Maryland

Ranking as one of the state’s top manufacturing industries, Maryland’s forest products industry is a vital component of the state’s economy. The industry employs 13,000 workers with an annual payroll of $386 million. Maryland’s paper and wood manufacturing workforce represents 7 percent of the state’s total manufacturing workforce.

Approximately 43 percent of Maryland is forested. Credited to regeneration and planting programs, the net annual forest growth exceeds harvests by a substantial margin.

Maryland’s Land Area (in thousands of acres)
Total Land Area: 6,295
Forests: 2,701
Forests as Percent of Total: 42.9%
Federal Lands: 199

Timberland (in thousands of acres)
Government
    Federal: 22
    State: 236
    County & Municipal: 23
Forest Industry: 137
Other Private Nonindustrial: 2,006
Total Timberland: 2,424

Federal Land Set-Asides (in thousands of acres)
National Parks: 71
Fish & Wildlife Service: 44
Total: 115

Recycled Paper Consumption (in thousands of short tons): 144
also includes Delaware’s recycled paper consumption

Tree Planting (acres)
Federal: 8
State, County and Municipal: 430
Forest Industry: 1,450
Farmer & Other Private: 6,250
Total: 8,138

Value of Industry Shipments (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $566,558
Paper Manufacturing: $1,166,427

Capital Expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
Wood Product Manufacturing: $12,270
Paper Manufacturing: $196,127

Annual Production
Softwood Lumber (million board feet): 96
Hardwood Lumber (million board feet): 182
Paper & Paperboard (thousands of short tons): *
*withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies

Timberland Ownership
Government: 11%
Forest Industry: 6%
Other Private Nonindustrial: 83%

Maryland’s total softwood and hardwood inventory has increased 63 percent since 1953 despite increasing production of wood and paper products.

Employment
Forestry: 500
Lumber & Wood Products (includes logging): 5,255
Paper & Allied Products: 7,568