Minnesota's Forest Resources 1989

Minnesota's Forest Resources

Department of Natural Resources 500 Lafayette Road - Box 44 Division of Forestry St. Paul, Minnesota 55155-4044 {!If 1989 !MINNESOTA WOOD INDUSTRY -1987!

I ECONOMIC IMPACT: I - Value of Forest Products Manufactured = $4.4 Billion - 2nd Largest Manufacturing Industry in Minnesota - Generates 16% of Dollars of all Manufacturing

I EMPLOYMENT: t I INDUSTRY : I - 54,000 Employees - 8 Pulp "& Pa per - $1.6 Billion Payroll - 4 Hard board & Specialty - 5 Waferboard / OSB - 900 Sawmills - Over 850 Secondary VALUE of FOREST PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED in Minnesota

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o 1979 1984 1989 1994

YEAR MINNESOTA COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND OWNERSHIP - 13.7 Million Acres

/ 17% Federal

42% Private

19% Stat e

5% Forest 17% County & Industry Municipal AREA OF COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND

IN MINNESOTA BY FOREST TYPE

FOREST TYPE ACRES ( OOO's)

1) Jack Pine 504.4

2) Red Pine 246.9

3) White Pine 65.6

4) Balsam Fir 859.1

5) White Spruce 79.2

6) Black Spruce 1,041.8

7) Cedar 498.6

8) Tamarack 465.4

9) Oak 893.9

10) Elm - Ash 738.1

11) Northern Hardwoods 1,283.9

12) Aspen 5,302.3

13) Birch 997.6

14) Balm of Gilead 548.9

15) Non-Forest 169.4

Total All Types 13,695.1 MN COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND by COVER TYPE ( 13.7 Million Acres )

7% Cedar/Tam --~. ,----- 7% Oak 7% Balsam --,.

8% Spruce

6% Pine 39% Aspen

19% Other Hdwds -'

L--___ 7% Birch Minnesota Wood Harvest 1988 Commercial Forest Land

Product Thousand Cords

Pulp & Paper 910 Waferboard/OSB 905 Hardboard/Sheathing/Other 150 Lumber 500 Special Products 100 Export 125 ~ / Energy 700 /~ TOTAL 3,390 TOTAL WOOD USE by PRODUCT · 1988 (From Minnesota Commercial Forest)

4% Hardboard ------, ,----- 4% Export Sheathing r 15% Lumber 27% Pulp,Paper

21% Wood 3% Special Energy Products

26% Wafeboard/OS8 __--J Total: 3.4 Million Cords (I ncl udes All Species) COMMERCIAL FOREST LAND OWNERSHIP VS. AMOUNT 01 TIMBER HARVESTED (does not include fuelwood) 50 Minnesota Statewide by Ownership

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0 STATE FEDERAL COUNTY FOREST OTHER INDUSTRY PRIVATE

~ % of Commerc ia I Forest La nd % of Tim ber Ha rvest l 1988 Minnesota's Largest Forest Products Producers 1987 -1990 .'--'

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.. Pulp & Paper Manufacturers * Sawmills/Other Primary • Secondary Manufacturers · ..·(·H , ; ', ... .. ( • Hardboard Manufacturers ·· ···1 ! ~~' " ~. ... • WaferOOardiOriented Strand , Board Manufacturers

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Source: DNR. DMI60n 01 Fote.Iry. 1_ Minnesota Pulp and Paper - 1988

Wood Use Firm (Cords) Product

Blandin Paller Co. 125,000 Magazines, Catalogs Grand Rapids Boise Cascade 280,000 Business & Xerox Int'l Falls Carlyle Industries 20,000 Construction & (HennPain Paper) Specialty Little ails Chamrion Int'J 135,000 Magazines, Catalogs Sartel Lake Superior Paper 130,000 Advertising Duluth Supplements Potlatch Core. (2) 340,000 Business & Printing Brainerd & loquet Waldorf Corp. Recycled Cardboard & St. Paul Paper Corrugated Boxes Minnesota Waferboard/OSB - 1988

Wood Use Firm (Cords) Product

Blandin 245,000 OSB - "Blandex Select" Grand Rapids

Louisiana-Pacific 90,000 Waferboard - Siding Two Harbors "Inner Seal"

Northwood 220,000 Waferboard Bemidji "Norboard"

Potlatch 175,000 OSB - "Oxboard" Bemidji

Potlatch 175,000 OSB - "Oxboard" Cook Minnesota Hardboard and Specialty - 1988 Wood Use Firm (Cords) Product

Certainteed Corp. 25,000 Roofing Felt Shakopee Int'l Biltrite 15,000 Sheathing Int'l Falls Superwood Corp. 100,000 Industrial Hardboard Duluth Superwood Corp. 30,000 Industrial Hardboard Bemidji Minnesota - New and Expanding Pulpwood Using Industries 1979 - 1985

