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Large public hearing on sustainable harvest-level bill exposes deep divisions over state forest management
Summary
House Bill 3103 (dash-1) drew extensive and divided testimony in a public hearing about whether the State Forester should be required to adopt a sustainable harvest level by rule and be held to manage state forests against that level.
The committee held a lengthy public hearing on House Bill 3103 (dash-1), a bill directing the State Forester to adopt by rule a sustainable timber harvest level for state forests, report annually on timber sales relative to that level and provide procedures for judicial review in limited circumstances. Sponsors and supporters framed the bill as a transparency and good-governance measure that would provide counties and industry with predictable projections for budgeting and mill planning; opponents warned the bill could undermine the Board of Forestry's discretion, conflict with Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) and risk ecological and carbon sequestration outcomes.
Committee staff summarized the measure and the dash-1 amendment, stating the bill directs the State Forester…
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