Extension & Outreach
Webinar Series for Forest Economics (6 webinars annually since 2025).
The Michigan State University and Michigan Chapter of the Society of American Foresters programs have joined together for a webinar series. The aim is to inform forestry stakeholders in Michigan, the Midwest, and the Lake State region on current forest economics concepts, trends, and emerging issues. Click here for more details.
Insights and Opportunities Across Transatlantic Forest Research (2022-2025)
The Michigan State University and University of Eastern Finland forestry programs have joined together for a joint webinar series. The aim is to present ongoing research and teaching activities and explore opportunities for collaboration in research and teaching to enhance this partnership. Click here for more details.
Forest Carbon Webinars and Workshops
2024-2025 Workshops and Webinars Series: Building forest carbon and market decision support for landowners and forestry stakeholders in Northeastern United States. Click here for details.
2023-2024 Workshops and Webinars Series: State and Tribal Capacity Building on Forest Carbon in Region 9 of United States. Click here for details.
More resources on Forest Carbon is also available from Forests + Climate Learning Exchange Series by Forest Carbon and Climate Program at Michigan State University. 2025 Learning Exchange Series features six webinar panels that will bring together leading experts in forest carbon science, management, and policy to advance dialogues in support of high-integrity forest carbon offsets and credits.
Other Workshops and Webinars hosted by MSU FERM Lab
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- Workshop and Tour: Economics of Energy Production: Towards Fair Comparisons: Developing Economic Valuation and Contribution Tools for Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Resources. May 7-8, 2024, Michigan State University.
- Hanover Seminar Series: Woodshed Mapping: Identifying Locations, Assessing Feedstock Availability, Evaluating Economic and Environmental Impacts, and Attracting Investment in the Forest Products Industry. October 17, 2023, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University.
- Webinar on mass timber for the office of Governor: Mass Timber Demand/Supply Preliminary Findings Presentation. September 21, 2023, Presentation by MassTimber@MSU for Zoe Ahlstrom, Advisory to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
- Webinar on Masstimber: Analysis of location, softwood sawlog availability, and economic contributions of a mass timber manufacturing plant in Michigan. August 15, 2022, Webinar by MSU Forestry and Mass timber at MSU for Michigan DNR and MI forestry stakeholders.
- Webinar series on Biochar: Economics of Biochar and feedstock availability, Great Lake Biochar Network, Michigan State University. 2021.
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Technical Reports
- Forest Products Industries’ Economic Contributions for Northeastern and Midwestern States (March 2026): [Total 22 reports]
- Estimating the Environmental Impacts using Life Cycle Analysis of Wood-Based Thermal Energy Generation in Maryland. (December 2025)
- Estimating The Economic Impacts of Wood-Based Thermal Energy Generation in Maryland. (December 2025)
- Challenges in adopting Blockchain technology for forest product traceability. (October 2025)
- A Life Cycle Analysis of the Sawmilling Process of the Thompson Appalachian Hardwood Facility in Tennessee. (September 2025)
- Economic Contributions of Wood-based Biomass Power Generation Industries in the Northeast, Midwest, Virginia, Georgia, and California (September 2025): [Total 26 reports]
- Economic Feasibility of Mass Timber Manufacturing in Wisconsin: Assessing Feedstock, Cost Efficiency, and Economic Impacts (August 2025)
- Comparing State-Reported Stumpage Price Data in Michigan and neighboring States. (September 2024)
- Economic Tradeoffs in Timber Products Under Various Carbon Management Strategies for Maryland. (August 2024): Click here to access a peer-reviewed article in Forest Policy and Economics (2026)
- Economic Tradeoffs in Timber Products Under Various Carbon Management Strategies for Pennsylvania. (August 2024): Click here to access a peer-reviewed article in Forest Policy and Economics (2026)
- Feedstock availability for the Filer City power plant and its economic impact on the state. (May 2023): Click here to access a peer-reviewed article in Renewable Energy for expanded analysis (2025)
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Feedstock availability and economic contributions of a mass timber manufacturing plant in Michigan. (August 2022): Click here to access a peer-reviewed article in Forest Policy and Economics for expanded analysis (2024)
Other Extension and Outreach Activities
- Workshop: Advanced and technical themes related to forest carbon science, policy, and management
- Workshop: Fundamental and key concepts of forest carbon science, policy, and management
- Tour: Bioenergy and Wood Products of Michigan
- Forest Carbon Analysis and Knowledge Transfer in Northern United States
- Woodshed Mapping for Lake States
- Treasurer, Michigan Forest Association (MFA)
- 2022 International Society of Forest Resource Economics (ISFRE) Meeting
- Assessment of biomass availability for a biopower production in Michigan
- Economic Impacts of potential mass timber production facility in Michigan
- Potential supply of biomass, production of Biochar, and demand for land application in Michigan.
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