Board of Natural Resources

BOARD OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2020 VIRTUAL RETREAT, August 13, 2020

Given the parameters needed to protect the health and safety of everyone in our communities during the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, we are planning to conduct the annual Board of Natural Resources Retreat virtually this year.

If you are interested in attending the Board of Natural Resources 2020 Virtual Retreat at 9 a.m. August 13, information and instructions about how to attend are available here. The topics for the retreat include Working Forests and Recreation, the Middle May Timber Sale tour, and DNR's Commercial Real Estate Program.

The Governor's Office has extended the Governor's Proclamation prohibiting in-person public meetings and suspending portions of the Open Public Meetings Act (see Governor's Proclamations 20-28 and 20-28.8) through 11:59 p.m. September 1. As such, no physical meeting space will be made available to the public for the virtual retreat or the September 1 board meeting.

Please check this webpage as the retreat date approaches for the latest information.

View a list of additional operational changes related to COVID-19.

The Board of Natural Resources sets policies to guide how the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages our state’s lands and resources. The board was formed when DNR was created in 1957.

The Board has several responsibilities:

Approve trust land timber sales
Approve sales, exchanges, or purchases of trust lands
Establish the sustainable harvest level for forested trust lands

The Board also serves in three other roles:

Harbor Line Commission — Establishes or relocates harbor lines to define boundaries for commerce and navigation in the state’s navigable waters.

Board of Appraisers — Carries out the Washington State Constitution’s requirement that no lands granted to the state for educational purposes be sold except to the highest bidder at public auction unless improvements have been established by a Board of Appraisers.

Board on Geographic Names — Hears and considers recommendations from the Committee on Geographic Names for naming lakes, mountains, streams, places, towns and other geographic features within the state.

Meetings

PLEASE NOTE: Members of the public who would like to present materials to the Board of Natural Resources for consideration must provide the materials to the board coordinator three (3) business days prior to the board meeting. As the board normally meets on the first Tuesday of each month (except in August), materials must be submitted by the close of business on the Wednesday before the meeting in order to be distributed to Board members. Please send board materials to: bnr@dnr.wa.gov.

The Board meets the first Tuesday of each month except August. (see list below)

Board meetings will also be listed on the agency calendar.

2020 MEETINGS

September 1, 2020

Agenda

Minutes

MEETING MATERIALS

Timber Sales Presentation

Timber Sales Proposals for October 2020

Timber Sales Auction Results for July and August 2020

This meeting will be conducted virtually as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Instructions to participate will be posted as the meeting approaches.

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