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Whitefish Creek Enterprises Named 2025 Minnesota Logger of the Year

Whitefish Creek Enterprises, Inc. of Baudette has been named the 2025 Minnesota Logger of the Year by the Minnesota Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) Implementation Committee (MN SIC). The award was presented to Brady Hasbargen at the Minnesota Logger Education Program (MLEP) conference held in Bemidji in April.  Read More ...

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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 ...

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MFRC May Newsletter

Forestry For Minnesota Birds Guidebook; East Central Landscape Committee Leadership; Earth Day Events; Carbon & Minnesota Forests Read More ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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