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The effects of Washington’s booming population over the past decade has been impossible to miss or ignore. By whatever measure you choose, the result is clear: a lot of people have been moving to Washington and will continue to do so. The exploding population has created stress for almost all… Read more

A man was sentenced to federal prison in January 2018 for cutting down bigleaf maple trees in Olympic National Park, in search of maple with a unique grain that is used to make electric guitars. That same month two men were arrested for illegally cutting down Douglas firs on Washington… Read more

Legislation more than two years in the making that will give a huge boost to cross-laminated timber is now on the verge of becoming federal law. With the help of Washington State lawmakers like U.S. Rep. Susan DelBene, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, Congress this week… Read more

What an exciting time for mass timber in Washington. Just last week the Washington State Building Code Council approved code changes that will allow for the structural use of mass timber in buildings as tall as 18 stories. This makes Washington the first state in the nation to allow tall mass timber buildings into… Read more

Lens News dives into the growing momentum in Washington to make our forests healthier and less susceptible to wildfires. In reporter TJ Martinell’s story is a healthy dose of quotes and discussion from the Washington Forest Protection Association 2018 Annual Meeting in Olympia earlier this month. In fall 2017, the… Read more

The intense and deadly wildfires burning this month in California have shed light on the need for active forest management to make forests less susceptible to large fires. Russ Vaagen of Vaagen Timbers in Northeast Washington writes on his blog that forest thinning has to be part of the set… Read more

Watch WFPA’s 2018 Annual Meeting on TVW: President Court Stanley welcome/remarks, Executive Director Mark Doumit remarks, Special Guest – Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. “Washington’s Working Forests – Managing Forest Resiliency” with Cody Desautel (Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation), JD Marshall (Hancock Natural Resource Group), Julie Sackett (WA… Read more

Working forests help address many of the state’s problems, from climate change and poor forest health to rampaging wildfires and struggling rural economies, attendees heard at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Washington Forest Protection Association this week in Olympia. Tesla gets a lot of positive attention for the environmental… Read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 7, 2018 Contact: Cindy Mitchell, 360-791-9372 The Washington Forest Protection Association, the trade association for the state’s private forest landowners, is celebrating its 110th anniversary at its annual meeting on Thursday in Olympia. WFPA was founded in 1908 when leaders in the timber business mailed… Read more