Forest Management Certificates in Minnesota

Total Certified Acres
Total (All ownerships) - 8,394,807 acres
Public (FSC or SFI) - 7,422,841 acres
Private (FSC/SFI/PEFC) - 917,966 acres*

Dual (All ownerships) - 5,525,479 acres

SFI Certified Acres

All Ownerships - 7,199,130 acres

Public: DNR - 4,900,000 acres**

Public: County - 1,594,814 acres

Private: Industry - 488,340 acres

Private: Non-Industry - 215,976 acres

FSC Certified Acres
All Ownerships - 6,721,516 acres
Public: DNR - 4,825,839 acres**     
Public: County - 1,627,667 acres
Private: Industry - 252,217 acres

Private: Non-Industry - 15,433 acres

Information compiled by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Additional information available at:

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/certification/certifiedforest_map.html

Data Sources:  Data primarily obtained directly from certificate holders. Total acres may not correspond to those listed on the FSC-US & Metafore.org websites.  In some cases, total acres include both productive & non-productive forestland, as well as non-forested acres.

* Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI); Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC)
** DNR manages 81,481 acres of USFWS-owned Land Utilization Project (LUP) lands which are SFI Certified only.
*** The Minnesota Counties Sustainable Forest Management Certification Cooperative (MNCSFMCC), a group certificate including the 5 counties listed above, is pursing dual certification. MNCSFMCC was awarded their SFI certificate in 2008 and is awaiting confirmation of their FSC certificate.  Upon approval, 699,640 additional acres will be dual and FSC certified. 
**** The American Tree Farm System (ATFS) was awarded PEFC recognition on August 7, 2008.  There are 1,687 Certified Tree Farmers in MN with a total of 215,976 acres. Due to privacy rights, there is no geo-spatial data available for this acreage. ATFS fiber is recognized by and tracked through the SFI Chain-of-Custody system. Please contact Tom Witkowski @ tomforester@charter.net for more info.