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Fueling an Emerging Industry: An Alliance Between Public Lands and Timber Products (WA)

from Spokane Journal, June 4, 2020

Fueling an Emerging Industry: An Alliance Between Public Lands and Timber Products (WA) Spokane Journal, June 4, 2020 Hilary Franz wants to shorten Washington's forest-fire season, and she’s executing a plan to do just that. In the process, Franz, the state's commissioner of public lands, is fueling an emerging industry in Eastern Washington. The state's Department of Natural Resources, which Franz heads, formed a forest health initiative that partners private and public enterprises to cultivate local economic benefits as it reduces wildfires and the damage they cause. READ MORE

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