People may harvest a range of miscellaneous forest products from Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources properties, including holiday trees, boughs, fine woody material (including small diameter trees and twigs) and firewood. A forest…
Three major land management programs administered by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are verified under third-party forest certification programs. They include:
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources manages the state's forestlands for multiple uses following the principles of sustainable forestry. What is sustainable forestry? It's a holistic approach that aims to maintain forests as healthy…
Few people own woodlands because they want to cut trees. Timber harvesting, however, is one of the most important tools available to help manage a woodland. Timber is cut to provide habitat needed for wildlife, control disease problems, open up…
These documents are detailed management guidelines and should be followed by cooperating foresters for any type of forest management activities.
The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program was originally designed as a periodic survey which inventoried forests one state at a time on a rotating basis. Beginning in 2000, the FIA program switched to an annual survey on a five-year cycle,…
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Forest products technical guidesGrade Sawing [PDF]Hardwood Grade Sawing WebinarEdging and Trimming [PDF]Edging and Trimming Webinar
This page contains information on current conditions and trends in the forest products industry and in the forest resources of Wisconsin. These reports are produced annually or periodically by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources…
Wisconsin's primary forest products industry consists of firms that manufacture logs and pulpwood into wood and paper products. Specific examples include sawmills, plywood mills, veneer plants, pulp mills and firewood processors, as well as…