AgeUr;ptedrtstant icultur {}sf Pulpwood Production in the Lake

Forse., es,ce States by County, 1987

North Central

ForestExperiment

station

Research NoteNC-345 James E. Blyth and W. Brad Smith2

-. 1988

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ABSTRACT.---Lake States pulpwoodproductiondeclined slightly to 7.69 million cords in 1987.

Pulpwood production is shown by county and species group in Michigan, Minnesota, and

Wisconsin.

KEY WORDS" Residue, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin.

Pulpwood production in the Lake States--Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisc0nsin---fell slightly

from 7.71 million cords in 1986 to 7.69 million cords in 1987. Wisconsin produced 2.87 million

cords, Michigan produced 2.74 million cords, and Minnesota produced 2.08 million cords.

' Ninety-twopercent of pulpwoodcame from roundwood(including chips from roundwood);

the remainder came from millresidue such as slabs, edgings, veneer cores, and chips from

these materials. Production from softwood and hardwood residue by State was"

State Softwood Hardwood

(Hundred standardcords,unpeeled)

Michigan 722 1,570

Minnesota 545 595

Wisconsin 468 2,503

Major specieS harvested were aspen (3,571,900 cords), pine (891,900 cords), maple

(835,400 cords), birch (526,700 cords), and balsam fir (254,900 cords).

Lake States loggers produced 605 thousand cords of whole tree chips (WTC), 8 percent of

the total pulpwood output. Michigan was the principal WTC producer with 505 thousand cords,

followed by Minnesota with 72 thousand Cords,and Wisconsin with 28 thousand cords.

Counties cutting more than 120 thousand cords each were Delta, Menominee, Marquette,

and Ontonagon in Michigan; Koochiching, St. Louis, Beltrami, and Itasca in Minnesota; and

Forest, Lincoln, Marinette, Oneida, Bayfield, and Sawyer in Wisconsin. These 14 counties

contributed 40 percent of the pulpwoodproduced from roundwood in the Lake States in 1987.

Includeslogs, boltsand wood residueusedin manufacturingparticleboard,waferboard,orientedstrand board,and medium

densityfiberboard.

.2JAMES BLYTH, PrincipalMarketAnalyst,and BRAD SMITH, PrincipalMensurationist,NorthCentralForestExperiment

Station,St. paul, Minnesota.
Table 1.--Lake States pulpwood production from roundwood by county and species, 1987

(In hundred standard cords, vnpeeled)

MICHIGAN

Species group

Untt _/ All Balsam Hem- Tam- Other

and county species Pine Spruce fir lock arack Gedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoods

E. UPPER PENINSULA

Alger 975 88 32 39 49 2 25 52 103 5 391 189

Chippewa .620 169 48 54 14 2 27 106 26 1 103 _ 70

Delta 2.152 304 188 186 55 9 114 349 286 12 376 273

Lute 395 102 41 35 15 1 11 31 17 1 84 57

Macktnac 538 47 53 47 13 1 16 104 52 3 127 75

Menomtnee 1.533 76 '10(3 126 30 5 44 424 291 14 255 168

Schoolcraft 897 168 77 84 25 4 64 72 98 3 173 129

Tota] 7,110 954 539 571 201 24 301 1,138 873 39 1,509 961

w. UPPER PENINSULA

Baraga 699 38 11 9 19 1 12 44 116 15 352 82

Dickinson 1.180 68 132 155 41 183 51 296 131 8 94 21

Gogebic 750 32 27 5 26 X 2/ X 136 94 29 324 77

Houghton 533 92 35 44 12 2 20 30 64 11 179 44

Iron 1.164 53 89 38 12 3 12 361 196 21 304 75

Keweenaw 29 4 X X X - - - 3 1 17 4

Marquette 2.160 271 119 126 71 6 63 309 387 70 505 233

On tonagon 1,250. 21 2 5 6 X X 622 63 24 381 126

Total 7,765 579 415 382 187 195 158 1,798 1,O54 179 2,156 662

N. LOWER PENINSULA

AIcona 579 43 ..... 413 48 22 29 24

.Alpena 221 4 1 2 - - - 158 16 3 29 8

• Antrim 24 X ..... 24 X - - -

Arenac 36 X ..... 12 - - 23 1

Bay 1 X ..... 1 ....

