 37 MMBF of alder

  3. Fiscal Year 2007 • Approx. 580 million board feet sold. • More than 37 million board feet of hardwood species sold. • 5% of harvest in alder.

  4. Fiscal Year 2008 • Estimated 664 million board feet. • Estimated alder volume 31 million board feet.

  5. Other Points of Interest • Alder slicer sort offered in Gritts Contract harvest sale – NW region. Sold for $1,521 per mbf. • 12 inch min. DIB. • 10 ft. length multiples. • Suitable for veneer slicing. • Increased theft of hardwoods • Maple music wood • Alder butt logs

  6. Continued high demand for alder reflected in higher prices for alder logs.

More Related