Designated Forest Land – In 2019, the Washington State Legislature commissioned a study by the University of Washington of trends in small, non-industrial private forest land ownership and management[1]. The UW study predicts that as many as 50,000 small forest landowners will sell some or all their forest land within the decade following the study report’s release date[2]. An […]
Drones and Forestry – Drones in Consulting Forestry Over the past decade or so, small, unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)–popularly known as “drones”–have become indispensable tools for forestry field work. (I wrote about some of the ways I used drones in my forestry consulting business in this 2021 Western Forester article.) One barrier foresters face to using drones in their […]