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MISSION
The mission of the Michigan Tree Farm System is to promote the growing of renewable
forest resources on private lands, while protecting environmental benefits and increasing public understanding of all benefits of productive forestry.
A Tree Farm is a privately owned forest, managed to produce continuous crops of trees
with the added benefits of improved wildlife habitat, watershed protections, outdoor
recreation, and aesthetic value, and in general sustain the biodiversity and natural resources of the ecosystem of which it is part.
OBJECTIVES
- Excellent Forestry - sustainable growth
- Communicating benefits to key publics
STRATEGIES
- Improved Standards
- More effective volunteer deployment
- Increased Tree Farmer issues activism and communications
GOALS
- Standards in place
- Streamlined administration
- Improved communications and issues systems
- New funding sources
- More system volunteers
PROGRAMS
- Standards/Quality
- Administrative relief
- Funding
- Issues activism
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