(_ UnitedStates

Depa_ment of

Agriculture

ForestService _. Pulpwood Production in

North ForestCExperiment entral the Lake States, 1992

Station

ResearchNote NC-365

•. Ronald L. Hackettl 1994

ABSTRACT.--Pulpwood production in the _e States increased to 8.8 million cords in 1992. Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin pulpwood production is shown by county and species group.

KEY WORDS: Roundwood, residue, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin.

Pulpwood production 2 in the Lake States-Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin-increased to 8.8

million cords in 1992 from 8.6 million cords in 1991. Wisconsin produced 3.3 million cords, Michigan

produced 2.9 million cords, and Minnesota produced 2.6 million cords.

• Major.species harvested were aspen (4.2million cords), pine (1.2 million cords), maple (1 million

cords), birch (515 thousand cords), and other hardwoods (461 thousand cords).

Counties harvesting more than 150 thousand cords each were Dickinson, Iron, Marquette, and

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

Marinette, Oneida, Vflas, and Bayfield in Wisconsin. These 13 counties contributed 39 percent of the

pulpwood production from roundwood in the _e States in 1992.

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•Ntnety-two percent of the pulpwood produced came from roundwood (including chips from roundwood); the remainder came from mill residue such as slabs, edg/ngs, veneer cores, and chips from

these materials. Production from softwood and hardwood res|due by State was:

I RONALD L. HACKETr, Research Forester, North Central Forest Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota.

. 2 Includes logs, bolts, and wood residue used in manufacturing particleboard, waferboard, oriented strand

boar d , and medium density fiberboard.
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State Softwood Hardwood

(Hundred standard cords, tmpeeled)

Mich/gan 737 1,541

M/nnesota 272 601

Wisconsin 628 2,350

-. Whole Tree Chips

Whole tree ch/p {WI_) product/on/n the Lake States was 559 thousand cords, 9 percent more than

/n 1991 and 6 percent of total pulpwood output Ln 1992. Mlch/gan was the major _ producer with

361 thousand cords, followed by Minnesota w/th 133 thousand cords and Wisconsin w/th 66 thousand cords.

.Table 1.--Lake States pulpwood production from rotmdwood by county and species group, 1992

(Instandard cords, unpeeled}

MINNESOTA

' Unit and All Balsam" Tama- Other

County 11 species Pine Spruce fir. Hemlock rack Cedar Aspen .Birch .Oak... Maple hardwoods ASPEN-BIRCH

Carlton 42,250 1,206 2,007 9,735 - 54 - 21,641 6,144 - 821 641

Cook 72,330 52 11,832 5,408 - 15 - 54,119 904 - - -

Koochiching 375,814 7,093 48,665 24,996 - 609 - 262,155 - - - 32,296

Lake 98,244 12,558 14,182 13,002 - 104 - 49,179 7,547 - - 1,674

St. Louis 540,358 27,709 38,639 50,735 - 109 - 394_868 3,214 - 2_712 22,371

Total 1,128,996 48,619 115,326 103,875 - 892 - 781,962 1.7.,809,...... - 3,533. 5.6.,980..

NORTHERN PINE

Aitkin 101,916 802 841 5,552 - - - 89,680 576 - 2,180 2,286

Becker. 110,429 1,080 2 731 - - - 105,656 - - - 2,960

Beltrami 166,922 8,360 3,373 11,685 - 350 - 140,016 - - - 3,139

Cass 187,839 9,058 . 1,392 5,124 - - - 163,484 2,691 - - 6,089

Clearwater 69,809 2,060 868 2,070 - 60 - 63,864 .... 888

Crow Wing 72,859 4,178 38 545 - - - 68,018 80 - - -

Hubbard 96,629 4,033 213 491 - - - 89,505 20 - - 2,368

Itasca. 410,621 9,155 19,643 53,059 - - - 307,465 2,945 - 3,896 14,458

Lakeof the Woods 40,204 15,719 2,803 2,126 - 98 - 18,943 - - - 514

Mahnomen 13,390 ...... 13,242 - - - 148

Roseau 20,759 12,960 1,142 24 - - - 6,119 - - - 514

Wadena 8,053 770 ..... 7,283 .....

Total 1,299,430 68,175 30,313 81,407 - 508 - 1,073,275 6,312 ,- 6,076 ,33,3_

CENTRAL HARDWOOD

Benton 392 ...... 392 ....

Chisago 8 ...... 8 ....

• " Isanti. 1,739. 1,421 14 .... 303 ....

Kanabec 11,583 31 ..... 11,470 - - - 82

Mille Lacs 39,231 14,153 14 34 - - - 25,030 ....

Morrison 9,280 - 22 .... 9,259 ....

Oner Tail 3,836 ...... 3,836 ....

