Michigan's 20 million acres of forest land support a diverse industry and some of the best hard maple and red oak timber in the world. Our forest products industry has:
- Over 800 logging and trucking firms
- About 300 primary manufacturers – sawmills, veneer mills, pulp and paper mills, and engineered board manufacturers.
- More than 1,000 secondary manufacturers – companies that use lumber or products made by a primary manufacturer to make finished goods
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- Economics of Forestry
Wood Industry Directory
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A free, searchable directory listing Michigan's sawmills, pulp and paper mills, manufacturers of wood products, loggers, truckers, brokers and other forest products businesses.
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Surveys
- Take the 2018 Primary Mill Survey
- 2016 Primary Mill Survey Report
- Secondary Manufacturer Survey
For Michigan-based wood, paper, and wood composite material manufacturers:
Information from the survey will be used to produce a report on the composition and status of the forest products industries in Michigan. Survey responses will also be used to update company listings in the Forest Products Industry Directory, a free searchable listing of forest products manufacturers, mills, and timber producers.
Manufacturers can fill out a web-version of the survey, or fill out a PDF version of the survey and email or fax it back to the DNR.
