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EHPERIMENTSTATION 1992 FOLWELLAVE.ST.PAUL,mN 55108 FOflEJ'T SEflVICE-U.S.D.A.

1987

PULPWOOD PRODUCTIO_/ IN THE LAKE STATES BY COUNTY, 1986

James E. Blyth, PrincipalMarketAnalyst

and W. Brad Smith, Mensurationist

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ABSTRACT.--LakeStates pulpwoodproductionrose to a record7 '71million cords

in 1986. Pulpwood productionis shown by county and speciesgroup in Michigan,

Minnesota,and Wisconsin.

KEY WORDS" Residue, Michigan,Minnesota,Wisconsi,.

Pulpwood productionin the Lake States--Michigan,Minnesota,and

Wisconsin--climbed from 6.84 million cords in 1985 to a record 7.71 million cords

in 1986. Wisconsinproduced2.92 million cords, Michigan produced2.81 million

cords, and Minnesotaproduced1.98 million cords.

Ninety-two percent of pulpwoodcame from roundwood(includingchips from

roundwood);the remaindercame from mill residue such as slabs,edgings, veneer

cores, and chips from these materials. Productionfrom softwoodand hardwood

residueby State was"

State Softwood Hardwood

(Hundred standardcords, unpeeled)

Michigan 530 1,392

Minnesota 456 575

Wisconsin 516 2,404

Principalspeciesharvestedwere aspen (3,656,800cords), pine (953,500

cords), maple (783,500cords), birch (513,200cords), and balsam fir (243,100

cords).

Wisconsin imported18 percent of the pulpwood it required,including

368,500cords from Michigan,68,900cords from Minnesota,116.,200cords from

other (primarilyWestern)States, and 23,200cords from Canada. Michigan

imported8 percentof its pulpwood needs, and Minnesotaimported3 percent. ..

Cou,ties cutting more than 120,000cords were Delta, Menominee,Dickinson,

Iron,and Marquettein Michigan;Koochiching,St. Louis, Beltrami,Cass, and

Itasca in Minnesota_and Forest, Lincoln, Marinette,Oneida, Vilas, Bayfield,

a,d Sawyer in Wisconsin. These 17 counties contributed44 percent of the

pulpwood produced from roundwoodin the Lake States in 1986.

1-/Includeslogs, bolts, and wood residue used in manufacturingparticleboard,

waferboard, oriented strand board, and medium density, fiberboard.

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Table 1.--Lake States pulpwood product4on from roundwood by county and spectes, 1986

(In hundred standard cords, unpeeled)

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MICHIGAN

Species aroup

Unit 1/ All Balsam Hem- Tam- Other

E. andUPPERcountyPENI NSuLAspectes Pine Spruce fir lock arack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoods

Alger 863 107 37 40 78 2 31 53 107 4 254 150

Chtppewa 552 148 50 21 13 2 47 114 29 2 73 53

Oelta 1,732 241 t56 143 42 7 88 297 211 7 346 194

Luce 567 160 32 12 16 1 18 49 33 2 174 70

Nacktnac 576 44 • 47 39 t0 1 20 131 61 2 t52 69

Nenomtnee" 1,461 83 97 t75 61 5 50 391 239 13 203 144

Schoolcraft 1_060 283 74 60 22 4 85 92 104 3 198 135

Total 61811 lm066 493 490 242 22 339 11127 784 33 1,400 815

W. UPPER PENINSULA

Baraga 610 • 46 9 5 21 X_ 9 78 109 5 260 68

Dickinson 1,212 50 126 168 29 5 45 446 141 5 145 52

Gogebtc 884 16 23 8 _ 19 X X 185 95 7 437 94

HoUghton 667 89 36 46 15 2 24 86 102 12 165 90

Iron 1,593 '95 76 62 14 3 15 629 161 10 388 140

Keweenaw 10 2 - X .... 1 X 4 3

.Marquette 2,499 350 t32 147 81 7 86 428 411 37 625 195

Ontonagon 11183 12 1 2 5 - - 675 99 4 248 137

Total 8_658 660 403 438 184 '17 179 2_527 ttt9 80 2,272 779

N. LOWER PENINSULA

Alcona 640 54 X 1 - - - 409 44 73 38 21

Alpena 332 2 2 2 - - - 230 20 17 45 14

Antrtm 15 4 ..... 10 X 1 X X

Arenec 44 1 ..... 10 1 X 31 1

Bay "1 ...... 1 ....

