Selling Timber in Douglas County, WA
Quick answer
There is 1 timber business listed for Douglas County, Washington: 1 consulting forester. None of them has an office in the county. That is normal and it is worth knowing: consulting foresters register with the state county by county, and many register for counties they would have to drive hours to reach.
Timber prices for Douglas County
No county publishes its own timber prices. These are Washington's published stumpage prices, what landowners are paid for standing timber, and the best public guide to what timber in Douglas County is bringing. Your own timber can sell above or below them.
| Douglas-fir | $273–$635 per thousand board feet |
| Western hemlock | $180–$352 per thousand board feet |
| Western red cedar | $1,036–$1,051 per thousand board feet |
| Ponderosa pine | $133–$147 per thousand board feet |
Source: Washington Department of Revenue stumpage value tables, January–June 2026. All Washington timber prices
Before you talk to anyone, find out what your timber is worth
Most landowners in Douglas County have no idea what their standing timber is worth, which is exactly the position a buyer wants you in. Four questions gets you a ballpark range before the first offer lands.
No forester is based in Douglas County
That is normal here and not a problem. Foresters travel, and 1 of them work Douglas County from an office nearby. They are listed below, closest first. You can also click any county on the map above to see who is based there.
Consulting Foresters Working Douglas County (1)
Listed on the WSU Extension forestry consultant directory as working Douglas County, from an office elsewhere. Closest first.
Eastside Forestry LLC is a forestry consulting business based in Cle Elum, Washington, run by Patrick Broderick. He supports small landowners with forest health assessments, Forest Stewardship Plans, forest health thinning, and fuels reduction (firewising). The business also handles salvage logging, planting and natural regeneration planning, GIS mapping, timber cruising and logging system design, and forest practice application work. For a timber sale, they manage the job for you and work with local loggers they already know, including "low-impact logging, utilizing operators with lightweight, tracked machinery to ensure your land stays beautiful & in tact." Their thinning work is described as "thinning from below," aimed at forest health rather than maximizing cut volume. They mainly serve Kittitas, Chelan, Yakima, and King counties, with work across Washington more broadly. Patrick is a Candidate Full Member with the Association of Consulting Foresters and an active member of the Washington Farm Forestry Association's Kittitas Chapter. He previously worked as lead forester for the Teanaway Community Forest at the DNR before forming Eastside Forestry in 2023. No stated minimum acreage appears, but the Forest Stewardship Plan work is described as available to owners of 5 or more acres, under the Designated Forest Land tax program. This fits a landowner in or near Kittitas, Chelan, Yakima, or King counties who wants someone thinking about long-term forest health, not just a quick cut, and who likes the idea of lighter equipment on the ground. From eastsideforestry.com, read 4 October 2026.
Questions landowners ask
How many timber buyers and foresters serve Douglas County?
1 business is listed for Douglas County: 1 consulting forester and 0 buyers, loggers and mills. None of them has an office in the county; they register to work here and travel in.
How much is my timber worth in Douglas County?
Nobody can tell you what your timber is worth without walking it. Value depends on the species, the size and grade of the trees, how thickly they stand, the ground conditions and how easily a logger can reach them. Anyone who quotes you a figure without seeing the land is guessing, and a guess in that direction is rarely in your favour.
What stumpage value means →Do I need a forestry consultant to sell timber in Douglas County?
You do not have to use one. A consulting forester works for you rather than the buyer, marks the timber, runs a sealed-bid sale and typically charges a percentage of the sale. Research from several state extension services has found that timber sold through a consultant often returns enough more to cover the fee, though results vary by tract and by market. The decision usually turns on the size of the sale and whether you have sold timber before.
Do I need a forestry consultant? →Do I need a permit to cut timber in Washington?
Washington is not like the southern states on this. You must file a Forest Practices Application or Notification with the Department of Natural Resources before you can legally harvest timber, even on your own land, and DNR generally has about thirty days to review it. Mandatory stream-buffer and reforestation rules apply. Local governments generally cannot add rules on top of this.
Permit rules in Washington →What is timber worth in Douglas County?
No price series is published for Douglas County on its own. Washington's latest published stumpage figures (Washington Department of Revenue stumpage value tables, January–June 2026) put western red cedar at $1,036–$1,051 per thousand board feet. What your own timber brings depends on the species, the size and amount of it, and how far it is from a mill. A timber cruise by a forester settles it.
Forester listings for Douglas County come from the WSU Extension forestry consultant directory, revised 2026-11-04. The register is updated quarterly.