Minnesota Forest Resource Strategies June 2010
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June 2010: Part 2 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Minnesota Forest Resource Strategies Positioning the State of Minnesota for Forest Resources Sustainability 2010-2015 Minnesota Statewide Resource Strategy Report A Strategic Plan to address forest-related conditions, trends, threats and opportunities as identified in the companion Minnesota Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources. June 2010 Acknowledgements: This document was written and compiled by Helen Cozzetto with oversight by Jon Nelson both with DNR Forestry. Mary Hoff provided edits. The document was produced with input and contributions from many natural resources leaders, agencies, organizations and stakeholders including the US Forest Service (USFS) - Mike Prouty, Sherri Wormstead, Martina Barnes, Dennis McDougall, Teri Heyer, Tom Luther, Paula Randler, Jill Johnson (S&PF) and Pat Miles - Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA); Chippewa National Forest - Rob Harper, Don Rees; Superior National Forest - Mary Shedd; Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) - Robert Lintelmann; Grand Portage Tribe Forester- Timothy Miller; Red Lake Tribe Forester -Thomas Castonguay; US Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) - Paul Richert, Tex Hawkins, Jane West, Tom Cooper, Tony Sullins, Tamara Smith; National Park Service (NPS) - Mike Ward, John Snyder; US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) - Randy Urich; Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - Ginger Kopp, Mike Greenheck; Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) -Brad Matlack, LeAnn Buck; Board of Water & Soil Resources (BWSR) - John Jasche, Dan Steward, Jim Lemmerman; University of Minnesota Department of Forestry - Mike Kilgore, Lee Frelich; Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) - Rob Sip, Geir Friisoe; The Nature Conservancy (TNC) - Art Norton; Minnesota Forest Resource Council (MFRC) - Dave Zumeta, Lindberg Ekola, Leslie McInenly; Minnesota Forest Resource Partnership (MFRP) - Kathleen Preece, Jim Marshall ; Minnesota Forest Industries and Minnesota Timber Producers Association (MFI/TPA) - Wayne Brandt; Associated Contract Loggers & Truckers of Minnesota (ACLT) – Scott Dane; Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee (MNSTAC) - Katie Himanga, Kameron Kytonen; Minnesota State Technical Committee – Ginger Kopp, Mike Greenheck; Minnesota Forest Stewardship Committee- Andrew Arends, Les Everett; Sustainable Forests Education Cooperative (SFEC) - Mike Kroenke; Minnesota Logger Education Program (MLEP) - Dave Chura; Minnesota Society of Arboriculture (MSA) - Jim Vaughan; Utility Arborist (UA) - Dave Auchter; Great River Greening - Deborah Karasov; and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)-Laurie Martinson, Dave Epperly, Bob Tomlinson, Jon Nelson, Keith Jacobson, Alan Jones, Ron Stoffel, Andrew Arends, Clarence Turner, Timothy Aunan, Dennis Kepler, Ken Holman, Greg Spoden, Dick Peterson, Mark Lindquist, Anna Dirkswager, Rebecca Barnard, Rick Dahlman, Dick Rossman, Doug Miedtke, Barb Meyer, BJ Glesener, Beth Donat, Pat Matuseski, Meg Hanisch, Keith Simar, John Faulkner, Jana Albers, Greg Nelson, Mike Carroll, Steve Hirsch, Jim Manolis, Andy Holdsworth, Bart Richardson, Steve Colvin, Kurt Rusterholz, Jane Norris, Ann Pierce, Melissa Driscoll, Kathy Don Carlos, Katie Haws, Wayne Edgerton, Peter Jacobson, Pat Rivers, Jade Templin, Chris Scharenbrioch, Dan Hanson, Adele Smith, Stephen Schott. A special thank you to regional colleagues Rebecca Gass in Wisconsin, Aron Flickinger in Iowa, Larry Pedersen in Michigan for their support and advice during this effort. Document produced by: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-4040 ©2010 State of Minnesota, Department of Natural Resources Equal opportunity to participate in and benefit from programs of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is available to all individuals regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, public assistance status, age, sexual orientation, disability or activity on behalf of a local human rights commission. Discrimination inquiries should be sent to MN DNR, 500 Lafayette Road, St. Paul, MN 55155-4049; or the Equal Opportunity Office, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 20240. 2 Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 National S &PF Redesign Themes and Objectives ................................................................................................................. 6 Minnesota Overview of Strategies Development ...................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER 2: CURRENT PLANS & STRATEGIES............................................................................................................................................... 8 Forest Management Plans Based on a Geographic/Land Ownership Basis ........................................................................ 8 Programmatically Based Plans ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Forest Legacy Program (FLP) and Assessment of Need (AON) ........................................................................................... 11 2010-2015 Forest Stewardship Program Strategic Plan.......................................................................................................... 12 2010 Wildfire Protection Program Strategic Plan ................................................................................................................... 13 Community Wildfire Protection Plans (CWPP) ...................................................................................................................... 13 Related Conservation Planning Efforts ................................................................................................................................... 14 2006 Tomorrow’s Habitat for the Wild and Rare: .................................................................................................................. 17 An Action Plan for Minnesota Wildlife ................................................................................................................................... 17 2008-2012 Adapting to Change – SCORP Minnesota’s Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan .................................. 18 Emerging Opportunities ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 Clean Water, Land and Legacy Constitutional Amendment .................................................................................................. 19 Fifty Year Vision – Conservation for Minnesota’s Future ..................................................................................................... 19 Minnesota’s Climate Change Initiatives .................................................................................................................................. 21 Public and Protected Lands Management .............................................................................................................................. 22 Importance of Publicly Owned and Protected Lands .............................................................................................................. 22 State Forest Land Management ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Sustainable Forest Resources Act (SFRA) .............................................................................................................................. 25 County Lands Management ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 Cooperative Public-Private Lands Management ..................................................................................................................... 26 Management Challenges ............................................................................................................................................................ 27 CHAPTER 3: MINNESOTA FOREST RESOURCES COUNCIL (MFRC) – ADVANCING THE VISION ......................................................... 28 MFRC Landscape Program ...................................................................................................................................................... 28 MFRC Major Goals .................................................................................................................................................................. 29 25-Year Vision for Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) Investments in Minnesota Forests ...................... 30 CHAPTER 4: STATE ISSUES AND STRATEGIES ............................................................................................................................................ 31 CHAPTER 5: STATE GEO-SPATIAL PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................................................ 56 Methodology and Analysis documentation ............................................................................................................................. 56 CHAPTER 6: MULTI-STATE PRIORITIES