Staff, officers, and members of WFFA often give testimony to the Forest Practices Board. Recent testimony is linked below.
November 2023 - Ken Miller - Spawning salmon - a beautiful sight. Forestry isn't the problem!
February 2023 - Ken Miller - Letter to Forest Practices Board "Helping your understanding of SFLO frustrations – “criteria for low impact” example"
November 2022 - Letters from WFFA members sent to Forest Practices Board in support of WFFA template
November 18, 2022 - Ken Miller - Letter to Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife on Bears & Alienation of Family Forest Owners
November 10, 2022 - Tom Westergreen - Support for WFFA template
November 10, 2022 - Ken Miller - Minority summary of SFLO Template Proposal
November 10, 2022 - Ken Miller - General public testimony
November 9, 2022 - Ken Miller - Np water buffer alternatives
November 9, 2022 - Ken Miller - General public testimony
August 2022 - Ken Miller - Buffer width dispute
August 4, 2022 - Ken Miller - Criteria for SFLO Low Impact Alternate Plans
May 2022 - Letters from WFFA members about low impact harvest options
May 11, 2022 - Ken Miller - Low impact harvest options
May 11, 2022 - Elaine Oneil - Low impact harvest options
April 24, 2022 - Ken Miller - Low impact harvest options, written testimony
February 9, 2022 - Ken Miller - Low impact proposal initiation update
February 9, 2022 - Ken Miller - Board Manual Section 22 AMP
February 9, 2022 - Ken Miller - In support of the AMPA’s “Request for Reallocated Funding for Dispute Resolution
February 9, 2022 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer - Supporting approval of modifications to Board Manual on application of forest chemicals.
November 10, 2021 - Elaine Oneil - Small Forest Landowner Issues
November 10, 2021 - Elaine Oneil - Proposed CR 101 rulemaking
November 10, 2021 - Ken Miller - Type np Buffer Potential Rulemaking
November 10, 2021 - Ken Miller - RCW & WAC intent relative to SFLOs
November 10, 2021 - Ken Miller - Addendum to my verbally presented testimony re: RCW & WAC intent relative to SFLOs
November 10, 2021 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer - CR-101 for Type Np Streams
August 11, 2021 - Ken Miller - "Relatively low impact" defined
May 12, 2021 - Elaine Oneil - General Public Comment
May 12, 2021 - Elaine Oneil - CMER Master Project Schedule
May 12, 2021 - Ken Miller - Update on Status of SFLO Low Impact Template Proposal
May 12, 2021 - Ken Miller - Eastside Modeling Evaluation Project
May 12, 2021 - Ken Miller - State Auditor Performance Audit Report Work Plan
May 12, 2021 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer - State Auditor Performance Audit Report Work Plan
February 10, 2021 - Ken Miller - video of presentation to FPB
February 10, 2021 - Ken Miller - State Auditor Performance Audit
February 10, 2021 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer - Statue Auditor Performance Audit
November 12, 2020 - Ken Miller - Update on SFLO Template
August 12, 2020 - Ken Miller - Update of SFLO Template
May 13, 2020 - Vic Musselman - Safe Harbor Agreement for spotted owls
May 13, 2020 - Ken Miller - Update on WFFA Template
May 13, 2020 - Elaine Oneil - CMER Master Project Schedule
November 14, 2019 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer on water typing
June 4, 2019 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer on water typing
June 4, 2019 - Ken Miller on water typing
May 8, 2019 - Steve Barnowe-Meyer on water typing
May 8, 2019 - Vic Musselman on
May 8, 2019 - Ken Miller on water typing
November 13, 2018 - Members of the Forest Practices Board toured the Miller Tree Farm to view and discuss the proposed riparian template. Follow-up information by Ken Miller is presented here and by Dr. Elaine Oneil here. For a longer explanation of the proposed template, view this video of a presentation made previously by Ken Miller.
Scale and Scope of Small Forest Landowner Impacts to Fish, Water, and Habitat from Timber Harvest in western Washington - presented by Elaine Oneil, November 13, 2018
PHB Study Design - presented by Steve Barnowe-Meyer, November 14, 2018
Update on WFFA Template - presented by Ken Miller, May 9, 2018
Water Typing and PHB Validation - presented by Steve Barnowe-Meyer, May 9, 2018
Water Typing and PHB Validation - presented by Ken Miller, May 9, 2018
Water Typing - presented by Elaine Oneil, February 13, 2018
Water Typing - presented by Ken Miller, February 14, 2018
Water Typing - presented by Steve Barnowe-Meyer, February 13, 2018
The discussion continues about where “Fish Habitat” ends when doing stream typing. Some people want to push the “F” buffers further up the hill. The end result after the Feb. 14 meeting was that DNR staff were asked to evaluate several proposals for the FPB to consider before/if they start actual rule making at a Special Board meeting now scheduled for 6/27.
Template Update - presented by Ken Miller, February 14, 2018
Water Typing - Disproportionate Impact and Need for Science - presented by Ken Miller, November 9, 2016
Small Forest Landowner Template Updates - presented by Ken Miller, November 9, 2016
Water Typing - Complexity and Perception - presented by Ken Miller, November 8, 2016
Water Typing - presented by Steve Barnowe-Meyer, November 8, 2016
Cultural Resources - presented by Steve Barnowe-Meyer, May 11, 2016
Testimony about Alternate Plan Template - presented by Tom Westergreen, Vic Musselman and Sam Comstock, February 2, 2015
Presentation on Alternate Plan Template - presented by Elaine Oneil, February 2, 2015
WFFA Request for Alternate Plan Template - Letter to Forest Practices Board dated January 21, 2015