Benzie 203 3 ..... 154 8 9 21 8

Charlevotx 32 1 ..... 24 2 X 3 2

Cheboygan 482 25 7 6 - - - 319 23 X 77 25

Olare 234 6 ..... 196 5 15 11 1

Crawfond 835 406 - X - - - 321 7 79 17 5

Emmet 170 6 4 3 - - - 120 - 1 23 13

Gladwin 141 5 ..... 115 6 6 7 2

Grand Traverse 1OO 49 ..... 43 2 2 2 2

losco 106 13 - X - - - 59 8 5 15 6

Isabe)la 124 ...... 119 X 2 2 1

_alkaska 280 99 ..... 137 7 7 27 3

Lake 621 36 ..... 357 18 137 64 9

Leelanau 42 2 ..... 21 2 4 8 5

Manistee 365 4 ..... 99 9 165 71 17

Mason 396 4 ..... 290 18 51 24 9

Mecosta 445 2 ..... 364 14 23 33 9

Midland 150 ...... 136 5 2 4 3

Mtssaukee 373 46 ..... 257 7 36 20 7

Montmorency 564 88 1 2 - - - 364 24 32 39 14

Ne_aygo 407 17 ..... 241 5 106 34 4

Oceana 197 ...... 101 2 69 21 4

Ogemaw 115 7 ..... 81 8 13 4 2

Osceola 468 9 ..... 391 12 15 34 7

Oscoda 556 236 X 1 - - - 219 23 32 33 12

Otseg0 371 110 ..... 168 X 6 70 17

P_esque Isle 413 25 4 12 - - - 255 45 2 51 19

Roscommon 314- 112 ..... 173 6 20 2 I

Wexford 406 30 ..... 197 18 57 85 19

Total 9.,771 1,388 17 26 - - - 5 929 348 921 883 259

S. LOWER PENINSULA

A11egan 68 ...... 7 - 37 10 14

Barry 13 ...... 2 - 7 2 2

Berrlen 7 ...... I - 4 I I

Calhoun 20 ...... 2 - 16 2 -

Cass I ........ I - -

Grattot ' 1 ...... 1 - X X -

Huron 8 ...... 8 ....

Ingham I ...... I ....

Ionla 5 ....... 2 - I I I

Kalamazoo 30 ...... 2 - 17 5 6

Kent 17 1 ..... 2 X 8 4 2

Montcalm 61 - ..... 31 X 22 6 2

Muskegon 201 ...... 19 1 142 33 6

Ottawa 44 ...... 13 X 16 8 7

St. doseph 15 ........ 13 2 -

Sanilac 6 ...... 6 ....

Van Buren 28 ...... 2 - 16 4 6

Total 526 1 ..... 99 1 300 78 47

State total 25,172 2,922 971 979 388 219 459 8,964 2,276 1,439 4,626 1,929

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MTNNESOTA

Spectes group

untt _/ " All Balsam Hem- Tam- Other

and county species Pine Spruce fir lock arack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoods

ASPEN-BIRCH

Carlton. 399 24 19 88 - 1 - 231 16 - - 20

Cook 473 65 136 83 - - - 189 ....

Koochiching 1,820 142 244 114 - 40 - 1,229 9 - - 42

Lake 1,1"47 48 119 48 - - - 797 77 - - 58

St. Louis 5=857 361 298 271 - 14 - 4,719 21 - - 173

Total 9,696 640 816 604 - 55 - 7,165 123 - - 293

NORTHERN PINE

Aitkin 661 2 4 6 - - - 593 1 - - 55

Becket 411 4 ..... 405 - - - 2

Beltrami 1,521 57 32 150 - 1 - 1,277 - - - 4

Cass 1,170 52 14 50 - - - 1,049 - - - 5

Clearwater 836 15 6 9 - - - 804 - - - 2

Crow Wing 402 40 1 .... 359 - - - 2

Hubbard -861 39 1 .... 818 - - - 3

Itasca 2.854 101 131 289 - 19 - 2.295 2 - - 17

Lake of the Woods 123 82 6 - - 8 - 27 ....

Mahnomen" 171 ...... 170 - - - 1

Roseau 50 47 1 - - 2 ......

Wadena 53 8 ..... 45 - - - X

Total- 9,113 447 196 504 - 30 "- 7=842 3 - - 91

CENTRALHARDWOOD

Kanabec 7 ...... 7 ....

Mille Lacs 327 1 X - - - _ 326 - - - X

Morrison 44 1 ..... 43 - - - X

Pine 429 4 - 17 - - - 381 1 - - 26

Sherburne 16 16 ..........

Todd 8 1 ..... 7 - - - X

.Total 831 23 X 17 - - - 764 1 - - 26

P_A IRIE

Polk 6 ...... 6 ....

