Forestry is one of Missouri’s leading industries, employing 34,600 people and contributing over $4 billion dollars a year into the state’s economy.

85 Percent of Missouri’s 14 million acres of timberland is owned by private, nonindustrial landowners; over 400,000 private landowners own about 11.9 million acres of Missouri forestland. To learn more about Missouri’s forest click on Forest Facts.

Assistance

• Missouri Online Timber Sale
• Trained Loggers List
• Missouri Department of Conservation Region and State Logger of the Year Awards
• Professional Foresters
• MFPA Membership Application
• Basics of Selling Timber
• Directory of Primary Processors in Missouri
• Directory of Secondary Processors in Missouri (PDF File)
• Forest Management Assistance for Missouri Landowners
• Missouri Consulting Foresters Association
• Understanding Casualty Loss of Timber
• Landowners' Guide to Lease Hunting in Missouri
  

Resource Planning

• Succession Planning for Woodland Owners
• Forest Inventory and Analysis Mapmaker
• Timber Product Output Analysis
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• Mark Twain National Forest
  • Ranger District Offices & Contacts
  • Timber Sale Contract Revision (2400-6/T - effective October 2004) - 2 MB PDF

Programs

• Missouri Tree Farm Program
• Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Program
• Hunt/Lease Liability Insurance
• Missouri Woodland Steward Program
• Missouri Private Land Programs
• Financial Assistance Programs
• Missouri Forest Legacy Program
  

Timber Price Reports

• Timber Price Trends
• N.E. Log Report (PDF file)

Timber Tax Assistance

• Timber Tax Tips For Forest Landowners for 2008 Year (PDF file)
• Forest Landowners' Guide to Federal Income Tax (PDF file)
• Federal Timber Tax

Enforcement Programs

• Missouri Best Management Practices
• Inconsistent Practices Program
• Operation Forest Arson