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The Washington State Forest Action Plan (Forest Action Plan) exists to provide a comprehensive review of forests across all lands — public, private, rural and urban — and offers solutions to conserve, protect and enhance the trees and forests that people and wildlife depend on.
The Forest Stewardship program helps small forest landowners improve fish and wildlife habitat, aesthetics and recreational potential. Stewardship foresters advise landowners on timber harvests, resource protection, forest health, wildfire risk, and many other topics.
Designated Forest Land must be at least 5 acres that are primarily devoted to and used for growing and harvesting timber. If there is a residence on the parcel, a minimum 1 acre building site is excluded from the classification and will remain fully taxable.
Washington's total land area is 42.6 million acres. Half of this is forested. Nearly 37% of the forestland is privately owned, and 63% is managed by the government.
All of the requirements must be met to qualify for the Designated Forest Land (DFL) Program. The land must be used primarily for growing and harvesting timber for commercial purposes. The land must consist of a single parcel of 5 or more acres; or multiple, contiguous parcels totaling 5 or more acres.
The Forest Practices Act (FPA), RCW 76.09, governs all forest practices on non-federal lands that are conducted within Washington State though not all forest practices are regulated by the state.
Title 222 WAC contains forest practices rules which establish standards for timber harvesting, pre-commercial thinning, road construction, fertilization, forest chemical application and other forest practices applications.
Who Owns America's Forests? Why Do Forests Matter? More than half the forest land in the United States (423 million acres)—mostly located in the East—is owned and managed by some 11 million private forest owners. Of those private forest owners, 92 percent (10 million owners) are classified as “family forest” owners.
A legal notification in a government gazette under Indian Forest Act creates or defines the boundaries of “reserved and “protected” forests in India. These forest by definition are owned by government of “Public” at large.
