State Trust Land
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Forks Community Hospital looks to timber revenue from DNR-managed trust lands
Residents across a broad swath of the western Olympic Peninsula rely on Forks Community Hospital for emergency, acute and critical care. This vital lifeline is supported in part by revenues DNR earns from managing 92,532 acres of State Forest Trust… Continue reading
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What are state-owned aquatic lands and who’s using them?
DNR manages many of the lands beneath our state’s fresh water and marine areas. We manage these bedlands, tidelands, beds of navigable lakes, rivers and streams as a ‘public trust’ to benefit everyone in Washington State. DNR’s job is ensure… Continue reading
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What do counties count on for libraries, hospitals, roads and other public services?
Washington’s Westside counties count on the steady stream of funds from State Forest trust lands—funds that don’t come from taxes. Each county has different services that are funded—county hospitals and clinics, libraries, school operations, fire districts, roads or ports and… Continue reading
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Community Forest Land Trust clears Senate, heads to governor’s desk
By 39-10 vote, the Washington State Senate on Saturday approved a House-passed measure that establishes the Community Forest Trust — a new category of trust land that DNR will manage to help prevent the conversion of working forests into developed areas.… Continue reading
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Improving timber markets create opportunity for DNR to reduce fees and increase funds going to schools, counties and others
Public schools, several counties and the state’s universities would stand to gain more funding under a proposal that Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark plans to offer at next month’s regular meeting of the Board of Natural Resources. In an… Continue reading
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Grounded! Teen fined for trying to drive his 4×4 over forest road barricade
On a recent Sunday afternoon, Chris Rankin came across a Toyota 4×4 pickup attempting to crawl over a buried ecology block designed to keep people from driving in the McDonald Ridge Forest block. The truck ended up “high-centered” and stuck… Continue reading
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DNR finds markets for wood products from state trust lands
Bill Latunen is manager of PLS Poleyard, a company based in Rochester that specializes in logs used for utility poles. For land managers like DNR, logs suitable for poles bring a higher price than those to be milled into dimensional lumber,… Continue reading
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Goldmark tours Pacific Cascade Region
This past Wednesday, the Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark visited DNR’s Pacific Cascade Region in Castle Rock to get a hands-on look at what is happening on the ground. DNR staff showcased the Double Barrel Timber Sale as… Continue reading
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Online map shows a year’s worth of illegal dumping sites on Washington State trust lands and forests
Actually, our headline is not quite accurate. Our new google map — Illegal Dumping Sites on Washington State Trust Land — only shows the nearly 200 locations we were able to investigate in 2010. DNR’s Law Enforcement Service says that… Continue reading
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Status update on Puget Sound Corps and other legislation requested by DNR
In the 2011 Washington State Legislature today, several pieces of legislation requested by DNR appear to remain alive. Today at 5 p.m. was the deadline for policy legislation to emerge from its house of origin and head for the opposite… Continue reading