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Non-timber forest products in Minnesota Dave Wilsey, PhD Assistant Extension Professor and Educator Extension Center for Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences
Non Timber Forest Products
What is (or isn’t) a NTFP?
What is (or isn’t) a NTFP?
What is (or isn’t) a NTFP?  What is (or isn’t) a NTFP?
Where are NTFPs found?
Where are NTFPs found?
Where are NTFPs found? …to field From forest… And beyond???
Why are we interested in NTFPs?  Or: What makes NTFPs interesting?
Minnesota Lives…
Minnesota Lives…
Minnesota Livelihoods…
Today’s Roadmap 1. DevelopingAwareness of Resources 2. Utilization of Resources 3. Management of Resources
Quick poll…
(What’s really out there?) Developing Awareness (And where exactly is it?)
D.I.Y! Seasonal Calendars Awareness Activity or  Phenology Journal Rainy Lake, May 2007, Unknown berries Photo-journaling
Books & field guides How to do… How to find… Awareness
Peer and professional networks Friends & Neighbors Find a Forester Awareness http://www.myminnesotawoods.umn.edu/minnesota-stewardship-plan-preparers/
Local markets and institutions Goods from the Woods Awareness Farmers’ Markets	 Informal markets
(Some of) Minnesota NTFPs
Maple syrup Acer spp. Acerspecies ,[object Object]
14 US states produce; MN is not in top 5
2008 Canadian production valued at $209 million,[object Object]
Estimated 4300 ton annual harvest
Thousands of seasonal employeesSource: “Estimation and Monitoring of balsam fir boughs in MN,” M. Hansen et al, Date unknown Photo: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Manoomin(Wild rice) Zizaniapalustris ,[object Object]
An annual aquatic grass
Harvest requires permit, if non-Native
Related products include birch bark winnowing baskets, cedar knockers, and balsam push polesPhotos: dwilsey, esagor (upper right)
Birch bark Betula papyrifera ,[object Object]
Non-destructive (properly harvested)
Linked to harvest and processing of wild rice (Ojibwe),[object Object]
Countless others…
Utilization “[NTFPs] are about getting outdoors, about being with your family.” “Balsam and trapping pay the bills; hunting gets the meat.”  – Comments from Minnesota NTFP harvesters
Enjoying what is there ,[object Object]
Wildlife observation
Wildflowers
Wildlife
Etc.Utilization Photos: esagor,  dwilsey (lower left)
Consumption Utilization ,[object Object]
Foods,[object Object]
Commercial uses Tapping rubber trees in Mexico, dwilsey Utilization ,[object Object]
Hobby enterprise

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NTFP Webinar, UMN Extension

Editor's Notes

  1. How are you coming to this…Background: Debate / dialogue about what is an NTFP
  2. Plants
  3. Animals
  4. Services: shade, water, habitat recreation, etc.
  5. In the Forest?
  6. Agricultural contexts
  7. Recognize the continuum.Outliers: wild rice, fishing, etc.
  8. Change of direction…maybe a better question is:
  9. Who we are
  10. The things that we do.
  11. And our strategies for getting by and earning a living
  12. Do you harvest or have you harvested non-timber forest products? Y/NHow many…
  13. Do you or have you made money from non timber forest products? Y/N