Counties might tax timberland owners as investors shut off access to hunting grounds

By: Henry Brannan

Outlets: The Columbian

Published: March 13, 2026

Words: 1,454

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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ELOCHOMAN RIVER VALLEY — Hunters across Wahkiakum and Pacific counties say they have reached a breaking point as global investment companies make their way of life increasingly expensive and dangerous — and county commissioners are taking notice.

A new generation of restrictive timberland access policies on much of the counties’ prized longtime hunting grounds have pushed pro-timber county commissioners to consider the previously unthinkable: increase the tax burden for the timber industry.

Commissioners say they …

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