Opinions Divided on DNR's Forest Conservation Policy Shift

Air Date: April 22, 2026 Mike McClanahan, TVW

By: Mike McClanahan

Outlets: TVW

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 548

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Conservation groups and the timber industry are split on the new direction for state forest management under Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove.

Last summer, Upthegrove announced that the Washington State Department of Natural Resources would conserve 77,000 acres of state-managed forest lands originally slated for harvest. According to the DNR, that figure includes 67,000 acres of structurally complex forest and 10,300 acres of older forest.

Those older stands of trees are often referred to …

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