Timber Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes
The meeting included a presentation on market trends, noting declines in harvest values and the impact of economic uncertainty, logging costs, and fire salvage volume changes on industry conditions. The committee reviewed and approved proposals for Green Timber Harvest Values, Salvage Timber Harvest Values, and Miscellaneous Forest Products Harvest Values for the upcoming half-year period. Additionally, the committee held a discussion regarding the valuation methodology for Small Sawlog Miscellaneous (SSM) timber, which was subsequently tabled for a future meeting. Administrative topics included reminders regarding expiring committee member terms and the rescheduling of the next committee meeting.