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Trust‑land transfer and forest set‑aside provisions draw split testimony over timber supply and conservation
Summary
Supporters praised trust‑land transfer as a conservation tool; timber and wood‑products interests warned proposed set‑asides and related capital provisions would shrink state timber supply and shift demand offshore, threatening local mills and jobs.
Supporters and opponents of trust‑land transfer and expanded forest set‑asides made competing arguments before the House Capital Budget Committee. Chris Chappell of Washington Wild thanked the committee for a proposed $17,000,000 investment in trust land transfer projects and described the program (authorized and modified in recent legislation) as a way to move ecologically valuable trust land to conservation management. "Some trust lands are too valuable to our state to be logged or otherwise managed exclusively for revenue generation, and trust land transfer is the answer," Chappell said.
