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Information for Michigan Landowners

Information for Michigan Landowners

Michigan Tree Farm Committee

Post Office Box 717

Roscommon, MI 48653

Questions?  Call secretary Mike 

Smalligan at 517-449-5666

or SmalliganM@Michigan.gov

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The American Tree Farm System has been helping family forest landowners take great care of their woods since 1941.  Michigan joined Tree Farm a few years later in 1949 and over 40 states now particiapte in the American Tree Farm System.  There are around 1,400 Michigan landowners in the program in 2022 with Tree Farms in almost every county. 

Tree Farmers love to plant trees, but any natural or planted forest between 10 and 20,000 acres is eligible.  To join, landowners need a written forest management plan, must comply with the 2021 Standards of Sustainability, and go for a walk in their woods with a Tree Farm "inspecting forester."  Your forester is likely a Tree Farm inspector already - click here for the directory of foresters

The American Tree Farm System is delivered in Michigan by a State Committee and two "independently managed groups."  Click here for contact information for the Michigan Tree Farm Committee.

The two independently managed groups are hosted by Green Timber Consulting Foresters in Baraga and Grossman Forestry Company in Newberry.

 

The 2023 Michigan Forest Celebration will be in September, likley in Petoskey.  More information coming later from our friends at Michigan Forest Association.

 

Would you like to host a Tree Farm field day?  Contact your local conservation district forester to plan the field day.

 

Would you like a $500 rebate for buying oak trees?  Contact Julie Crick to submit a copy of your invoice and to request the rebate of up to $3 per oak tree up to $500.

 

Would you like to add your childred or other heirs to your Tree Farm?  Contact Mike Smalligan to provide their contact information so we can include them on future newsletters and other communication.

 

A history of the American Tree Farm System from 1941 to 2001

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