1. WI Division of Forestry Update
LS FRA Policy Committee
October 7, 2019
Duluth, Minnesota

2. Updates for today… July 19 and 20 Storm GNA WI Forest Action Plan
State Land Harvest
Legislative Update
Challenges/Opportunities
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3. 2019 July Storm Damage Areas
Two storms – July 19th and 20th
July 19th
A Derecho (line of severe storms) develops between Minneapolis and Duluth
485 mile line of damage MN/WI to central lower MI
Several tornados are reported in WI but mainly straight line winds from a macro burst
NWS estimates 100 mph winds (With reports of 110 to 130 mph)
July 20th
A second Derecho develops over Central and Eastern WI
Wood, Portage and the Fox Valley see heavy damage to trees and power lines
The two storms produce 14 tornadoes in addition to significant paths of straight line wind damage
Explain colors of ownership
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4. Bent, Flattened, Snapped
50% upland hardwoods
14% upland conifer
14% lowland hardwoods/confirs
Based on WIS Landdata set
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5. Acres Impacted by Ownership
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6. GNA Sales
FY19 – pulled all sales in Lake wood District all impacted by storm plus 5 no bid
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7. Engagement – Operational Partner Groups
Participate in workshops on strategies
Review of Strategy drafts
Participate in survey on threats and opportunities
Participate in survey on Priority Landscapes/Issues
Review of Assessment – completed October 1st
The Forest Action Plan (FAP) is a 10-year strategic plan for Wisconsin’s forestry community.
The purpose of the FAP is to provide long‐term, comprehensive, and coordinated strategies that can help the forestry community refine how they collectively invest state, federal, and leveraged partner resources to address major management and landscape priorities.
On target for the timeline: December 4th Public Forum for additional input in WI Rapids
More information on the process and how to get or stay engaged can be found by visiting and searching keywords “Forest Action Plan”
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8. DNR Lands -Million Forested Acres
60% of total DNR lands are forested
54% of forests are on FWP lands
WI has 17 million acres of forested lands, DNR 6%
30% of WI forests are publicly owned DNR owns 20% of public

9. 12/15/2019
Managed Forests
74% of ALL DNR forested lands have forest mgmt. treatment scheduled (750K)
18,000 acres of forested are managed each year
2.5% of total forested acres each year
Forest mgmt. is allowed and prescribed in ALL
Master Plan classifications (except 1)
Exception area – Wild Resource Classification: < 10% of northern state forests

10. Act 166 – budget: complete forest inventory of all state lands, set sustainable allowable harvest, plus/minus 10%

11. FWP lands, established Timber sales FY

12. Completed Sale stats FY19
Property
# of Sales
Acres
$ Stumpage
Cd. Equiv.
Avg. $/Acre
State Forests
101
11,842
$8,099,810
192,585
$ 683
FWP
127
7,895
$5,360,999
134,954
$ 679
State Lands Total
228
19,737
$ 13,460,809
327,539
$ 682

13. Nothing in que at this time. In the works…DRAFTS
PHAS in fighting foam banned from training use
No impact to Class A foam
Ban use of Neonicotinoids on state lands
Impact on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (HWA)
Year of the Clean Drinking Water
Potentially more legislature protecting water- not sure what this means to forestry in anything.
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14. Challenges/Opportunities
Lowest vacancy rate
50% of staff have 5 years or less experience.
Forest Regeneration Monitoring
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15. Northern Hardwood Conference
WFPS Recommendation 19.1 – Topic Forester Northern Hardwood Training – recommendation Lake States Northern Hardwood management Symposium
NE Region Conference
WDNR sponsor $5K; looking for other sponsors.
Externals part of the planning process
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16. Thank you!
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