Red Lake 4 ...... 4 ....

Total 10 ...... 10 ....

State total 19,650 1,110 1,12 1,125 - 85 - 15,781 127 - - 410

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WISCONSIN

Untt

I > • A11 Balsam Hem- Tam-Species group Other

and county species Pine Spruce fir lock arack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoo

NORTHEAST

FlOrence 953 114 51 56 8 1 - 320 164 13 183 43

Forest 1,511 93 60 68 26 1 - 354 254 6 475 174

Langlade 946 69 6 18 4 X - 320 130 11 305 83

LincO.In 1,494 114 13 35 165 X - 659 110 27 268 103

Marinet_e 1,583 265 33 56 4 3 - 633 237 21 236 95

Menomtnee 548 84 X 1 171 - - 90 39 5 116 42

Oconto 635 151 ' 1 8 1 1 - 246 88 8 106 25

Oneida 1,275 257 48 52 15 2 - 405 232 17 193 54

Shawano 309 75 - 2 12 - - 83 27 7 81 22

Vilas 11184 164 23 22 X X - 585 169 18 165 38

Total 10,438 . 11386 235 318 406 8 - 3w695 11450 133 2j!28 679

NORTHWEST

Ashland 864 43 62 32 2 1 - 377 106 8 190 43

Barton 235 6 - X - - - 189 18 14 4 

Bayfield 1,818 213 X 7 X - - 1,162 280 25 91 40

Burnett 522 138 1 2 - - - 360 13 1 6 

.Douglas 1,075 204 4 21 - - - - 706 111 X 14 1

Iron 490 7 3 4 1 X - 276 104 5 71 1

Polk . 151 X - X .... 149 1 1 X 

Price 1,029 44 16 25 1 1 - 407 159 13 259 104

Rusk 506 8 1 X X 1 - 299 62 23 72 40

Sawyer 1,547 30 19 11 ? 2 - 860 239 45 242 92

Taylor 655 23 6 17 1 1 - 281 71 5 181 69

•Washburn 869 89 X 1 - 1 - 648 54 27 32 1

Total 9m761 805 112 120 12 7 - 5f714 11218 167 11162 444

CENTRAL

Adams 534 466 ..... 12 1 54 1 

. Chippewa 281 21 1 - 1 1 - 148 36 15 44 1

Clark 596 67 1 1 X X - 267 60 35 113 52

Eau Cla:t're 235 141 - X - - - 79 3 6 5 

dackson 542 315 X X X X - 116 15 57 35 

duneau 363 291 1 .... 3 5 51 9 

Marathon 900 133 3 4 3 X - 485 38 13 133 88

Marquette 175 1"34 X - - X - 3 4 27 6 

Monroe 169 145 - X - - - 8 2 10 3 

Portage 318 189 4 1 1 X - 61 6 37 14 

Waupaca 205 93 X X 1 1 - 80 3 3 18 

Waushara 253 231 X - X X - 13 1 3 4 

WQod 565 164 1 X X - - 265 15 63 29 28

Total 51136 2,390 11 6 6 2 - 1,540 189 374 414 204

SOUTHWEST . _ 

Buffalo 15 15 ........

Crawford X X ..........

Dunn 116 91 - 1 - - - 12 3 1 8 

Iowa 4 4 ..........

La Crosse 36 36 X ..........

Lafayette X ......... X 

Peptn 3 3 ..... X ....

.Pierce x x ..... x ....

, Richl_nd X X ..........

• " St. Crotx 4 1 ..... 3 ....

$auk -37 37 ..........

Trempealeau 46 44 1 ..... X X 1 

• Total 261 231 1 1 - - - 15 3 1 9 

SOUTHEAST

Brown 4 1 ..... 3 ....

Columbia 68 46 ..... X 3 13 5 

Door X X ..........

Fond duLac 2 2 ..........

Green X X ........ X 

Green Lake 3 3 ........ X 

defferson 8 8 X .........

Kewaunee 2 2 ...........

Manttowoc. 11 1 X ..... 1 - 7 

Outagamte 14 4 X .... ? X X 2 

Ozaukee 1 1 ..........

Sheboygan 2 . 1 ...... X - 1 

Walworth 3 3 ..........

Washington X X ....... : : 

Waukesha 3 3 .......

Total 121 75 X .... 10 4 13 15 

State,total 25_717 41887 359 445 424 17 - 10f974 21864 688 3,728 1,331

b _/ includes only those counties that supplied pulpwood in 1987.

2/ X indicates less "than 50 cords.

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