Upper Peninsula & Lower Peninsula Chapters
Student Chapters at Michigan State University & Michigan Technological University

Check the calendar for current events.

Chairs for 2010 . . . Jack Penegor (State), Bill Hasse (U.P.), and Pete Squibb (L.P.)

New resource . . . "A Day In the Life of A Forester" . . . careers in forestry

Position Statement on White-tailed Deer In Michigan

Report of the 2007 MSAF "deer perception" Survey

US Forest Service June 2008 "deer impacts" overview

Thinking about a timber sale? Hire a professional forester first!

Forest Management Guidelines for Michigan Revision due late 2009!

Welcome to the Michigan Society of American Foresters Home Page.  Who is the SAF?  Click here!   This website is intended to serve the Michigan SAF and to provide forest & forestry information to Michigan citizens, family forest owners, teachers, and anyone else interested in Michigan's forests and forestry.  Forestry is an exciting profession with an amazing success story.

Can you identify the leaves of Michigan's ten most common tree species?

Click here for the answers.

National SAF Office
Michigan State University Department of Forestry
Michigan Technological University School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

This website is maintained by Bill Cook, Michigan State University Extension Forester in the Upper Peninsula.  Comments, questions, and suggestions are gratefully accepted. 

Last update of this page was 7 June, 2010

Draft Guidelines 2010