The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated more than $10.7 million in revenue from timber sales during the second quarter of 2026.
The BLM said the sale supports American jobs and increasing domestic timber supply.
During the quarter, the BLM sold approximately 41 million board feet of timber across 1,500 acres in Oregon and California.
That amount of lumber is enough to build nearly 2,600 homes and supports local economies and well-paying jobs in logging, milling, and construction, the BLM states in a release.
The quarterly results come as recently confirmed BLM Director Steve Pearce visited western Oregon to meet with BLM employees, industry partners, and local mills about the BLM’s timber program and the work happening to support domestic timber production.
“This was such an important trip for me to take,” Pearce said. “It was great to see Americans doing real work on the ground. These folks are part of a crucial industry that is helping rebuild the economy from the ground up.”
The BLM plans to hold six timber sales in July 2026 to offer 31 million board feet of timber across almost 835 acres.
More information about BLM’s timber plans and results can be found at https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales.
BACKGROUND
The BLM manages 58 million acres of forests—including 2.4 million acres in western Oregon—of some of the most productive forests in the world, and is committed to supplying a reliable, secure, and resilient domestic supply of timber, according to the release.
BLM forestry supports economic security, reduces risks from wildfire, conserves fish and wildlife habitat, and decreases costs of energy production. Local communities rely on jobs that come from BLM forests, and timber from public land feeds local industry.
More than 20% of BLM-managed lands are forest and woodland ecosystems. The BLM said it ensures the health and resilience of these public forest lands as well as the availability of traditional forest products, such as timber.
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