Forest Practices Board
UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2022
Given the new legislation and reopening of state buildings, future Forest Practices Board meetings will be restructured to allow an option to comment in person or remotely. Future Board meetings will be conducted in a hybrid format to allow in-person and remote attendance and participation.
Detailed instructions on how to register for the Board meetings will be included below with the monthly meeting materials. 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.
Please note that we have updated the public comment registration process to allow for in-person and remote comments. You need to register per the instructions whether you plan to comment in person or remotely. You will not be able to sign up in person the day of the Board meeting. The Board accepts comments on each action taken at the meeting and during the general comment period. All public comments will be limited to three minutes.
Written testimony is equivalent to in-person testimony and may be submitted following the guidelines set out below.
The Forest Practices Board is an independent state agency chaired by the Commissioner of Public Lands or designee. The Forest Practices Board was established by the 1974 Forest Practices Act and the rules it adopts are implemented and enforced by DNR.
Board Responsibilities
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Adopting rules that set standards for forest practices such as timber harvests, pre-commercial thinning, road construction and forest chemical applications.
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Providing a Forest Practices Board Manual as a technical supplement to the rules.
Board Management Duties
The Forest Practices Adaptive Management Program, which represents landowners, public agencies, the forest industry, environmental community and tribal governments. This program provides science-based recommendations and technical information to help the Board determine if and when it is necessary or advisable to adjust the rules and guidance for aquatic resources to achieve the goals and objectives of the Forests and Fish Report.
Two key Adaptive Management Program committees established by the Forest Practices Board are the:
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Timber, Fish and Wildlife Policy Committee, which develops solutions to issues arising in the Forest Practices Program that implements the rules, and the
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Cooperative Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Committee, a multi-disciplinary body dedicated to advancing the science of adaptive management.
Roster
Click here to see the members of the board.
Statutory Authority
The 1974 Forest Practices Act grants the board its authority.
Contact
Contact forest.practicesboard@dnr.wa.gov with questions and comments.
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Meetings
The Forest Practices Board holds public meetings on the second Wednesday of February, May, August and November. Special meetings may be called anytime by the chair or by a majority of the board. The Board's Business Reference Guide explains the Board's practices and procedures.
Comments may be made in person or remotely at the Board meeting or submitted by email to: forest.practicesboard@dnr.wa.gov, FAX to: 360-902-1428 or mailed to: Forest Practices Board, Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 47012, Olympia, WA 98504-7012.
In order to be timely in relaying comments via email to the Board, please submit your comments no later than noon the day before the regularly scheduled Board meeting.
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2023 Meetings
November 28-29, 2023 (Special Meeting)
Special Meeting Agenda - 11/28
November 8, 2023
MEETING MATERIAL
- Adaptive Management Program Update
- Small Forest Landowner Office Update
- TFW Policy Committee Update
- Upland Wildlife Update
August 9, 2023
MEETING MATERIAL
Written Comments (coming soon)
- Adaptive Management Program Update
- Small Forest Landowner Office Update
- TFW Policy Committee Update (see TFW Policy Committee Priorities)
- Upland Wildlife Update
PRESENTATIONS
May 10, 2023
MEETING MATERIAL
Draft meeting minutes for February 8 and April 24, 2023
- Adaptive Management Program Update
- Small Forest Landowner Office Update
- TFW Policy Committee Update
- Upland Wildlife Update
