Did you know? Trees and wood products store 35% of our state’s carbon emissions.

Working forests protect fish habitat in 60,000 miles of streams for healthy salmon runs.

52 MM trees a year are planted in Washington’s Working Forests—3 for every 1 harvested.

Did you know that working forests protect 60,000 miles of streams running through 9.3 million acres of forests so salmon can thrive?

Wood is made from the power of the sun. With new technology, such as Cross Laminated Timber, we can create a climate-friendly approach to construction.

Replanting what we take out is important to us. In fact, our foresters plant 3 trees for every one harvested. That’s 52 million trees a year.

At every stage -- growing, planting, harvesting and producing renewable wood products, working forests and wood stores carbon.

Although fires are part of a natural cycle, when blazes break out in unmanaged, unhealthy forests, the results exceed Nature’s plans.

Working forests work hard for you, the animals, and our planet. Here’s our process from beginning to end (and beginning again).