HomeMy WebLinkAboutWORKSHOP re: ForestryJEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Mark McCauley, County Administrator
FROM: Heidi Eisenhour, Commissioner
Malloree Weinheimer, Chickadee Forestry
DATE: August 8, 2022
SUBJECT: Jefferson County Forest Stewardship workshop
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
Since 2019 Jefferson County has been developing a programmatic approach to managing its county -owned
forestlands. Recently, in the past year, we have broadened our focus to include interest in Department of
Natural Resources managed State Forest Transfer (Forest Board) trust lands that were owned by the county
previously and transferred to the state for management about 100 years ago. Timber harvest activities on
these lands contribute revenue to multiple interests via Junior Tax Districts for entities like school, fire
departments and the library in addition to the county. Other counties, including Kitsap, have requested
reconveyance of some of these lands and are managing them as part of their parks department. We have also
been engaged in other DNR trust land management issues via the Trust Land Transfer program and Inter -
trust Exchanges to protect important habitats such as Tarboo and Dabob Bays.
We are interested in developing an approach to county and state forest lands, with DNR, that delivers for
multiple benefits including fiduciary. We believe that a collaborative program will contribute to forest
health, climate change adaptation, reduction of fire risk and local jobs not to mention recreation and
conservation. This can be achieved through consideration of utilizing alternative management approaches
such as selective thinning and longer rotations for key forest stands as well as conservation of critical
habitats. This will likely include reconveyance of some State Forest Transfer trust lands.
ANAINSTS:
We need to secure a project manager to lead analysis of financial and ecological considerations including
short- and long-term projections for these considerations and then to develop a collaborative management
approach for Jefferson County forest lands. This analysis should include a review and update of the 2011
report, Forests for the Future.
FISCAL IMPACT: TBD.
RECOMMENDATION: Discuss and develop next steps towards development of a management plan for
Jefferson County forestlands.
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