The combined results of the 2010 Statewide Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy are referred to as Ohio's Forest Action Plan. 

The purpose of the Forest Action Plan is to provide a basis upon which future strategic directions and actions can be evaluated and selected. It will be used by the Ohio Division of Forestry as well as existing and potential partners to marshal limited resources towards addressing identified issues and threats to Ohio’s forests. Ohio currently has 7.9 million acres of forestland, or 30 percent of the State’s land. Eighty-eight percent of that forestland is privately-owned, with the remaining 12 percent owned by local, state, and federal government.

The 2008 Federal Farm Bill requires each state to complete a Statewide Forest Resource Assessment and Strategy to receive funds under the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act. The result of that effort is the Forest Action Plan, which ultimately ensures that resources are being focused on important landscape areas with the greatest opportunity to address shared management priorities and achieve meaningful outcomes.

 

Please direct questions or comments to Cotton Randall, Special Projects Administrator: Cotton.Randall@dnr.state.oh.us or 614-265-6667.