Experience Michigan! Kirtland's warbler Photo by Ron Austing Taken in Huron-Manistee National Forest
Live Tree Biomass by County – 2002 RPA
Live Tree Biomass on Forest Land by Aboveground Component, 2004 Total: million dry short tons (41.1 dry short tons/acre) or 720 metric tons (92.1 metric tons/ha)
Historical Background Lumber boom and fires of late 1800’s and early 1900’s – secondary succession followed Forest land has varied since first FIA inventory in 1935 but 19.7 million acres (8 million hectares) in 2007 – matches high estimate of 1955 Volume has risen steadily but net growth to volume has slowed since 1935 inventory Mortality has been consistently low since 1935 inventory TPO production almost doubled from 1970’s through 1980’s. 1990’s through 2004 production has been fairly steady
Timberland and Forest Land by Year (6,678 thousand ha) (8,094 thousand ha)
Forest-land Reversion by Previous Land Use,
Forest-land Diversion by Current Land Use,
Distribution of Forest Types, 2004
Growing-stock Volume on Timberland (0.71 billion m 3 )
Growing-stock Net Growth, Removals and Mortality on Timberland (25.5 million m 3 ) (14.2 million m 3 ) Harvest TPO Harvest Removals 2007 Removals Adjusted
Production of Industrial Roundwood (12.7 million m 3 )
Growing-stock Net Growth to Volume on Timberland
Forest Land by Owner Class, ,839 thousand acres 2,914 thousand acres 4,170 thousand acres 353 thousand acres 9,435 thousand acres
Private and Public Forest Land
Change in Forest Land by Owner Class
1993 to 2004 Corporate Forest Land Ownership Change
1993 to 2004 Noncorporate Private Forest Land Ownership Change
Family Forest Land by Primary Occupation in Michigan, 2006
Family Forest Land by Age of Owner in Michigan, 2006 Family Forest Land by Age of Owner in Michigan, 2006
Future Plans for Family Forest Land Owners in Michigan, 2006
Forest Land by Stocking and Owner Class, 2004
Forest Land by Stocking Class and Inventory Unit, 2004
Current Volume, Average Annual Net Growth, Mortality and Removals by Owner