North Bend, Ore. – The Coos Bay District of the Bureau of Land Management sold three timber sales at an oral auction on May 17. The 7.7 million board feet of timber sold, worth approximately $1 million, supports working landscapes across western Oregon. Boise Cascade Wood Products, LLC was the high bidder for the “Glide Path” timber sale. The timber is located on Oregon and California Revested (O&C) lands in Coos County. This sale includes 4.9 million board feet and was purchased for $799,840. 3H Forestry and Land Management was the high bidder for the “Slater 21” timber sale. The 1.1 million board feet of timber in this sale is located on O&C lands in Douglas County. The high bidder purchased the timber for $76,162. Finally, Black Butte Enterprises was the high bidder for the “Kenyon Mountain” timber sale, located on O&C lands in Coos County. The 1.7 million board feet of timber sold for $190,970. The money from these timber sales is deposited into the Federal O&C fund, which in turn is shared with the 18-western Oregon counties that contain O&C lands. These counties receive 50 percent of the receipts from the sale of forest products off of O&C lands each year. The Oregon and California Railroad Revested lands, known as the O&C lands, lie in a checkerboard pattern through eighteen counties of western Oregon. These lands contain more than 2.4 million acres of forests with a diversity of plant and animal species, recreation areas, mining claims, grazing lands, cultural and historical resources, scenic areas, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness. It takes approximately 16,000 board feet of lumber to frame a 2000 square foot home. This means that one million board feet of timber is enough to build approximately 63 family sized residential homes. For additional information on the Bureau of Land Management’s timber program, please visit https://www.blm.gov/programs/natural-resources/forests-and-woodlands/timber-sales
