WA Forest Survey Finds 545,000 Acres of Stressed or Dead Trees

Study Finds 545,000 Acres of Stressed or Dead Trees in Washington State Forests

OLYMPIA, WA – More than half a million acres of trees spread across Washington were sick, struggling, or dead last year, according to the results of an aerial survey of forests by the state’s Department of Natural Resources. Surveyors identified about 545,000 acres with some level of tree mortality, defoliation, or disease, the department said this week. That’s less than 1% of the total forestland surveyed. The amount of forest with problems is …

WA forest survey finds 545,000 acres of stressed or dead trees

The amount of forest with problems is only a small fraction of the overall 22 million acres state officials looked at, but it is slightly above the 10-year average. Continue reading…