The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages approximately 2.1 million acres of trust lands across the state. Through authorized management activities on these lands, DNR generates vital revenue for schools, universities, and critical county and local services across Washington. The sale of specialized forest products (evergreen huckleberry, sword fern, salal, mushrooms etc.) is one of many ways DNR generates revenue for its beneficiaries. These highly desirable products are shipped all over the world for use in floral arrangements. This page provides valuable information regarding current and future opportunities for harvesting specialized forest products, including permit sales and lease areas.

 

If you are a prospective purchaser of forest products, this is where you will find new opportunities that may be of interest to you. Use our query tool to easily find the products you want. If you don't find what you're looking for, please contact us. As manager of these state trust lands, we are open to new methods of doing business and ways to generate revenue for public services. 

Each year, DNR’s South Puget Sound Region holds a sealed-bid auction (open to qualified bidders) for the right to harvest specialized forest products from specific lease areas throughout Mason and Kitsap Counties. The qualified high bidders are awarded individual leases that authorize unlimited harvest of specialized forest products from the designated lease area during the contract term (typically three or five years). Additionally, cedar, pine, and Douglas-fir bough harvesting may be authorized through specific clauses listed in many of the lease agreements. Information will be posted below regarding upcoming lease auctions which are traditionally held in June of each year. This information will include the date, time, and location of the auction in addition to maps of the lease areas, bidding procedures, and the guidelines and regulations for harvest.

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2024 Brush Harvesting Publication (en Español)

 

Pacific Cascade Region is changing their brush permit process in 2024. Same day service will not be offered. Applications will be accepted starting February 1, 2024 until September 30, 2024. Brush Permit Applications will be available via Agency website. The applications must be filled out then mailed or dropped off during business hours.

 

2024 Brush Permit Application

 

In 2021, The South Puget Sound region changed the way it sells individual brush and/or mushroom permits for Capitol Forest. OUR OFFICE WILL NO LONGER SELL PERMITS IN-PERSON. We will sell 2025 permits again by mail only, starting January 6, 2025, through September 30, 2025. 

 

 

Each Permit will be valid and harvesting can begin once the Permittee signs the signature blocks where highlighted. Permittees purchasing a Permit for the Grays Harbor County permit area will also need to have their hauling permit validated by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office in Montesano prior to harvesting.

 

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation as we adjust our business practices to better serve our communities. 

 

See our Region map.