The Nebraska Forest Service maintains statistics on the work that is accomplished and the impact it has on Nebraskans and Nebraska's forest resource. Information and impacts from each program area are available here in PDF format:
There are approximately 1.24 million acres of forest land in Nebraska.
Eighty-eight percent of Nebraska’s forest land is owned by private landowners.
Approximately 94 percent (1.1 million acres) of Nebraska’s forest land is capable of producing commercial timber. This is nearly twice Nebraska’s timberland acreage in 1984.
The estimated volume of all live trees on Nebraska timberland is approximately 1.8 billion cubic feet (38 million dry tons).
Nebraska's forests produce 1.8 million net tons/wood/year each year.
Nebraska’s forests of eastern deciduous and western coniferous trees produce high-value products.
Approximately 5.7 million cubic feet (91,000 tons) of industrial roundwood was harvested from Nebraska forests in 2000; approximately 95 percent of this lumber was sawlogs. Of this, 70 percent was processed at Nebraska sawmills.
Nebraska trees are also used for veneer, excelsior/shavings, industrial fuel and fenceposts.
Eighty-nine percent of wood residue generated in Nebraska’s sawmills is used for products such as specialty boards, animal bedding, litter, mulch and industrial fuel.
Exciting new markets for mulch and biofuels are emerging.
