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2025 Internal Audit Finds Sound Forestry And Room for Improvement

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By Wisconsin DNR

Photo of a snowy trek through the woods at a Vilas County site of a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources internal audit site.

A snowy trek through the woods at a Vilas County audit site. / Photo Credit: Wisconsin DNR

The annual internal audit of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Managed Forest Law (MFL) Certified Group took place April 7-8 with visits to 40 certified MFL properties and completed timber harvests in north central Wisconsin – specifically, in Adams, Clark, Jackson, Lincoln, Marathon, Taylor, Oneida and Vilas counties.

An internal audit is required every year for both Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC) and American Tree Farm System® (ATFS) standards, under which the MFL Certified Group is dually certified. The audit reviews a selection of MFL properties where timber harvesting was completed within the previous three years.

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2023 MFL Audit A Success

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Map showing Managed Forest Law management zones

This map shows the Managed Forest Law management zones. / Map Credit: Wisconsin DNR

Back in August, a team of third-party forest certification auditors made their annual trip to Wisconsin to evaluate the performance and administration of the MFL Certified Group to American Tree Farm System® and Forest Stewardship Council® standards.

Over the week of Aug. 12, auditors visited 85 sites in the counties served by the Northeast Tax Law Team. This audit was even more successful than last year, with only a single audit finding and no corrective actions needed. That marks the first annual audit in the history of the MFL Certified Group (dating back to 2005) which resulted in zero corrective action requests!

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