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Pennsylvania

By Web Admin on 8/3/2005 | Keyword(s): States

Message from Stewardship Program

The Forest Stewardship Program is a voluntary program to help forestland owners learn how to improve and maintain the ecological health of their land. You get to decide what you want to do on your land, and the Forest Stewardship Program links you with the people who can help you do it correctly! Since 1990, the program has been funded in all 50 states by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. In Pennsylvania, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Bureau of Forestry administers the program and provides technical assistance. Our state program is overseen by a Forest Stewardship steering committee composed of private landowners, professional resource managers, and representatives from conservancies, higher education, industry, and government.

Private landowners who own between five and 1,000 acres of forestland can join the program, as well as those who own between 1,000 and 5,000 acres and get a waiver from the USDA Forest Service. Owners of nonforested, open land that they intend to manage for water quality, wildlife habitat, or timber production also qualify, as do corporate owners who are not involved in the production of forest products.

State Forestland Statistics:

Total forested acres= 17 million acres
Privately owned= 12.7 million acres
Industry=800,000 acres
Federal=500,000 acres
State= 3.9 million acres

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