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Sleeping Bear Tree Farm is American Tree Farm System (ATFS) Certified and a member of the Minnesota Forestry Association. Our electrical power is sourced from the Crow Wing Community Solar Array.
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Sleeping Bear Family Forest participates in DNR Plot Based Forest Inventory Program
Sleeping Bear Family Forest has been selected to participate in the DNR Plot Based Forest Inventory (PBI) program. Forest inventory provides data on the species and volume of trees in the woods, and can offer insight to the health of forests and how they’re changing. This information can be used by land managers to: To …
Why is the Minnesota Senate Reducing the Payments for SFIA?
The Minnesota Senate is proposing to reduce the payments for the Sustainable Forest Incentive Act by up to 30% annually. The following groups sent a letter to the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee strongly opposing the action. If you are interested in keeping our Minnesota forests as forests, please contact your Minnesota Senator and let them …
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Fridays with a Forester Webinars
Join University of Minnesota Extension foresters to discuss some of the key issues and questions around forest and woodlands facing Minnesota landowners. These online webinars will be informal, open to the public, and free of charge. Each session will start at 9 a.m. CT with a brief presentation, followed by a discussion with participant questions. …
The Climate Crisis
The Climate Crisis is impacting our forest.
Aspen, Birch, Spruce and Pine are all negatively effected by the warming climate. These species make up over 60% of Minnesota’s forests.
Sleeping Bear Tree Farm is mostly Red Pine, Ash and Aspen. All severely threatened species.
The Minnesota forest industry is a 6 billion dollar business employing more than 35,000 people. Private forests account for 44% of Minnesota forests, followed by State land at 21%, County and Municipal land at 17% and National forest at 15%.
On average, one acre of Minnesota forest stores 95 metric tons of carbon. Sleeping Bear Tree Farm holds over 4,000 metric tons of carbon. As the climate warms, the ability to store carbon decreases. As the trees die from climate change, they begin to release the stored carbon adding to the problem.
Would you like to know more?
https://www.climaterealityproject.org/blog/wait-why-climate-change-bad-thing
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Contact us at info@sleepingbeartreefarm.com