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Minnesota Forest Industries New Staff
Minnesota Forest Industries (MFI) is pleased to announce Matt Widen as it's Forest Management Advocate. Read More ...
MFRC May Newsletter
Forestry For Minnesota Birds Guidebook; East Central Landscape Committee Leadership; Earth Day Events; Carbon & Minnesota Forests Read More ...
Extension to Comment Period for the Annual Plan Additions FY25 #6
Recent updates to the inventory viewer have made it more difficult to view current forest inventory. You can download the most up-to-date inventory from the Minnesota Geospatial Commons. A GIS (Geographic Information System) software program or a compatible online viewer is necessary to view the file. Popular options include QGIS, ArcGIS, and Google Earth. Read More ...
May 2025 Forest Industry and Resource Newsletter
St Paul mill to close; Tariffs, generational changes impact SE MN; EUDR Update; Microsoft's massive carbon deal; Mercer and Walmart - Mass timber campus; MI Ice Storm Impact Read More ...
Timber Transformations event highlights future of mass timber in MN
Key partners in the Minnesota forest and bio-based economy gathered on April 23 for Timber Transformations: Advancing the Mass Timber Industry in Minnesota, a half-day event focused on responsibly advancing the mass timber potential in the region. Read More ...
Mn Forest Products Industry at a Glance - April 2025
Find here the Minnesota’s Forest Products Industry at a Glance that was recently updated to include 2023 data. Soon it will also be available through the MN DNR Utilization and Marketing website. Read More ...
Federal Forest Management
This morning, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins issued an “Emergency Situation Determination” (ESD) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to expedite forest management on federal lands. Read More ...
MFRC Releases Biennial Report
The report offers a look at the Minnesota Forest Resource Council’s work in 2023 and 2024 to encourage the sustainable management, use, and protection of Minnesota’s forests. You also can learn about the MFRC’s efforts to strengthen our forests’ ability to help achieve Minnesota’s climate action goals. Explore the report and see how the MFRC takes a collaborative, science-based approach to addressing complex issues impacting forest resources. Read More ...
Minnesota GHG Emissions Inventory Highlights Forests' Role as Carbon Sink
This report is the first to show emissions from Minnesota’s land use, land-use change, and forestry sector (LULUCF) separately from agriculture to better align with the Environmental Protection Agency’s GHG calculations and provide greater insights. The report states that the LULUCF sector sequestered more GHGs than it emitted,... Read More ...
The Logging Sector in Minnesota and Wisconsin: Status Issues, and Challenges in 2021
To update our knowledge about the logging sector in Minnesota and Wisconsin, coordinated mail surveys were conducted during the spring of 2022. The surveys ollected data on harvest systems, production volumes, profitability, production capacity, business demographics, capital investment, trucking, stumpage sources, timber products harvested, emerging issues, and more. The average age of logging business owners and their equipment is trending older. Read More ...
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