Forest Certification

Description of DNR's Forest Management Plan

As part of Forest Certification, DNR must provide and maintain a "management plan" to meet various requirements established under both the SFI and FSC-US National Forest Management Certification Standards (2010-2014). For large land management organizations, such as Minnesota DNR, multiple documents often comprise this "management plan," as defined by the Forest Certification Standards. As noted by third-party accredited Forest Certification auditors, the "management plan" for the lands managed by Minnesota DNR is comprised of a "compendium" of databases and documents, including various statutes, plans, policies, procedures, guidelines and recommendations. These guidance documents operate at a various levels of scope and scale (e.g., statewide, landscape-level, site-level, strategic, operational, comprehensive, species or topic specific).

The following documents describe the broad categories into which the various documents can be classified and how these categories generally relate to one another.

• Description of the Components of DNR's Management Plan
• Summary of DNR's Management Plan (Diagram)

For additional information or questions, contact Jon Nelson at 651-259-5278.