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22 Great Lakes Logging • Expo Edition 2025
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Bill Cook
Red Pine Glory
By Bill Cook
Red pine plantations are unfairly maligned by
some elements within the environmental com-
munity. In reality, red pine plantations are often
a legacy of past efforts to rejuvenate the forest.
They continue to be a promise for needed future
fiber to support our ever-demanding society.
Red pine is a marvelous forest species with
a colorful past and a unique life history. The
Civilian Conservation Corps planted many mil-
lions of red pine over tens of thousands of acres
on cutover and burned-over land. Red pine was
chosen because it could be produced in nurser-
ies, was fairly easy to plant, survival rates were
acceptable, and was among the fastest growing
in the Lake States. The utilitarian wood could be
milled into lumber, pulped and then made into
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