Red Pine provides valuable wildlife habitat at various stages of its development. The Grayling area is home to several key forest products companies that produce the forest products that you use everyday. A few companies located here include Weyerhaeuser, Georgia Pacific, AJD Forest Products and the Graying Generating Station. Many families depend on these companies for their jobs and livelihood. In fact, over 150,000 people are employed by the forest products industry in Michigan.
Forestry companies are environmentally conscious.
The billowing white clouds you may see on this tour are mostly steam. State Park Forest Visitor Cente r Exit 259 Stop in and see the Michigan Forest Visitor Center where you can listen to a tree, hear a wolf howl and manage your own woodlot. The Visitor Center serves as a gateway to one of Michigan's last stands of virgin white pine. Taste a bit of Michigan's white pine logging history through an interpretive guided tour through the majestic white pines and logging museum.