Regional Totals

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

ONTARIO

WISCONSIN

Statewide

Province-wide

Statewide

I. ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Indicator 2: Proportion of forest area in each cover and age-class type.

Diversity of Trees in Our Forests (Cover Type acres)

Softwoods

Pines

16,724,164

1,977,100

896,300

12,669,064

1,181,700

Spruce-fir

45,516,630

2,673,400

3,552,700

37,948,630

1,341,900

Hardwoods

Oak/hickory

6,319,536

1,981,800

1,165,600

286,636

2,885,500

Maple-beech-birch

19,964,883

7,161,300

1,393,100

6,110,783

5,299,700

Aspen-birch

33,551,852

3,156,900

6,306,900

20,679,552

3,408,500

Elm-ash-cottonwood

6,237,816

1,626,900

1,289,900

1,792,216

1,528,800

Non-stocked**

2,144,123

38,500

118,700

1,930,523

56,400

Forest Age Distribution (Stand Age) in acres

0 - 20 years

21,732,353

3,233,200

2,815,400

13,236,653

2,447,100

21 - 40 years

13,304,113

3,203,400

2,532,700

4,280,513

3,287,500

41 - 60 years

26,925,888

4,165,800

4,088,800

13,693,788

4,977,500

61 - 80 years

27,576,011

3,592,300

3,174,800

17,713,611

3,095,300

81 - 100 years

17,155,952

2,148,800

1,274,900

12,457,052

1,275,200

101+ years

21,834,411

2,272,400

836,600

18,105,511

619,900

Totals

128,528,728

18,615,900

14,723,200

79,487,128

15,702,500

Indicator 3: Abundance of, and trends in rare, threatened and endangered forest-based species.

Rare, Threatened and Endangered Forest-based Species

Mammals

10

8

6

12

Amphibians and reptiles

14

6

8

12

Birds

43

6

11

43

Fish

35

6

3

28

Indicator 6: Area of forest not satisfactoriy regenerated.

Natural Regeneration(acres)(estimate)

750,093

150,000

155,000

175,093

270,000

Efforts to Accelerate Regeneration

Seeding(acres)

64,499

5,000

6,100

53,149

250

Tree Planting (number of trees)

185,939,020

20,000,000

12,330,000

134,071,000

19,538,020

Tree Planting (acres)

293,570

27,266

22,000

209,304

35,000

Indicator 7: Trends of area of forest land as a result of deforestation by type of loss

Timberland Totals

Forestland

Timberland

Forest Land

Timberland

Forest Land

Timberland

Previous Inventory(MI-1980;MN-1977;ONT-1986;WI-1983)

45,845,136

18,347,800

17,472,600

16,537,400

13,613,100

171,303,645

15,325,500

14,759,400

Recent Assessment(MI-1993, MN-1990;ON-1996;WI-1996)

49,041,636

19,280,800

18,615,900

16,681,100

14,723,200

170,742,641

15,964,800

15,702,500

Percent Increase or (Decrease)

6.97%

5.09%

6.54%

0.87%

8.15%

-0.33%

4.17%

6.39%

Indicator 8: Frequency of disturbance and distribution of disturbed area, by disturbance type and severity.

Acres Burned

Michigan-1985

Michigan-2000

Minnesota-1985

Minnesota-2000

Ontario-1985

Ontario-1999

Wisconsin-1985

Wisconsin-2000

Total Acres Burned* Some unknown causes exist re: small jurisdictions

3,118

4,647

33,429

42,641

2,487

811,137

2,145

4,568

Fire Caused by Humans

1,210

3,007

31,319

39,121

2,052

620,761

1,595

4,554

Fires Caused by Natural Occurences (Lightning)

8

1,271

1,013

12

299

190,079

550

14

Lowest

Highest

Lowest

Highest

Lowest

Highest

Lowest

Highest

Property Damage (Range: lowest to highest damage since 1985) in $US and & CAN respectively

$37,408

$5,810,005

$242,403

$2,152,955

$138,620

$12,176,501

$204,000

$1,272,000

Timber Removals (cubic feet)

Annual removals (growing stock) Previous Inventory (MI-1979; MN-1976; ON-1990; WI-1982)

1,650,759,620

274,596,000

193,600,000

897,605,620

284,958,000

Annual removals: Recent Inventory (MI-1992; MN-1989; ON-1998; WI-1995)

1,847,079,186

360,477,000

261,203,000

851,913,186

373,486,000

Annual mortality: Previous Inventory: MI-1979; MN-1976; ON-1996; WI-1982)

1,585,457,700

156,557,000

169,343,000

1,013,425,700

246,132,000

Annual Mortality: Recent Inventory(MI-1992; MN-1989; ON-1999; WI-1995)

2,316,040,056

200,374,000

208,055,000

1,712,835,056

194,776,000

Timber Removals by Ownership

Michigan-1992

Minnesota-1989

Ontario-1990

Ontario-1998

Wisconsin-1982

Wisconsin-1995

National Forest

15.1%

17.9%

0.80%

0.03%

15.9%

8.1%

State/Provincial

20.1%

15.6%

74.71%

88.15%

4.7%

3.3%

County/municipal

1.5%

18.0%

n/a

15.3%

12.4%

Industrial private forest land

13.0%

9.0%

n/a

12.0%

8.4%

Non-industrial private forest land

50.3%

37.8%

24.49%

11.81%

49.4%

64.4%

Tribal/First Nations forest land

1.7%

inc. in federal

2.7%

3.4%

Indicator 9: Fragmentation and connectivity.