Board of Natural Resources
COVID-19 UPDATE, JANUARY 2021
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 restructuring the upcoming Board of Natural Resources meetings into a format that provides for the necessary social distancing. As part of the COVID-19 response, all future Board meetings will be conducted through a webinar until further notice.
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Meetings Act (see Governor's Proclamations 20-28 and 20-28.15) until the termination of the state of emergency or until rescinded by the Governor or Legislature. As such, no physical meeting space will be made available to the public for board meetings while the proclamation is in effect.
Detailed instructions on how to join the webinar are available below. Please read the instructions and attempt to join the webinar before 9 a.m., so that any technical difficulties can be addressed before the meeting begins.
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:
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Approve trust land timber sales
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Approve sales, exchanges, or purchases of trust lands
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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.
2021 MEETINGS
July 6, 2021
Minutes
Recording of Meeting (this link will route you to TVW)
Recording of Meeting (this link will route you to TVW)
MEETING MATERIALS
Transition Lands List
Chair Report on Older Forests and Carbon
Chair Report on Trust Land Performance Assessment - Scope
Chair Report on Older Forests and Carbon
Chair Report on Trust Land Performance Assessment - Scope
June 1, 2021
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Auction Results for May 2021
Skamokawa 40s Land Transaction
Chair Report on Older Forests Policy
Chair Report on Trust Land Performance Assessment
Skamokawa 40s Land Transaction
Chair Report on Older Forests Policy
Chair Report on Trust Land Performance Assessment
This meeting will be conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
May 4, 2021
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Auction Results for April 2021
Chair Report on Older Forests Policy
BNR Old Growth and Older Forest Reference Materials
Chair Report on Older Forests Policy
BNR Old Growth and Older Forest Reference Materials
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
April 6, 2021
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
March 2, 2021
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
February 2, 2021
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
January 19, 2021 Special Meeting
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
January 5, 2021
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020 MEETINGS
December 1, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
November 3, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
October 6, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Auction Results for September 2020
Cape Horn Mineral Rights Transfer
Climate Resilience Strategy
Overview of Legislative Priorities
Cape Horn Mineral Rights Transfer
Climate Resilience Strategy
Overview of Legislative Priorities
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
September 1, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Auction Results for July and August 2020
Climate Resilience Strategy
Overview of Legislative Priorities
Climate Resilience Strategy
Overview of Legislative Priorities
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
August 13, 2020 - Virtual Retreat
Recording of Retreat (this link will route you to YouTube)
MEETING MATERIALS
July 7, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
June 2, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
May 5, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
April 7, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
This meeting was conducted remotely as part of the Department of Natural Resources' response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
March 3, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
February 4, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
Draft Sustainable Harvest Technical Advisory Committee Project Charter and Scope
Working Forest and Recreation Chair Report
Working Forest and Recreation Chair Report
January 7, 2020
MEETING MATERIALS
2019 MEETINGS
December 3, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
November 20, 2019 Special Meeting
MEETING MATERIALS
Please click here to view a live stream of the Board meeting.
November 5, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
October 1, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
September 3, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
August 2019 - no regular meeting
July 2, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
June 5-6, 2019 BNR Retreat
Locations: Ellensburg and Tri-cities Area
The Board of Natural Resources will be meeting in Ellensburg on Tuesday, June 4. After that, the members of the board will be taking a two-day tour of DNR's Southeast Region as part of their annual retreat. If you have any questions, please email bnr@dnr.wa.gov.
June 4, 2019
Meeting Location: Hal Holmes Community Center, Ellensburg, WA
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Presentation
Proposed Timber Sales Package for July 2019
Timber Sales Auction Results for May 2019
Proposed Timber Sales Package for July 2019
Timber Sales Auction Results for May 2019
May 7, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
April 2, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
March 5, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
February 15, 2019 Special Meeting
February 5, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
January 18, 2019
MEETING MATERIALS
January 2, 2019 - Adjourned to January 18, 2019
2018 MEETINGS
December 4, 2018
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Presentation
Proposed Timber Sales Package January 2019
Timber Sales Auction Results for November 2018
Proposed Timber Sales Package January 2019
Timber Sales Auction Results for November 2018
November 6, 2018
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Presentation
Proposed Timber Sales Package December 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for October 2018
Proposed Timber Sales Package December 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for October 2018
October 2, 2018
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Presentation
Proposed Timber Sales Package November 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for September 2018
Haven Lake Trespass
Hathaway Purchase
Proposed Timber Sales Package November 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for September 2018
Haven Lake Trespass
Hathaway Purchase
September 4, 2018
MEETING MATERIALS
Timber Sales Presentation
Proposed Timber Sales Package October 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for July 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for August 2018
Blanchard Pearson and Spence Purchase
City of Castle Rock Exchange
Marbled Murrelet & Sustainable Harvest Calculation Update
Proposed Timber Sales Package October 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for July 2018
Timber Sales Auction Results for August 2018
Blanchard Pearson and Spence Purchase
City of Castle Rock Exchange
Marbled Murrelet & Sustainable Harvest Calculation Update
