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Forest products industry
Forest products industry
Michigan's forests provide renewable products and skilled jobs
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:
- More than 150 registered foresters.
- More than 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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Primary Michigan mills
Primary mills are facilities like sawmills or pulp mills that convert logs into products or materials used in secondary manufacturing facilities. View our interactive map, or download a pdf map.
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