Sustainable Forestry Education SFE
Michigan's forest products industry community is committed to leading the way on sustainable forestry through programs such as Sustainable Forestry Education (SFE) – Michigan SFI's logger education program and Michigan’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative. The benefits of logger education are numerous, and you can read about them in this document
The SFE program enhances the ability of SFI-certified wood purchasing companies to demonstrate that they are complying with sustainable harvesting and land management practices, and all logging firms working for these certified companies must undergo SFE training. The SFE program is critically important to gaining public support for forest management and timber harvesting and enhancing the industry's credibility.
For a list of MFPC-sponsored and other SFE training courses, as well as approved CE credit-bearing courses offered by outside agencies and organizations please view the 2024 training schedule
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Date |
Location |
Site |
Registration Link |
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5/29/2025 |
St Ignace |
St Ignace Quality Inn |
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9/2/2025 |
Clare |
Jays Sporting Goods |
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9/10/2025 |
Baraga |
Lakeside Inn |
4hr CE Classes for those who completed core in 2023 & 2024
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Date |
Area |
Location |
Registration
Link |
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4/3/2025 |
NW UP |
Lakeside Inn
- Baraga |
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4/25/2025 |
Eastern UP |
Timbermen's
convention - CE only |
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5/5-7/2025 |
NLP |
Kirtland
Community College |
https://www.kirtland.edu/events/3-day-intro-to-lumber-grading/?occurrence=2025-05-05 |
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5/13/2025 |
Central UP |
Olson Sand
and Gravel - Quinnesec |
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5/15/2025 |
North Central
UP |
Timber
Products - Munising |
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6/3/2025 |
West UP |
Near Nestoria
– this is an outdoor event and event location map will be sent to Registrants
– limited to 30 |
Event
registration coming soon. Event will run 1-5 Central time |
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6/4/2025 |
East UP |
Near Rexton –
this is an outdoor event and event location map will be sent to Registrants –
limited to 30 |
Event
registration coming soon. Event will run 8-noon |
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6/4/2025 |
Northern
Lower |
Old Pine Tech
Mill Site / Lake City |
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6/5/2025 |
North East
Lower |
Team Wieland
Truck, Saginaw |
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4/24-25/2025 |
Eastern UP |
Kewadin
Casino - Sault Ste. Marie |
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10/1/2025 |
NLP |
Near Grayling
- this is an outdoor event and event location map will be sent to Registrants
– limited to 30 |
Event
registration coming soon. Event will run 1-5 |
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10/2/2025 |
NLP |
Gaylord to
bridge area - this is an outdoor event and event location map will be sent to
Registrants – limited to 30 |
Event
registration coming soon. Event will run 8-noon |
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Watch for several more
CE classes coming direct from SFI Landowners and Mills |
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View the Michigan SFI QLP Training Standard
The resources located below will give you a good idea of what type of information is covered during the classes.
Logger + Trainee Database
The SFI training program was developed to satisfy the wood-procurement and harvesting requirements of the many SFI-certified wood purchasing companies in Michigan. SFE training consists of two components core training (CT) and continuing education training (CE). This database can be checked by foresters and procurement staff who work for SFI-certified companies.
Facts About Forestry
How much economic activity do forest products produce?
Each year, the Michigan forest products industry harvests avout 12 million tons of wood. Each ton of wood generates about $100 worth of economic activity. That's a grand total of $1.2 billion worth of economic activity!