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North Dakota

Forest Action Plan

Shaping forestland use for present and future generations

The North Dakota Statewide Assessment of Forest Resources and Forest Resource Strategy provides a comprehensive analysis of the forest-related trends, conditions, threats, and opportunities within the state. North Dakota’s Forest Action Plan serves as a long-term, comprehensive, coordinated strategy involving local, state, federal, and tribal partners with the goal of shaping forest land use in a manner that optimizes public benefits from trees and forests for present and future generations.



Best Management Practices

North Dakota’s best management practices (BMPs) program is non-regulatory. The agency responsible for BMPs policy development is the North Dakota Forest Service.

Click here to view the most recent BMPs recommendations on the state forestry agency website.

Click the following links to view available BMP monitoring data and implementation rates from NASF’s 2015 BMP survey and NASF’s 2019 BMP survey.

North Dakota Forestry Publications

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