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Michigan timber industry urges speedy salvage and replanting after northern ice storm
Summary
Representatives of the Michigan Association of Timbermen described widespread ice‑storm damage in the northern Lower Peninsula, urged rapid salvage to avoid insect and decay losses, and requested state support for seed supply and biomass markets.
The Michigan Association of Timbermen told the House Committee on Natural Resources and Tourism that a recent severe ice storm across the northern Lower Peninsula devastated stands of red pine and hardwoods and that industry and state action is needed to salvage timber, restore seed supplies and manage biomass and fire risk.
Jim Mader, government affairs chair, and Joe Doyle of Doyle Forest Products described the scale of damage and said state and private harvesters must work…
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