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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
Natural Resources Committee
March 21, 2017
CALL TO ORDER
Committee Chair Todd Donovan called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. in the
Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
ROLL CALL
Present: Carl Weimer, Satpal Sidhu and Todd Donovan
Absent: None
Also Present: Barbara Brenner, Barry Buchanan
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
1. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION REPORT ON THE NATURAL
RESOURCES FORESTRY PROGRAM (AB2017 -068)
Drew Betz, Washington State University Extension Office Director, introduced Kevin
Zobrist and Michael Wallace.
Kevin Zobrist, Washington State University Extension, submitted and read from
handouts and a presentation (on file). He works with small forest landowners of five to 100
acres. He described various programs, including:
• Forest stewardship plan classes to help people create their forest plans
• A recent timber sale symposium to educate landowners on how to conduct a timber
sale
• Summer tree farm tours
He answered questions on the best structure for a forest sale contract, the size of
the consultant directory, a typical number of bidders, whether landowners can educate
themselves to do their own logging, the trend of exporting logs out of the Pacific Northwest
due to a loss of infrastructure for processing, concerns about forest conversion, the demand
of different wood species, designated open space /forest land, trends in pulp and paper
processing, uses for cottonwood, urban forestry, and the remaining existing mills.
Michael Wallace, Washington State University, continued the presentation on
involving 4H kids and school children in forestry presentations.
2. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE BRIEFING ON
PROPOSED NEW HYDRAULIC PROJECT APPROVAL (HPA) LEGISLATION
(AB2017 -112)
This item is withdrawn from the agenda.
Natural Resources Committee, 3/21/2017, Page 1
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OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
ADJOURN
The meeting adjourned at 10:34 a.m.
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WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Natural Resources Committee, 3/21/2017, Page 2