Forest Facts
More than 84 percent of New Hampshire, or 4.7 million acres, is forested
Of this forested region, 93 percent (4.5 million acres) is classified as timberland by the USDA Forest Service
Of all the states in the nation, only Maine has a higher percentage of forested land than New Hampshire
Private landowners own 80 percent of the state's forests
The average size of a woodlot in New Hampshire is less than 40 acres
Low-grade wood accounts for more than 50 percent of the standing timber volume and the timber harvested in the state
Local forests provide approximately 400,000 tons of clean, low-grade wood each year to power PSNH's Northern Wood Power at Schiller Station
