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Forestry Assistance Program
The Michigan Forestry Assistance Program (FAP) is free technical assistance program for private forest landowners in Michigan. FAP district foresters are employed by local conservation districts and are able to provide information to landowners about nearly everything forestry related.
District Foresters are responsible for providing landowners with assistance in areas such as:
District Foresters are responsible for providing landowners with assistance in areas such as:
- Free Onsite Evaluation
- Forestry advice and assistance
- Forest management
- Forestry education & workshops
- Reforestation plans and assistance
- Tree Farm sign-up/inspection
- Soil information
- NRCS Cost-Shares
- Food Plot Cost-Shares
- Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Cost-Shares
- Habitat and wildlife information
- Plant and pest identification
- Windbreak designs
- Qualified Forest Program
- Commercial Forest Program
- Forestry Referrals
- Tree Sales
Technical Assistance Procedure
- Landowner contacts their local FAP forester to set up a site visit.
- During site visit, the FAP forester can discuss all questions you have regarding your property. They can also give recommendations for how to manage to the property to meet your goals.
- If a landowner requires further assistance that cannot be provided by the FAP forester (such as writing a management plan, negotiating a timber harvest, etc.), the FAP forester can provide the landowner with a list of individuals that can provide the required service. OR
- The landowner can request a referral by the FAP forester to natural resource professionals that can provide the required service.
How Referrals Work
- FAP foresters can provide referrals to the private sector on behalf of a landowner.
- The FAP forester will send out a request for the landowner's required service (management plan, timber harvest, consultation, etc.) by email and online.
- None of the landowner's personal information (name, address, etc.) will be listed in the referral.
- When a forestry professional wants to take on a landowner's job, they will contact the FAP forester to express their interest.
- The FAP forester will contact the landowner and provide them with the forestry professional's contact information.
- The landowner can then contact the forestry professional to discuss the job further.
If there are no responses by forestry professionals for a service, the FAP forester will re-post the referral within 14 days of the original referral date. If there are still no responses within 28 days of the original referral date, the FAP forester will personally inquire with forestry professionals to find interested individuals.