Forestry Facts

Highlights

New York has more forests than any other state in the Northeast - 18.6 million acres. That's nearly an acre for each and every New Yorker!
New York's forests are growing over 3 times faster than they are being harvested, cleared for development or lost to insects and disease.
Are we running out of trees yet? Over 62 percent of the state is covered by forests, an increase of 23 percent since 1953.
Over 500,000 individuals and families own most (85 percent of commercial forestland) of New York's forests.

Land Use - Table of the various land uses in NYS.
Ownership of Timberland in NYS - Table of who owns New York's forests.
Certified Forest Land in NYS - Listing of forest land by various certification systems in NYS.
Top 10 Most Forested Counties
Top 10 Tree Species in NY

"Just the Facts: An Overview of New York's Wood-Based Economy and Forest Resource" by Dr. Hugh O. Canham, SUNY CESF and Kevin S. King, ESFPA, 1998 (limited quantities available, call for more information)