Welcome to Washington State DNR
At the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) our mission is:
- To provide professional, forward-looking stewardship of our state lands, natural resources, and environment.
- To provide leadership in creating a sustainable future for the Trusts and all citizens.
DNR is a Washington State agency that protects and manages 5.6 million acres of state-owned land that you, the people of Washington, own. Much of this land (3 million acres) is state trust land that provides revenue to help pay for construction of public schools, universities, and other state institutions, and funds services in many counties.
We generate income from these lands by selling products like timber or leasing it to private agriculture businesses. Since 1970, these lands have generated $6 billion for trust beneficiaries, counties, and the state general fund.
We also manage these lands to provide fish and wildlife habitat, clean water, and public access for you. We help protect your public resources by regulating forest practices (or timber harvests) and preventing and suppressing wildfires on more than 12.7 million acres of state, private and tribal land.
Our Vision
At DNR, we envision a future in which our human and natural environment provides abundant and diverse social, ecological, and economic benefits for all the people of Washington, in this and all future generations. In acting to ensure this vision, we achieve sustainability.
It’s how we are caring for your natural resources… now and forever.