Capital Additional Investment Company Wood Use (millions $) Potlatch Paper 30,000 cords 100 Potlatch OSB 170,000 cords 40 Potlatch OSB 170,000 cords 40 Northwood Panelwood Waferboard 220,000 cords 45 Champion Int'l Paper 60,000 cords 250 Blandin OSB 220,000 cords 50 Louisiana Pacific Waferboard 90,000 cords 30

960,000 cords $555 million Minnesota - New and Expand!~ Pulp_wood Using Industries 1986 - 1990

Capital Additional Investment Company Wood Use (millions $)

Blandin Paper 138,000 cords 350 Potlatch Paper None 100 Lake Superior Paper Ind. Paper 120,000 cords 404 lot'l Biltrite Sheathing 50,000 cords 12

308,000 cords $866 million Minnesota - New and Expanc!ing Pulpwood Using Industries 1991 - 1995

Capital Additional Investment Company Wood Use (millions $)

Boise Cascade Paper 340,000 cords 525 *Blandin #7 Paper 150,000 cords 300 *Lake Superior Paper Ind. #2 Paper 230,000 cords 525 *Potlatch Paper 420,000 cords 400 MacMillan Bloedel PSL** 150,000 cords 70 Potlatch OSB 160,000 cords 35

1,450,000 cords $1.855 billion *Under study **Parallel Strand Lumber Minnesota - New and Expanding Wood Using Industries -Sawmills & Secondary Industries

Additional Capital Investment 1979-1989 Wood Use (millions $)

Hedstrom Lumber Lumber 9 Million BF $1.5 Rajala Timber Lumber & Kiln 5 Million BF $1.5 Midwest Timber Lumber 2-112 Million BF $1 Woodcraft Industries Cabinet Parts 5 Million BF $8 Marvin Windows Windows Valley Forest Resources Lumber 5 Million BF Diamond Brands Veneer 2-112 Million BF $1 Lakewood Industries Veneer 9 Million BF $8

Many Others Minnesota

New & Expanding Wood Using Industries

Capital Investment Additional Period ($ millions) Wood Use

1979-1985 $555 1.0 million cords

1986-1990 $866 .3 million cords

1991-1995 $1 ,835 1.4 million cords

Totals $3.256 billion 2.7 million cords World Class Minnesota Mills

Blandin Paper #7 Potlatch Paper Lake Superior Paper Industries #2 MacMillan Bloedel (QSsl pSL) Boise Cascade Paper Blandin Paper #6 Lake Superior Paper Industries #1 1982 Champion International Paper #3 x MINNESOT A WOOD .HAR-VE-8-T -AND USE - CURRENT AND PROJECTED

1988 1992 1995 PRODUCT CURRENT PRO,IECTED PRO,IECTED (CORDS) (CORDS) (CORDS)

PULP & PAPER 1(t(J.) 1,022,000 1,660,000 2,230,000

WAFERBOARD/OSB 905,000 1,215,000 1,215,000

~v) HARDBOARD/ 170,000 200,000 200,000 SHEATHING, ETC.

LUMBER 620,000 620,000 650,000

SPECIAL 100,000 115,000 130;000 PRODUCTS

EXPORT 140,000 150,000 170,000 lz ~ RESIDENTIAL 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,100,000 FUEL

(7.)*COMMERCIAL 6S{MWO 1 ,000,000 1,200,fif.W FUEL

TOTAL 4,607,000 5,960,000 6,895,000

*These totals include about 1,500,000 cords of mill and forest residue which is not considered growing stock. Current and Projected Wood Harvest \ / - Minnesota Statewide )\' (in thousand cords)

Species 1988 \1990 I 1992 1995 Aspen .l8-m- /'7?~ 000 ; 26-2-6 ~ L/~r 2865 ~(PKO Spruce ~ / fpZ 1631 198 .,~g ll8 J.~ Balsam .t.=f8 I~l 31-5- 343 34~ 3'73 Balm 48 Liq 1-00- ~lf 100 Jzl ~\~, Birch 1·1"2 13~ l~O 190- 143 1OO 70? Pine ~76 3~1 2~" 21& 5)'1 345 431 Tamarack 14- 1/ /14 ,14' {( 14- II Basswood 14'" 3Z 18 \ ltr' ~?- ~ if) Maple -4~ &~ I 3S \ -lB &,tf U& /'i Recommended Harvest and Actual Harvest - Minnesota 1988 (thousand cords) x Recommended Actual Harvest Harvest Aspen 1,970 -1,876~ ,} 7 Birch 500 1+9 I~O Balsam Poplar 260 ~o So Other Hardwoods 700 ~7~ ~7() Pine 435 ~4\. 35'"0 Spruce 215 14· ~ 1'0 Balsam 340 1~.~ I ¥JO Other Softwoods 170 ,,40'" zo TOTAL 4,590 '1111/A)i ~() I!r ANNUAL ALLmJABLE CUT ANO HARVEST, 1987 - t;11+ Tf lU IJ) f I II t.£ [JWJJtt,SH,1'5 X SPECIES ALLOWABLE CUT HARVEST SURPLUS (DEFICIT)

