Wildfire risk making timberland less valuable, long harvest rotations less feasible

PHYSorg
Nov 6, 2025, 12:02 pm58 pts
Rising wildfire risk in the Pacific Northwest combined with notoriously volatile timber pricing may lower forestland values by as much as 50% and persuade plantation owners to harvest trees much earlier than planned, a new analysis of Douglas-fir forests shows.

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