# Klinger Blowdown Salvage Sells at MT DNRC Auction August 27 _Aug 28, 2026_ > MT DNRC's Klinger Blowdown Salvage Timber Sale sold August 27, adding to the agency's summer blowdown salvage run. The 30-sale board since June 27 sits at a median 36% over minimums on 56,509 MBF (state). _Numbers as of Aug 28, 2026 pull._ MT DNRC's Klinger Blowdown Salvage Timber Sale sold August 27, the latest in the agency's summer blowdown salvage run. MT DNRC's blowdown permits have been among the period's hardest-bid results: Dern Draw Blowdown Permit cleared **$37.77/ton against a $12.00/ton per-unit minimum, 215% over the per-unit minimum on one bid** ($67,986 total high bid, $21,600 total minimum), and Butcher Blowdown Timber Permit cleared $34.86/ton against a $12.00/ton per-unit minimum, 191% over the per-unit minimum with four bidders ($83,838 total high bid, $28,860 total minimum). [Chart: Green sawtimber bidding heat (%)](https://stumpage.news/board/recent-results) ([data](https://stumpage.news/board/recent-results.md) — chart image: https://stumpage.news/charts/issues/timber/2026-08-28/board/recent-results.png) - **Summer board (since June 27):** 30 sold sales, green sawtimber at a median +36% over appraised minimums, 56,509 MBF (state) sold. - **Dern Draw Blowdown Permit** (MT DNRC, Northwestern Land Office): $37.77/ton against a $12.00/ton per-unit minimum, 215% over the per-unit minimum, one bidder. Total high bid $67,986, total minimum $21,600. Period's highest per-unit premium. - **Butcher Blowdown Timber Permit** (MT DNRC, Northwestern Land Office): $34.86/ton against a $12.00/ton per-unit minimum, 191% over the per-unit minimum, four bidders. Total high bid $83,838, total minimum $28,860. - **King** (WA DNR): 54,547 tons, $1,520,770 total high bid. Biggest-volume sale of the period. - **Elk Mill** (WA DNR): drew no bid. The one sale without a qualifying offer in the period. ## Upcoming auctions 45 sales are advertised. Tiger Tail STWD IRTC (Forest Service, Olympic National Forest) is soonest, up Aug 31 with volume not yet published. Puma Playground Cedar (IDL, Maggie Creek) carries the largest published volume in the near calendar at 4,435 MBF, scheduled Sep 14. - **Aug 31:** Tiger Tail STWD IRTC (Forest Service, Olympic NF): volume not published - **Sep 1:** Bodie Adjacent (IDL, Pend Oreille Lake): 3,615 MBF - **Sep 8:** BC (Forest Service, Willamette NF): volume not published - **Sep 8:** Two Canyons DxP Timber Sale (Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF): Douglas-fir, Ponderosa pine, volume not published - **Sep 9:** Captain Kerk Timber Sale (Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF): Douglas-fir, volume not published - **Sep 9:** Tempest Salvage Timber Sale (Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF): Douglas-fir, volume not published - **Sep 10:** LR Decks (Forest Service, Willamette NF): volume not published - **Sep 11:** Scattered Boulder Salvage Ton (IDL, Payette Lakes): 6,962 tons - **Sep 14:** Puma Playground Cedar (IDL, Maggie Creek): 4,435 MBF - **Sep 14:** Space Beetle Cedar (IDL, Maggie Creek): 1,275 MBF - **Sep 14:** Coyote GNA (ODF, Southwest Oregon): volume not published - **Sep 14:** Outback GNA (ODF, Southwest Oregon): volume not published Plus 44 sales that went to auction earlier this month with no result posted yet. Klinger Blowdown Salvage Timber Sale (MT DNRC, Aug 27) is recorded as sold. Price, volume and bidder data were not included in this period's results. --- Canonical URL: https://stumpage.news/issues/2026-08-28