Did you know?

• Wood is a renewable resource
• There are more trees today in the United States than there were 100 years ago
• The United States still has 70% of the forests that existed in 1600
• More trees grow than are harvested each year: Michigan is the #1 state in timber surplus
• Michigan forests grow 1032 million cubic feet per year, while 322 million cubic feet is harvested each year.  Therefore Michigan has an annual surplus of 710 million cubic feet
• Every year, an acre of trees is able to process 13 tons of harmful gases into oxygen
• Since 1980, timberland in Michigan has increased by more than a million acres
• Michigan forests are growing more than twice the  wood than is harvested each year
• Nature reclaims trees that are not harvested due to insects, storms, diseases, and fires
• In Michigan, 202 million feet of lumber is lost annually to natural causes
• Over 30 million trees are planted in Michigan every year
• Auto Pallets-Boxes Inc. conducts forest management and selective logging on a large parcel of private land in Northern Michigan (see Corporate Retreat)