2008 SFMP Public Comment Summaries-4.22.08

Summary of Public Comments and DNR Resposnes to Draft Michigan SFMP 05/28/2008Vegetation Management CommentsPlan SectionOrganization Comment DNR RepsonseThe plan does not mention the rise of wood pellets as a economical None alternative to home heating. 3.5.1 Revised current Goal 6 in Section 4.1.2.2 to address bio-energy, including wood pellets.We appreciated the specific objectives outlined in Section 4, Statewide Management Direction. Among other items, your recognition of the need for good markets and the importance of the forest products industry is a key concept for land management and that was expressed clearly in the Huron Pines RC&D document. 4 Support acknowledgedThe four functions provided by the desired future conditions again seemMichigan light on the economic benefits. The statement “Providing for a variety of Ecological, economic and social uses and values are all considered for sustainable Association of forest-based products” is a broad and generic statement of which wood management using principles of ecosystem management. The SFMP states that there is Timbermen based products may or may not be included. 4.1 no explicit order of priority among these uses and values.In Section 3.1.3, the SFMP does provide a projection for the annual production capability A major concern is the absence of an annual harvest level in either acres for timber harvest, that being similar or slightly more than the past decades' average level or volume. The ...