Timber Management
Timber Management Plan Preparation
Timber management plans act as a guideline for managing your forest resource by:
- describing the current conditions,
- identifying landowners’ goals for their forest,
- describing what management activities are to be employed to accomplish the landowner’s goals, and
- to address/describe other aspects of land and timber management such as: water, wildlife, soils, etc.
Timber management plans are a mandatory aspect of maintaining property tax exemptions and for qualifying your property to be a certified “Tree Farm”.
Timber Sales
Marking and Administering timber sales involves:
- identifying the timber to be harvested,
- soliciting bids or buyers for the timber,
- contract or deed preparation, and
- monitoring the logging operations to ensure compliance with the timber conveyance
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Timber Estimation and Valuation
Timber estimation and valuation are most often accomplished by implementation of a timber cruise, which is a sampling of your forest resource and is done to estimate timber volumes and values. Timber cruises are used to:
- establish your “timber basis” for tax/accounting purposes,
- estimate the value of your timber resource,
- identify and map stand types, and
- help in making management decisions (when to harvest, what to harvest, what to expect)