PA Forest & Industry Facts

 

Pennsylvania Hardwoods: Leading the Nation

#1 in hardwood growing stock

#1 in production of hardwood lumber

#1 in wood product exports

 

Pennsylvania’s Forest Products Industry

over 60,000

Pennsylvanians Employed

 

over 10%

Of PA's Manufacturing Workforce

 

over 2,000

Businesses

 

across all 67 counties

Businesses

 

$115,000,000,000

Annual Sales

 

over $39,000,000,000

Annual Economic Impact

 
Pennsylvania’s Sustainable Forest Resource
 

About 17 million acres – almost 60% of PA’s land area; more acres than 100 years ago.
PA’s forests are growing at 2-3 times the rate we harvest them.
Hardwood trees are a naturally regenerating renewable resource, meaning replanting is usually not necessary.

 


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Pennsylvania Forest Products Association

PFPA is Pennsylvania's foremost industry trade association representing all sectors of the Forest Products Industry in state and local government affairs. Our members range from the landowners, foresters and loggers that maintain our forests to the sawmills, secondary processors, industry suppliers, paper mills and wood product manufacturers who bring us products we all use in our daily lives. PFPA stands for the sustainable management of our forest resources to enhance forest health, habitat, environmental quality, economic growth and overall quality of life.