The Northwest Environmental Forum is designed as a collaborative meeting and work space to bring together decision makers and stakeholders to apply scientific and policy information to address critical environmental and natural resource management issues. Potential users will include resource and environmental agencies; energy, forest, agriculture, and real estate interests; and land conservancies, environmental groups, tribes, and NGOs.

Seattle Times Editorial Article - January 7, 2008
Brian J. Boyle, Special to The Times

Save Northwest forests for conifers, not condos

Former Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands and current NWEF Forum Leader Brian Boyle shares his views on the challenges of managing forested lands in Washington state as true working forests.

 

Retaining Threatened Working Forest Lands and Enhancing Biodiversity

2007 Northwest Environmental Forum

September 17, 2007 - Washington Park Arboretum (Seattle)
September 18, 2007 - UW Husky Union Building (Seattle)

Streaming Video of Presentations

Agenda

Forum Report

2007 Washington Legislature Actions
that Affect the Forum

Potential Incentives for
Maintaining Working Forest Lands

List of Participants

The Future of Washington's Forest and Forestry Industries Study

Final Report
July 31, 2007

In 2005, the Washington State Legislature appropriated $1 million to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources to contract with the University of Washington College of Forest Resources for the preparation of a comprehensive report on the future of the state's forests.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Study 1: Timber Supply and Forest Structure

Study 2: Competitive Position

Study 3: Economic Contribution

Study 4: Forest Land Conversion in Washington State

Study 5: DNR Granted Lands Study

DISCUSSION PAPERS

1: Growth, Mortality, Removals, and Conversion Loss Summary for WA Timberlands

2: The Economics of Westside Forest Management Treatment Alternatives

3: Impact of Management Treatment Alternatives on Economic Activity

4: Wildlife Habitat Modeling Based on Tree-list Projections

5: Carbon as an Emerging Ecosystem Service with a Market Value

6: Changing Private Forest Management Intensities: Western Washington

7: Westside Regulatory Impacts and Responses

8: Eastside Climate Change, Forest Health, Fire and Carbon Accounting

9: Eastside Forest Management Treatment Alternatives, Objectives and Forest Type/Owner Stratification

10: Benefits/Avoided Costs of Reducing Fire Risk on Eastside

11: Eastside Impacts of Thinning and Implementation Schedules on Fire Hazard Reduction Effectiveness, Carbon Storage, and Economics

12: Eastside Forest Biofuel Alternatives

13: Regulatory and Policy Impacts on Timber Supply in Eastern Washington

Sponsors

Many thanks to each of these organizations and companies for their generous support of our 2006 Future of Washington's Working Forest Land Base Forum!