Manitoba has over 26 million ha of forestlands, of which approximately 94% are provincial Crown land.

Our Crown forests are managed for diverse economic, environmental, social and cultural uses. To effectively meet these varied needs, Crown forestlands are designated for different uses such as Provincial Parks, Wildlife Management Areas, Ecological Reserves or Provincial Forests.

Under The Forests Act, Provincial Forests (see the Crown Forests publications page to download the Provincial Forests brochure) were developed primarily as a source of sustainable timber supply. Today there are 15 designated Provincial Forests, totaling almost 22,000 km².

Much of the province's unallocated forestland is remote or commercially unproductive, yet our productive forests support three major forest companies as well as numerous midsize and small forest operations.

Manitoba Conservation, Forestry Branch is mandated with management responsibilities for provincial Crown forests.

However, within the forest management license (FMLs) areas where major forest companies have been allocated long term tenure to wood supply, those companies have become responsible for certain forest management responsibilities, such as forest renewal, for the Province.