Benzte _ 89 1 ..... 65 7 4 10 2

Charlevotx 27 3 ..... 13 3 - 8 X

-Cheboygan 497 34 14 11 - - - 314 16 2 81 25

'Clare 331 2 ..... 310 6 11 2 X

Crawford 720 321 ..... 226 5 151 13 4

Emmet 173 4 8 6 - - - 103 X 4 31 17

Gladwtn , 92 16 ..... 59 5 5 6 1

Grand Traverse 184 52 ..... t08 2 1 17 4

Iosco 144 31 X X .... 78 7 21 5 2

Isabella 91 - - - X - - 89 X 2 X X

Kalkaska 238 117 ..... 104 2 12 3 X

Lake 661 87 ..... 295 7 202 57 13

Leelanau 45 ...... 30 2 - 13 X

Nantstee 432 12 ..... 162 13 128 87 30

Mason 357 ...... 263 11 38 37 8

Necosta 310 3 ..... 278 2 21 6 X

Midland 103 ...... 93 2 2 1 5

Mtssaukee 474 30 ..... 403 7 12 15 7

NontmOrenc Y 565 65 2 4 - - - 357 19 7t 35 12

Newaygo 424 19 ..... 217 2 158 27 1

Oceana 209 ...... 17o 2 30 7 x

Ogemaw 205 27 ..... 111 17 33- 12 5

OIceola 457 15 ..... 369 9 38 24 2

Oscoda 745 236 X X - - - 340 22 93 39 15

Otsego : 440 93 ..... 204 4 23 93 23

Presque %sle 465 25 5 12 - - - 271 47 21 63 21

,. Roscommon 315 125 ..... 140 12 38 X X

Wexford 305 42 ..... 158 6 42 45 12

Total 10m130 11421 31 36 X - - 5,990 302 1,254 851 245

• S. LOWER PENINSULA

Allegan 61 X ..... 11 - 18 14 18

8arty 31 ...... 4 - 11 7 9

Berrten 31 ........ 21 7 3

Calhoun 3 ...... X - 1 t 1

Cas8. 29 ...... 2 - 11 7 9

Huron 11 ...... 11 ....

Ingham ' X - - - X .......

Ionta• 9 ....... 5 - t X 3

Kalamazoo 6 ...... X - 2 2 2

Kent 18 ...... 9 X 8 1 X

Montcalm 109 ...... 83 X 23 3 X

Muskegon 144 X ..... 14 1 121 7 1

Ottawa 22 ...... 4 X 16 2 X

St. Ooseph 43 '- ..... 2 - 16 11 14

Van Buren 3: - - - 2 - 12 8 11

Total X - 147 1 261 70 71

State total 426 39 518 9,791 2,206 1,628 4,593 1,910

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MINNESOTA

Species group

Unit All Balsam Hem- Tam- Other

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

ASPEN-BIRCH

Carlton 280 13 19 43 - 1 - 167 11 - - 26

Cook "496 47 112 35 - - - 302 X - X X

Koochtchtng 1,913 223 241 140 - 107 - 1,148 8 - X 46

Lake 1,150 42 108 55 - X - 849 63 - - 33

St. Louis 4,443 422 _59 237 - 18 - 3t289 15 - - 203

Total 8 282 747 739 510 - 126 - 5,755 97 - X 308

NORTHERN PINE

Aitktn 739 4 16 4 - - - 642 2 - - 71

Becker 244 2 ..... 241 - - - 1

Beltram| 1,482 82 24 152 - 1 - 1,220 L X - X 3

Cass' 1,285 89 8 51 - X - 1,131 X - X 6

Clearwater 838 12 6 8 - - - 810 - - - 2

Crow Wing 299 37 1 .... 260 - - - 1

Hubbard- 979 83 1 - - X - 892 - - - 3

itasca 3,392 112 t08 281 - 1 - 2,862 2 - - 26

Lake of the Woods 171 94 58 5 - 1 - 13 ....

Mahnomen .. 64 ...... 64 - - - X

Roseau 78 55 22 - - 1 : .....

Wadena 85 25 .... 60 - - - X

Total . 9 656 595 244 501 - 4 - 8,195 4 - X 113

CENTRAL HARDWOOD m

Isantt - 5 5 ..........

