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Summary Presentation to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

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.

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Summary Presentation to the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee

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  1. 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, lwrogers@uw.edu Dr. John Perez-Garcia or perjohm@uw.edu Institute of Forest Resources, Director Dr. Bruce Bare bare@uw.edu Report website: www.sefs.washington.edu/research.pfc/research/files/2013WesternWashingtonHarddwoodAssessment.pdf

  2. 4 Questions Posed • How much hardwood growing stock currently exists in WA • What is the age (or size) class and location of the inventory • What ownerships currently manage the growing stock • How much volume is under riparian management regulations

  3. There are 19.8 BBF of Current Growing Stock

  4. There are 19.8 BBF of Current Growing Stock Not all of the 19.8 BBF are available for harvest

  5. There are 19.8 BBF of Current Growing Stock Around 12.8 BBF are located outside buffer areas

  6. Current Growing Stock on Uplands Management Zone by Diameter Class: 12.8 BBF

  7. Available for Harvests (in RED): 7.8 BBF compared with current growing stock on uplands management zone (in BLUE)

  8. *These include leave tree requirement and trees too small to harvests due to minimum age requirements of different owners. **There was no attempt by the study team to adjust the inventory by calculating the volume that is economically feasible to harvest.

  9. Current Growing Stock on Uplands Management Zone by Diameter Class: 12.8 BBF (in BLUE) Available for Harvests (in RED) Harvest volume: 0.350 BBF (in GREEN)

  10. 2010 - 2030 Available for Harvest by Owner Type (BBF)

  11. Location of Available for Harvest Volume

  12. 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

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