Board of Natural Resources
   

 
 
 
Below are detailed instructions on registering for board meetings and the monthly meeting materials. The draft agenda will be available, and registration opens at noon on the third Friday of the month. Please read the instructions, and if you are joining remotely, attempt to join the webinar before 9 a.m. so that any technical difficulties can be addressed before the meeting begins.
 
We have updated the public comment registration process for in-person and remote comments. You need to register per the instructions whether you plan to comment in person or remotely by 8:45 am. Registration will be open at noon on the third Friday of the month. The general comment period is 60 minutes, allowing two minutes per commenter. We average 30 commenters per meeting. Commenters are called on in order of registration. You will receive a confirmation email on Friday before the board meeting informing you where you are on the registration list.   You cannot sign up in person on the board meeting day.  
 
Written testimony is equivalent to in-person and may be submitted following the guidelines below. If you prefer, you are welcome to share your comments via email to bnr@dnr.wa.gov. To be timely in relaying comments to the Board via email, please submit your comments before noon the day before the regularly scheduled board meeting.
 
 
 
The Board of Natural Resources sets policies to guide how the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) manages our state’s lands and resources. The board was formed when DNR was created in 1957.
Board Responsibilities
  • Approve trust land timber sales
  • Approve sales, exchanges, or purchases of trust lands
  • Establish the sustainable harvest level for forested trust lands
Board Roles
Harbor Line Commission — Establishes or relocates harbor lines to define boundaries for commerce and navigation in the state’s navigable waters.
 
Board of Appraisers — Carries out the Washington State Constitution’s requirement that no lands granted to the state for educational purposes be sold except to the highest bidder at public auction unless improvements have been established by a Board of Appraisers.
 
Board on Geographic Names — Hears and considers recommendations from the Committee on Geographic Names for naming lakes, mountains, streams, places, towns and other geographic features within the state.

Roster

Statutory Authority

RCW 43.30.205 grants the board its authority. 

Contact

Contact bnr@dnr.wa.gov with questions and comments.

Meetings

PLEASE NOTE: Members of the public who would like to present materials to the Board of Natural Resources for consideration must provide the materials to the board coordinator three (3) business days prior to the board meeting. As the board normally meets on the first Tuesday of each month (except in August), materials must be submitted by the close of business on the Wednesday before the meeting in order to be distributed to Board members. Please send board materials to: bnr@dnr.wa.gov.
 
The Board meets the first Tuesday of each month except August. (see list below)
Board meetings will also be listed on the agency calendar.
 
 
 

2025 Meetings

February 4, 2025

Agenda
Registration Instructions
Minutes
Recording of Meeting (this link will route you to TVW)
 

MEETING MATERIALS

Lightning Talk: Forest Road System
Timber Sales Auction Results for January 2025
Timber Sales Presentation
Timber Sales Proposal for March 2025
Timber Sales Fact Sheets
 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting
 
 

January 21, 2025

Minutes
 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting
 

January 7, 2025

Minutes

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting
 

2024 Meetings

December 3, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting
 
 

November 5, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 
 

October 1, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 
 

September 04, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 

July 2, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
 
This meeting will be conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 
 

June 3-6, 2024

Field Tour Registration via Survey Monkey (Registration Closed)

MEETING MATERIALS

 
The regular meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting
 

FIELD TOUR MATERIALS

 
 
 

May 14, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 
 
 

April 2, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 
 

March 5, 2024

Recording of Meeting (this link will route you to TVW)
 

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 

February 6, 2024

 

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting.
 
 
 

January 3, 2024

MEETING MATERIALS

 
This meeting was conducted as a hybrid meeting