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

Mille Lacs 313 1 1 .... 311 - - - X

Norrtson 82 1 ..... 8t - - - X

Ptne 389 27 ..... 326 X - - 36

.Sherburne 11 11 ..........

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

Total 815 46 1 .... 732 X - - 36

PRAIRIE -

Polk 8 ...... 8 ....

Total 8 ...... 8 - - - ,

State total 18m761. 1,388 984 lm011 - 130 - 14w690 101 - X 45 7

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WISCONSIN

• Specles grip

Untt AI1 Balsam Hem-Tam-' Other

and. county speciesPine Spruce f|r lockarack Cedar Aspen Birch Oak Maple hardwoods

NORTHEAST-

.Florence1-,Q51 112 35 52 271- 359186 16 224 39

Forest 1,566 95 65 89 231- 476 1976 418 t96

Langlade 1,078 957 227X- 433 1232 289 100

Ltncolno 1,284 t14 10 28 271- 632 791 264 128

Nartnettet,806 266 24 6231- 974 245 67 125 39

Nenomtnee 5tl 77-- 182-- 118 184 72 40

Oconto 684 1232 1622- 365 76 27 47 24

Onetda 1,393 269 49 6073- 562 2466 t46 45

Shawano_ 312 67X1 17X- 138 169 37 27

Vtlas_"1m328 155 18 25 111- 692.248 29125 24

Total 11m'013 lm373 210 355 306 10-4f749lt434167 1m747 662

NORTHWEST

Ashland.741 44 43 3252- 322 1017 154 31

Barron" 182 11X.X--- 144 t01025

Bayfteld 1,865 263t5--- t,131 330 25 78 32

..Burnett 461 136X--X- 305 17t2X

Douglas1",181 30713XX- 712 1151 18. 24

Iron 838 13452- -- 425 160 10173 46

Polk 140 20 .... t19XXX1

PPtC_t,t36 55 1; 21 141- 418 174 24 281 134

Rusk 535 121X2X- 300 79 21 75 45

Sawyer 1,299 33 1695X- 735 154 27188 132

Tay]or 820 374 20 2tX- 380 614 194 99

Washburn 968 119X1--- 678 61 33 39 37

Total 10m1661_050 84 96 493-5_669 1,262 163 1,204 586

CENTRAL

Adams. 464 424-X-X-11X 281X

Chtppewa 308 29111-- 173 378 41 17

Clark 686 77X1X-- 396 36 49 90 37

EauClatPe. 292 149X-X--, 1273562

JackSon. 440 309X-1-- 589 40212

Juneau 420 337 ..... 353 4041

Marathon 729 823391- 450 22 10 74 75

Narquette 129 97"- ....35 1482

MonrOe171 148 .....23 1242

Portage 268 t574X2X- 635 2773

Waupaca 195 82XX1-- 9215 104

Waushara 286 275--X--9X11X

Wood 446 158X-X-- 2064 52 224

Total 4m8342,32485 141-1,625 128 291 289 149

SOUTHWEST

Buffalo 12 12X .....XXXX

CrawfordXXX ....X ....

Dunn 82 76 ......5X1XX

GrantXX ..........

Iowa .-22 .....X ....

La Crosse1717 .......XXX

LafayetteXX ..........

Peptn_1X1 ....X ....

Pterce.1X .....1-XXX

Rt-chlandXX ..........

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St. Crolx2.2 .....X ....

Sauk 20 20 ..........

• Trempealeau 34 30t ....2X1XX

VernonX ......X ....

Total 171 1592 ....8X2XX

SOUTHEAST

Brown61 .....5 ....

Columbia. 81 62 .....11 1421

Door" 14 ...... 14 ....

Green Lake, 11 11 ..........

JeffersonXX ..........

Kenosha11 ..........

Kewaunee21--X--t ....

NanttowocX--XX- ......

Outagamla 205X .... 15X-XX

OzaukeeXX ..........

SheboyganII ...........

Walworth44 ..........

WashingtonXX ..........

Waukesha88- .........

Total- 148 94XXX-- 361 t421

Statetota_ 26_3325mOO0 304 456 36914.- 12m0872,825 6373m2421,398

1/ Includes only those counties thatsuppltedpulpwoodtn 1986.

21X Indicates less than 50 cords.