Authors: ​Ivan Eastin, Indroneil Ganguly, Daisuke Sasatani, Larry Mason and Bruce Lippke ​Executive Summary Investment by value-adding wood industries is critical to sustaining forestland ownership. An increasingly complex array of forest owners and investors suggests a business climate that views forests as a financial, rather than an industrial, asset. However, maintaining the ecological, environmental and economic […]

Authors: ​Jean M. Daniels and John Perez-Garcia ​Executive SummaryLumber manufacturing remains an economically important industry in the State of Washington. The sector has added value to Washington’s timberlands and continues to generate the majority of regional timber demand. Lumber production contributes to rural economic development and employment. Lumber manufacturing has remained particularly viable in western Washington, […]

Authors: John Perez-Garcia, J. Kent Barr, Jean M. Daniels Executive SummaryThe study produced an assessment of the lumber manufacturing sector. It analyzed the changes in this sector and its relation to timber harvest levels. The study’s objective was to determine whether Washington ‘s sawmilling sector can expand or not, given a projection of future timber harvest […]

Authors: ​Guy C. Robertson and Bruce R. Lippke Executive SummaryHarvest Declines and Revenue GrowthIn spite of sharp declines in harvest volumes in the 1990s, Washington State’s forest products sector continues to generate substantial income for the state and its inhabitants.  At approximately 4.1 billion board feet, Washington State’s 1994 timber harvest was 33% lower than the […]

Authors: ​John M. Dirks and David Briggs ​Executive SummaryThis report provides a descriptive account of the secondary wood products manufacturing industries in Washington State. Secondary industries are defined as those adding value to standardized commodity wood or wood-based materials through the production of specialty finished or semi-finished products.  This study focuses upon six major product groupings–engineered […]

Author: Hakan Ekstrom Executive SummaryWashington State Hardwood Sawmilling Industry 1990Hardwood lumber production in Washington grew 93 percent over the period 1980-90. This compares with softwood lumber growth of 24 percent and a national growth rate for hardwood lumber production of just 21 percent over the same period. Hardwood species like red alder, which were until […]

Author: Daniel W. Bagger and Thomas R. Waggener SummaryForest Products is one of the major industries in the Washington State economy.  In 1984 the timber industry employed 56.4 thousand people, and generated gross revenues in excess of 3 billion dollars (U.S.).  During the last several years, this industry has been experiencing a transition as both […]