ASPEN 1,963,000 1,842,000 121,000

BIRCH 503,000 163,000 340,000

BALSAM 340,000 118,000 222,000

BALM 261,000 43,000 218,000

SPRUCE 215,000 107,000 108,000

JACK PINE 210,000 139,000 71 ,000

RED PINE (NORWAY)158,000 103,000 55,000

ASH 152,000 81,000 71 ,000

RED OAK 147,000 254,000 (107,000)

ELM 118,000 196,000 (78,000)

BASSWOOD 106,000 14,000 92,000

CEDAR 100,000 16,000 84,000

WHITE OAK 98,000 74,000 24,000

MAPLE 89,000 41,000 48,000

TAMARACK 70,000 11,000 59,000

WHITE PINE 67,000 31 ,000 36,000

COTTONWOOD N/A 10,000 N/A

4.597,000 3,243,000 1,354,000 Minnesota Projected Wood Availability Statewide - 1995 K (in thousand cords) II. Using modified recommended harvest which includes annual recommended harvest plus the accumulated surplus liquidated over 15 years. Recommended Actual Annual Species Harvest Harvest Surplus Aspen 2340 2800 (460) * Balm of Gilead 404 100 304 Birch 743 300 443 Balsam 485 345 140 Spruce 268 218 50 Pine 515 345 170 Tamarack 97 14 83 * Based on this harvest level, the accumulated surplus will be liquidated by approximately 1998. TOTAL WOOD HARVEST in MINNESOTA - from Commercial Forest Land (Does Not Include Residue for Energy & Wood Products) 6 5.10 5

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~~__ UII1II11J 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 92 95 ( estimated ) 5/1989 YEAR ASPEN HARVEST 1rom MINNESOTA

(includes pulpwood l sawtimber & energy chips)

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82 83 84 85 86 87 90 92 95 ( . estimated ) 2/1989 YEAR ASPEN TYPE ACREAGE: PROJECTED DEMAND aSUPPLY Minnesota Statewide ( all Ownersh ips )

3,000 2,730 2,840 2,500 V> LA.J ~ 2,000 « 1,610 ~ 1,500 « V>5 1,000 790 11'~~I!~fl 780 :::::c ~ 500 ~i[[[i[iil[%t 1,::::I,::::I,::::i,::::!,::::I,::::I'::::':::,:i,::::I::::,,!::::::,:::;,!,:::,.,!,::::i,::::!,::::~,::::~,::::i,::::I,::::',::::I,::::i,::::,,::::i,::::',I.::::i,::; o~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i~ii~it~iiitii'llli! 1978-87 1988-97 1998-2007 2008-2017

I_ Demand 1~ Available at Age=41 + 1 ASPEN TYPE ANNUAL GROWTH by STAND AGE CLASS (Includes GrowIng Stock Trees only) 11/15/88 Based on ~n 1977 Permanent Plots (except Natlonal Forest)

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Recommended Harvest 340

78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 92 95 ( estimated ) 2/1989 YEAR VOLUME 01 SPRUCE HARVEST in MINNESOTA (includes pulpwood & sawtimber)

2 Recommended Harvest 215 ------~

78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 92 95 ( estimated ) 2/1989 YEAR VOLUME 01 PINE HARVEST in MINNESOTA Jack P~8, White Pine, Red Pine • All Ownerships (includes pulpwood, sawtimber &. specialty products)

Recommended Harvest 435

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78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 92 95 ( estimated ) YEAR VOLUME 01 BIRCH HARVEST In MINNESOTA (Includes pulpwood, sawtimber, enangy aspecialty products)

6 Recommended Harvest 503 •...... •...•...... •...... •...... •.....•...

78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 90 92 95 ( estimated ) YEAR RED OAK SAWTIMBER HARVEST & GROWTH - Soufhern Minnesota

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76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 YEAR

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RED OAK ON GOOD AND ." EXCELLENT SITES .." f ' , . POTENTIAL GROWTH by PRODUCTIVITY CLASS Minnesota Commercial Forest 6.5

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EXCELLENT GOOD POOR POTENTIAL PRODUCTIVITY CLASS Total Area in Million Acres ~ Annual Growth in Million Cords A verage Prices Received from Timber Stumpage Sold on Public Lands - Minnesota 1988 Species Sawtimber Pulpwood Projected 1989 Aspen $15.90/MBF $3.55/cd. +10% Birch 18.70 1.95 no change Oak 60.50 3.90 +15% (logs) Mixed Hdwds. 30.10 2.40 +15% (logs) Balsam 11.80 3.50 +10% (pulp) W. Spruce 35.70 9.30 +5% (pulp) B. Spruce 9.40 +5% Cedar 25.50 6.80 +10% (logs) Jack Pine 43.50 9.70 +5% R&WPine 66.90 7.50 +10% (logs)

* Prices include timber sales from county, state, and federal lands.