Utilization and Markets Program

The Utilization and Markets program assists the public with making effective use of the forest to meet their current and future resource needs.

With a large urban population living near local, regional, and global forest markets, Massachusetts is well-positioned to meet the sustainable design goals of communities while balancing forest conservation priorities.

Forest Products

The program strives to assist all users of forest products with a focus on the following program areas:

• Addressing rural socio-economic vulnerabilities with local forest products
  • Community Wood Bank Program
• Supporting fair and transparent markets to serve Massachusetts consumers
• Utilizing wood in construction for climate change mitigation and adaptation 
  • 2026 Massachusetts Sawmill Directory 
• Improving the resiliency of Massachusetts industry via research and development
  • Forest Products Industries Economic Contributions: Massachusetts, 2023
  • Forest Products Industries Economic Contributions: Massachusetts, 2020
• Informing the public through education and outreach