Pine 67,440 2,959 590 1,698 - - - 57,376 928 - 2,135 1,755

Sherbume. . 1,014 993 21 .........

Steams 293 ...... 293 ....

Todd 1,677 ...... 1,677 ....

Total . 136,493 19,558 660 1_732 - - - 109,643 928 - 2v135 1,837

PRAIRIE "

Marshall 1,934 ....... 1,934 ....

Norman 3,771 ...... 3,771 ....

Pennington 4,395 ...... 4,395 ....

Polk 5,007 ...... 5,007 ....

Red Lake 4,855 ...... 4,825 - - - 29

Sibley 132 132 ..........

Total 20,094 132 ..... 19_933 - - - 29

STATE TOTAL 2,585,013 136,483 146,299 187,014 - 1,400 - 1,984,813 25,050 - 11,744 92,209

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. ..... MICHIGAN

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, .Coun_!y1/ _ ,species Pine Spruce fir Hemlock rack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak .lV!a_e _h_rdw__ro__

E. UPPER P_NIN$ULA

Nger 98,199 15,356 1,913 6,815 3,164 582 609 16,495 7,261 688 33,776 11,535

Chippewa _97,567 23,325 3,439 4,779 2,090 366 374 35,538 3,699 147 11,532 12,279

Delta 141,.829 24,063 4,220 7,414 3,623 660 619 41,865 12,282 774 34,242 12,069

Luce 64,252 11,775 2,724 4,008 1,572 276 286 17,441 4,413 351 13,188 8,218

Mackinac 88,516 8,849 4,707 4,864 1,534 259 288 25,531 10,595 308 18,332 13,250

Menominee 110,055 11,137 4,372 5,250 1,922 542 345 41,364 16,341 727 19,381 8,185

Schoolcraft 119,975 33r987 4r395 10r712 4r515 970 932 21r647 6p395 472 25r826 10r124

_ Total ., 720,404 128,491 25,770 43,843 18,420 3r655 3,453 199r881 61,486 3,467 156_.76 75,663 W. UPPER PENINSULA

Baraga 79,896 7,373 973 1,389 710 128 116 27,433 6,860 1,038 28,280 _ 7,597

Dickinson 165,224 23,870 7,035 7,748 3,488 851 637 74,793 15,237 485 21,175 9,906

Gogeblc 64,791 2,222 1,207 1,045 735 36 - 20,309 1,957 1,206 29,754 6,320

Houghton 98,445 9,293 3,625 2,887 853 199 109 25,380 7,148 1,041 37,591 10,323

Iron 157,561 5,733 10,192 4,362 959 237 85 48,704 17,767 1,980 58,320 12,222

Keweenaw 9,988 2,549 .240 10 - - - 1,679 419 133 4,483 475

Marquette 350,780 69,266 17,203 17,802 11,121 1,877 1,540 85,767 30,264 2,113 64,394 29,413

Ontonagon _ 1.74,.5_. ..... 4,333 2,881 lr001 478 64 - 85r653 6,812 2_848 49,537 20_929

Total " . 1,101.z22.3.. !..24,.639 43,357 36,244 18,344 3,391 2,487 366,719 . 86r479 10,843 311,532 97r188

