December 18, 2025 3:30 a.m.

The Bureau of Land Management in Oregon and Washington wrapped up fiscal year 2025 exceeding its annual timber performance goal.

A BLM release said in support of the President’s promise of increased timber production, the agency offered 15 percent more timber than in fiscal year 2024. In total, BLM Oregon/Washington sold 241 million board feet of timber for just over $67 million from October 2024-September 2025.

BLM Oregon/Washington State Director Barry Bushue said, “This year’s timber efforts show what BLM can achieve”.  Bushue said, “We exceeded the timber target goal established in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Next year, the BLM is offering even more timber, which means supporting more rural jobs and improving forest health”.

The release said the timber sold in fiscal year 2025 could build more than 15,000 homes and support about 3,400 jobs across western Oregon.

In addition to new sales, in fiscal year 2025, the BLM facilitated the harvest of 250 million board feet of timber valued at nearly $66 million. That’s a 7 percent increase in harvest volume and 9 percent more in revenue than fiscal year 2024. These harvests include sales that were purchased over the previous four years, reflecting years of planning and collaboration with purchasers and operators in the community.

Each year, sales managed by the BLM’s forestry program in Oregon and Washington support local jobs and generate more than $1 Billion for local economies. Revenue from timber sold on O&C lands is shared between the U.S. Treasury and 18 western Oregon counties. The release said funding provides local communities with the means to construct new county buildings, develop fairgrounds and museums, support libraries, schools and jails, and build flood-control dams and reservoirs.

For more information about the BLM in Oregon and Washington, go to: https://www.blm.gov/oregon-washington