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By whipgod
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    reforestation plans

    in 1933 and 1934 when congress tried to get logging companies to submit reforestation plans but only few companies complied.

  • Federal law

    in 1944 allowed federal and private lands to be combined for the purpose of forestry management and the new law required loggers wanting to cut down trees to have a plan for reforestation

  • 1946 Forest Practice Act

    the Forest Practice Act required loggers to plant trees where the cut

  • wilderness preservation act

    over 9 million acres of for national forest land.

  • 1971, state law

    1971, state law excluded timber

  • 1974 forest practice act

    1974 Forest practice act which required permits for activities related to growing, harvesting or processing timber.

  • 1976 Permanent forest practices

    n 1976 Permanent forest practices rules established.

  • state citizens challenged

    In 1977, state citizens challenged forest practices regulations.

  • 1982, the Forest Tax was extended to timber harvested

    In 1982, the Forest Tax was extended to timber harvested from State and Federal land, in addition to private land.

  • In 2002, sawmills consumed about 61 percent of Washington’s timber harvest

    . In 2002, sawmills consumed about 61 percent of Washington’s timber harvest from combined ownerships. Ve­neer and plywood mills consumed another 11 percent.