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WASHINGTON FOREST PROTECTION
ASSOCIATION
Forest Products Industry:
Current and Future Conditions
Presentation to Washington Hardwoods Commission
June 10, 2009
Mark Doumit
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Washington State Forestland
22.1 million acres
Private = 8.0 mm acres (36%)
Govt. = 14.1 mm acres (64%)
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Who owns Washington’s Forests?
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Washington is 2nd Largest Lumber
Producer in USA at 4.763 bbf
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2007
Lumber Production
(BBF)
OR-WA-CA = 45% of
USA lumber production
Imports = 35% of total
consumption
Total consumption
dropped 14% from
2006, and 12 bbf from
the high in 2005
OR
6.176
WA
4.763
CA
2.309
OR/WA/CA
15.248
USA Production
Imports
Total
Consumption
33.810
18.390
52.200
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Forest Products is 2nd largest
Manufacturing Sector (2007)
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$17.9 Billion in gross business income
(13% of total)
42,300 direct jobs and $2 billion in wages
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Washington Forests Preserved
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Washington Ownership & Harvest
2007
Acreage
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Harvest
73%
43%
36%
14% 14%
3%
Federal
forests
Private
forests
State and
County
8% 11%
Native Am.
(est)
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1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1987
1990
1993
1996
1999
2002
2005
2007
Billion Board Feet
Reduction in Federal Harvest
USFS Timber Harvest-Washington: 1960-2007
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
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The Current Situation
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April housing starts were at 458,000,
12.8% below March, and 54% below April
2008 at 1,001,000.
Source: www.census.gov/const/newconst.pdf
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State of Forestry in Washington
The Long-Term Future Looks Good
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Employment stabilizing
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Demand for wood rising
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Sustainable forestry is the solution
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Forest Products Industry:
Current and Future Conditions
Presentation to Hardwoods Commission
The End
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