N.LOWERPEHSULA

Ak:x)na .48,182 4,019 15 60 1 - 8 32,478 3,978 528 4,765 2,311

Alpena -24,301 308 ..... 18,530 2,151 - 2,142 1,171

Antdm 5,944 930 ..... 3,867 169 - 753 224

Arenac 16,124 254 ..... 11,463 608 759 2,340 700

Bay 399 ..... . - 124 - - 275 -

Benzle 3,803 ...... 2,787 162 62 597 196

Charlevoix • 6,952 118 ..... 1,951 779 4 3,667 432

Cheboygan 56,791 7,602 553 1,218 8 - 85 31,041 3,738 1,368 9,627 1,355

Clare 34,451 1,675 ..... 24,520 264 3,257 4,207 529

Crawford 31,236 14,657 ..... 9,655 1,004 2,698 2,989 232

•Emmet 16,748 251 83 343 4 - 43 8,862 1,555 - 5,190 417

Gladwln 26,112 570 ..... 21,326 634 91 3,400 91

' GrandTravers" 11,455 3,267 ..... 4,639 231 1,083 1,725 511

•Iosco 13,764 900 ..... 9,530 960 9 2,018 366

Isabella 12,535 631 ..... 10,764 72 - 1,067 -

Kalkaska 25,314 10,445 ..... 10,403 546 461 3,291 168

Lake 35,435 3,799 ..... 18,703 249 7,810 3,845 1,928

Leelanau - 2,255 ...... 1,229 325 148 162 394

Manistes 21,674 290 ...... 8,953 305 3,420 5,478 3,229

Mason 17,878 65 ..... 12,465 545 2,344 1,799 661

Mecesta 18,405 79 ..... 14,055 390 1,375 1,968 539

Midland 9,895 ...... 8,359 248 341 823 124

MIssaukee 34,876 2,256 ..... 23,623 333 1,810 6,127 727

•Montmorency 36,470 4,769 6 26 - - 3 23,538 2,473 1,342 3,376 937

Newaygo 29,937 177 ..... 20,928 213 4,805 3,333 483

Oceana 11,463 ...... 7,170 69 3,176 866 180

Ogemaw 18,464 757 ..... 11,834 1,448 1,763 2,079 563

Osceola 32,152 229 ..... 23,653 805 1,538 4,981 946

' Oscoda 44,515 26,755 ..... 12,158 892 1,736 2,315 660

Otsego • 49,342 10,725 ..... 19,927 2,426 - 14,618 1,645

Presque Isle 45,795 5,752 477 959 5 - 58 24,541 6,600 330 4,968 2,105

.Roscommon 27,377 6,763 ..... 15,815 511 1,197 2,993 96

Wexford 18p240 2,115 ..... 11_.062 112 1r136 2r742 lr073

Total , 7.88,281 110,153 1,134 2,608 19 I-- 197 459r952 34,792 44r609 110,725 24,096

S. LOWER PENINSULA

Nk)gan , 13,368 ...... 2,104 - 8,180 3,084 -

Barry. 721 ...... 656 2 - 63 -

Calhoun 667 ........ 645 22 -

Cass . 1,462 ........ 1,434 29 -

Gratiot 21 ...... 21 ....

Ionia 1,051 ...... 2 - 430 356 263

Kent •2,511 ...... 171 2 1,383 953 2

Lenawee 273 ...... 100 - - 173 -

Montcalm 6,339 122 ..... 1,903 18 3,137 837 322

Muskegon ' 6,966 ...... 1,367 13 5,136 360 90

Ottawa 506 ...... 231 5 215 55 -

St JosePh 2,623 ........ 1,778 845 -

Van Buren 2,623 ........ 1,778 845 -

Total 39,131 122 - ,.... 6,555 40 24,116 7,621 677

STATE'TOTAL -2,649,03.9 363,406 70,260 82,693 36,7'83 ' 71046 6,137 1,033,106 162,798 83,034 586,155 197,622

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(Table I continued)

WISCONSIN

Unitand All Balsam Tama- Other

County1/ species Pine Spruce fir HemLock rack C-¢_-rA-- A_rnen Birch Oak MA_rnlehardwoo_ NOM_;-;_AST

Romnce 84,125 3,000 2,847 2,785 3,190 - - 40,449 10,176 1,206 16,375 71,396

" Forest 124,689 7,034 4,625 6,223 1,531 386 - 37,617 18,334 4,015 32,404 94,287

Langlade 119,888 7,377 1,144 3,565 1,000 308 - 51,872 14,142 3,687 26,021 97,030

Lincoln 114,427 9,104 926 2,074 591 292 - 56,035 11,285 5,978 13,804 89,985

Marinette 16! ,180 40,228 2,185 4,374 150 534 2 67,541 14,401 1,326 25,299 109,253

Menominee 62,849 10,888 57 200 13,008 23 12 14,816 3,510 2,800 13,867 48,036

Oconto 75,733 19,565 103 554 125 15 - 33,784 7,650 656 10,721 52,931

Oneida 174,658 23,457 4,022 4,756 684 468 - 60,068 25,546 10,844 26,233 123,843

Shawano 30,393 3,923 223 49 953 23 - 16,768 1,828 817 4,566 24,953

Vilas 169,373 17_412 2,041 4,251 295 169 - 70r985 39,491 3_062 ___156 136_160

Total 1r117r115 14.1,983 17r973 28r832 21r527 2_19 14 451r914 148r364 . 34_392 191rA.A.5 847r875 NOH-_HWEST

Ashland 89,245 12,008 4,695 5,306 545 253 - 29,541 10,566 3,938 17,004 61,877

Barron 30,595 5,354 302 13 32 - - 18,757 2,312 709 2,301 24,111

Bayfield - 197,244 51,984 1,662 2,273 66 78 - 97,162 25,381 2,407 11,834 138,948

•Bumett 67,449 36,375 22 78 - - - 26,482 1,952 162 1,926 30,542

Douglas 130,285 48,380 900 6,892 24 - - 56,624 12,228 224 5,314 74,414

Iron 137,983 6,959 5,400 7,220 2,157 297 202 67,574 10,339 4,756 23,792 109,119

Polk 15,545 3,200 15 13 - - - 9,730 565 226 1,562 12,083

Price 124,080 7,772 3,247 4,914 987 693 - 56,162 16,014 5,602 16,372 95,850

Rusk 98,771 3,018 754 265 304 363 - 37,621 15,938 6,846 24,209 85,279

, Sawyer 131,694' 7,273 1,748 2,296 298 483 - 54,612 24,150 4,837 24,918 109,298

Taylor .86,429 818 673 2,339 1,016 134 - 49,834 6,615 2,047 13,984 73,630

Washbum 91_604 22_561 278 317 13 - - 50r308 7r853 831 6r437 65r442

Total 1,200,925 200r724 19,695 31,924 5,441 2,301 202 554,448 133,912 32,605 149,683 878_592

