2. Pack Forest
UW’s Research and Experimental Forest
– 4374 acres
– Working forest (harvest 40 ac/yr)
– 56,000 ft2 Conference Center
– $900,000 annual operating budget
– $38,790 state support, 15-25 UW employees
Self-sustaining
– Private goods: timber, conference center revenue, grants
and contracts, cell phone tower leases, state support, salal
and firewood
– Potential sale of development rights or property
– Potential sale of ecosystem services—conservation
easements
4. Interim Director,
School of Forest
Resources
Tom Hinckley
CSF-PF Director
Greg Ettl
Forest Manager
½ vacant
Woods Utility Lead
0.6 FTE
Outreach Specialist
Vacant
Woods Worker
Vacant
Trail Maintenance
Vacant-lay-off
Woods Worker
Vacant
CSF-PF Program
Manager
Vacant
Conference Manager
Terri McCauley
Lead Custodian
Diane Harris
Dining Hall Supervisor
Georgainne Crouchet
Program Assistant
Maintenance
Mechanic
0.8 FTE
Assistant to the
Director
Pat Saunders
2 Research
Assistantships
4 summer interns
Utility Worker
Vacant-lay-off
10 Dining Hall Staff
Organizational Structure
15-25 Employees
13 students and
volunteers this
summer
Layoffs
Added Students
6. Forest Resources
4374 total acres
– 461 ac in ecological reserves
– 118 ac adjacent to the main campus
buildings
– 78 ac of forest adjacent to the main
entrance, and the junction of state HWY
7 and 161
– 3717 ac of production forest are
available to support operations
7. Harvest History: Sorry but we cut too much
Total land
base (timber
production
land) in acres
Total acres
harvested
Total land
base
harvested (%
of 4374 ac)
Land
production %
of what we
owned at time
harvested
1970’s 2880 (2200?) 644 14.7% 29.3%
1980’s 4073 (3400?) 1105 25.3% 32.5%
1990’s 4374 (3717) 720.7 16.4% 19.4%
2000’s 4374 (3717) 462 10.5% 12.4%
Total 1970-2008 4374 (3717) 2932 67.0% 78.9%
•Note that under a 35-year rotation we would expect to harvest
1/35th of 3717 ac (106 ac) each year
• On a 65-year rotation (57 ac/year)
•2932/28 years=104.7 ac/year
8. Projected harvest and revenue in a good
(2007) timber market
5-year
harvest
period
*Standing
Initial
Volume
MMBF
Harvested
Volume
MMBF
Stand
volume
gained in
period
MMBF
Residual
volume at
end of period
MMBF
2010-2015 32.33 7.26 2.14 27.21
2015-2020 27.21 6.29 1.17 32.09
2020-2025 32.09 7.24 6.78 31.63
2025-2030 31.63 7.11 13.34 37.86
2030-2035 37.86 7.72 15.86 46.00
10. Projected harvest under poor
timber market
5-year harvest
period
*Standing
Volume
Beginning
MMBF
Harvested
Volume
MMBF
Stand volume
gained in
period
MMBF
Residual
volume at end
of period
MMBF
2010-2015 26.2 9.90 1.51 14.79
2015-2020 14.79 11.79 10.34 13.34
2020-2025 13.34 12.17 2.47 3.64
2025-2030 3.64 ††9.27 14.46 8.83
2030-2035 8.83 8.83 15.86 10.20
2035-2040 10.20 10.20 12.85 12.85
Stands enter production-sized sorts around 50 years post harvest and therefore volumes increase as
stands planted post 1970’s-1980’s harvests mature stand volumes increase.
†Assumed net timber revenue: $250/MBF for Douglas-fir, $250/MBF for red alder, $600/MBF for
western redcedar, and $3/ton pulp.
††Additional timber volume comes from cutting campus and road buffers.
12. Steps to Revitalize Pack Forest
Increased State Support?
More students (classes and research)
Grant and contract revenue
Mount Rainier Institute?
Divest of land?
ECOSEL Auction of Management
– Looking to hold a stakeholder meeting
– It would be great to have support of
Nisqually River Council