1. Pennsylvania Hardwood Industry
Paul Lyskava
Pennsylvania Forest
Products Association
Wayne Bender
Pennsylvania Hardwoods Development Council
Governor’s Green Ribbon Commission
January 7, 2015

2. PA Wood Products Employment
NAICS
Forestry/Logging (113)
Wood Products Mfg (321) , , ,769
Paper Manufacturing (322) , , ,675
Furniture and Related
Products Mfg (337) , , ,841
Total , , ,068

3. PA Wood Products Employers
NAICS
Forestry/Logging (113)
Wood Products Mfg (321) , ,
Paper Manufacturing (322)
Furniture and Related
Products Mfg (337)
Total , , ,091

5. U.S. Eastern Hardwood Production (in billion board feet)

6. Red Oak and White Oak Pricing Source: Hardwood Review

7. Cherry and Ash Pricing Source: Hardwood Review

8. PA Wood Sources PA Forest Land Ownership Industry Timber Sources
Private Lands 66%
PA Company Lands 11%
PA Public Lands 9%
Out of State Land 14%
Lord, 2013

9. Pennsylvania Hardwoods Development Council
Created in 1988 by PA State Legislature
Four Mission Objectives Since 1988:
Timber Access and Responsible Forest Management
Economic Assistance to Primary and Value Added Processors
Domestic and International Marketing
Public Education about Forestry and Forest Products Industry
Additional Objectives Since 2013 (25th Anniversary Forum)
Promote Science Based Environmental Message
Workforce Development
Minimize Regulation
Promotes brand “Pennsylvania Hardwood Stands for Quality
Pennsylvania WoodMobile

10. PA WoodMobile
1,482,647 Visitors
162,055 Students/Teachers

11. American Hardwood Forests
US hardwood growth and removals (million m3)
US hardwood inventory (billion m3)
A lot of parallels between French and US hardwood resource – also increasing in size – also owned mainly be small private owners.
The US hardwood resource extends to around 110 million hectares – largest temperate hardwood forest in the world - concentrated in the Eastern U.S..
Every year for the past 50 years, the volume of wood removed from US hardwood forests has been well below the growth rate.
In recent times, harvesting has only taken around 50% of the net growth.
The result is that between 1953 and 2007, the volume of U.S. hardwood growing stock more than doubled from 5.2 billion m3 to 11.3 billion m3.

12. Pennsylvania Forest Growth:
Today, Pennsylvania has 5x more forest resource than in 1955!

14. US Hardwood is Under-Utilized

15. Source: Global Trade Atlas

16. Source: Global Trade Atlas & Eurostat

17. Source: USDA GATS

18. TOTAL PENNSYLVANIA EXPORTS = $454,692,029
In Millions
TOTAL PENNSYLVANIA EXPORTS = $454,692,029

19. “Middle Class” Outside the U. S
“Middle Class” Outside the U.S. Expected to Double By 2020 – Approaching 1 Billion Households Worldwide commodity consumption will be impacted
Foreign households w/real PPP incomes greater than $20,000 a year (in millions of households)
Middle class in developing countries projected to increase 138% by 2020 vs. just 15% in developed countries in 2009
Developing countries
Developed countries (ex US)
Source: Global Insight’s Global Consumer Markets data as analyzed by OGA

20. Finding New Markets: Exterior Use -Thermally Modified Structural Uses

21. Thermally Modified Ash from Pennsylvania
Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations in Marseille, France
Thermally Modified Ash from Pennsylvania

22. 3) Environmentally Green Marketing

24. Life Cycle Analysis Inventory Data

25. Derived from PE/AHEC ireport

27. DNA finger printing of American hardwood
Preliminary discussions with Double Helix, company specialising in DNA timber tracking
Funding sought for a US forest genographic map showing distribution of genetic types for tree populations
New low cost timber DNA testing equipment becoming available to importers, retailers & regulators
Incontrovertible proof of specific US origin and that wood is negligible risk

28. Mortality before harvesting leads to the release of 160 million tons of CO2 to the atmosphere, annually in the USA

29. Questions: Wayne Bender 717-705-3930 dbender@pa.gov Paul Lyskava
Thank you to American Hardwood Export Council,
Michael Snow, Executive Director