Lewis County. As their drivers made their way to Hampton Lumber’s sawmill in Morton, many logging trucks rumbled across wooded country. The tops of the undulating hillsides were covered in low-lying clouds, and areas of the ground were bare from the harvesting of timber.
We take our logs and extract as much information as we can. As machinery whirred around the sawmill on a March afternoon, plant superintendent Tony Gillispie remarked, “And we replant, and we grow the forest back again.” “We hope that this will continue for hundreds of years. Will Washington’s timber sector, however, overcome its current downturn and survive for centuries? There are numerous problems at hand, with fingers pointing in all directions.
Policies limiting the private sector’s access to state trust lands in the battle against climate change put pressure on the industry, which harvests most of Washington’s wood. The American South is attracting major employers due to its perceived business-friendly conditions.
Washington’s forest product exports fell to a 21-year low in 2025, and the state government cites the lingering consequences of trade battles, especially with China. Along with the state’s recent slowdown in building, local demand for lumber has also decreased.
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