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JLARC to review DNR methods for Eastern Washington sustainable-harvest calculation

5868499 · September 17, 2025
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JLARC began a contractor-supported review of the Department of Natural Resources’ data and methods for calculating an Eastern Washington sustainable timber-harvest level; staff will follow DNR’s work and report once DNR issues its draft calculation.

The Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee on Sept. 17 outlined a JLARC review of the Department of Natural Resources’ methods and data for calculating the sustainable timber-harvest level for Eastern Washington, work required by a 2021 legislative directive.

JLARC staff told the committee DNR manages more than 2 million acres of forest land and sets separate harvest calculations for Eastern and Western Washington because forest conditions differ by region; DNR last set an Eastern…

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