CENTRAL "

Adams • 77,044 69,922 23 .... 1,829 600 3,168 981 6,578

Chippewa 62,287 3,274 141 46 86 11 - 37,108 5,468 3,455 8,526 54,654

: Clark 85,005 6,800 - - - 66 - 48,999 7,795 2,248 14,216 73,324

Eau Claire 38,534 18,973 34 - 12 - - 10,845 1,643 735 3,090 16,325

Jackson" 68,697 42,121 89 12 - 42 - 16,544 2,532 1,166 5,184 25,468

Juneau 33,619 28,646 24 .... 707 561 1,322 1,685 4,475

Marathon 63,890 8,120 895 228 1,137 - - 31,249 3,296 2,071 10,271 48,024

Marquette 13,381 12,709 24 7 .... 84 172 276 532

Monroe 18,232 15,595 88 6 - - - 547 _ 572 171 624 2,114

' Portage 28,023 17,007 110 11 244 29 - 5,849 813 448 2,350 9,733

WauPaca 24,132 12,157 105 50 486 - - 6,759 456 522 3,008 11,231

Waushara 30,950 28,723 38 .... 1,334 135 273 328 2,070

Wood 31r634 11r889 49 4 44 19 - 13r475 1_.91 555 3r681 19v045

Total 573,656 275,965 1,618 364 2,008 167 - 175,246 25_48 16,308 54,601 273,578

SOUTHWEST

Buffalo " 5,473 2,572 85 .... 2,588 52 23 115 2,788

Crawford 22 11 ........ 10 10

Dunn 26,762 14,882 73 25 - 19 - 9,103 608 513 1,041 11,284

Grant 167 153 ..... 14 - - - 14

Iowa 2,499 2,499 ..........

La Crosse 2,875 2,336 100 .... 23 113 43 208 387

Lafayette 30 30 ..........

Pepin 1,567 914 11 26 - - - 636 - - - 636

Pierce 505 184 22 .... 292 - - 4 296

R!chland 439 402 ...... 2 14 20 36

"Sauk _ 12,138 11,460 184 12 7 - - 9 63 24 346 449

, St. Croix 15,267 1,809 86 14 - - - 13,196 131 - 18 13,345

• • Trempealeau 13,226 9,802 131 .... 2,676 140 62 273 3,171

Vemon 245 245 ..........

. . TOtal 81r252 47,299 693 77 7 19 - 28r537 lrlP? 698 2w004 -_q__t417 .'SOUTHEAST

Brown 4,660 174 ..... 3,850 18 19 155 4,042

Columbia 6,552 6,255 81 .... 88 •' 26 24 65 203

Dane 568 382 10 ..... 48 17 68 153

Dodge 54 54 ..........

Door ' 110 26 ..... 55 2 - 24 81

FOndDu Lac 357 308 ..... 4 4 - 28 38

Green 646 624 ...... 6 2 12 20

GreenLake 1,302 1,221 ..... 14 12 16 31 73

Jefferson 2,147 2,147 ..........

KenoSha 38 ,13 - 11 - - - 14 - - - 14

Kewaunee 42 34 ...... 1 - 6 7

Manitowoc 330 36 17 - 9 - - - 27 - 214 250

•Milwaukee 20 20 ..........

Outagamie 3,187 184 ..... 1,819 235 115 692 2,861

Ozaukee 69 59 - 9 ........

Rock " 2,066 2,005 31 .........

Sheboygan .227 227 ..........

Walworth 55 55 ..........

Washington 69 54 16 .........

Waukesha 2,984 2,594 390 .........

. Winnel_ago 155 ...... 26 32 15 63 138

Total 25r636 16r480 545 20, 9 - - 5r871 412 210 lr379 7t_R81

STA_E TOTAL 2r998,564 685,452 40,524 61_17 28_992 4_708 216 1_216_016 307_056 84_12 399_142 171,051

TOTAL LAKE.STATE 8r232r636 " 1r185r340 257f083 330r923 65r775 13f152 6r353 4_3_938 514r904 1671246 997_042 460_Rcm

1/ Includesonlythosecounties thatsuppliedpulpwoodin 1992.

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