In my decades of working in the Forestry and Wildlife Habitat Consulting business, I have seen just about every mistake there is and continue to see the same mistakes over and over. So, I decided to write this blog article and hopefully, a few people will read it. If you are reading this, congratulations, because …
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Do I Have To Pay Income Tax on My Timber Sale? I was meeting with a landowner about his timber sale I recently marked and sold for him. He had a timber sale 11 years ago and I asked him about how much depletion he took on that sale. He had no idea what I …
Creating Deer Habitat That Also Benefits All Wildlife As a landowner who cares about good stewardship of the land and who likes to see lots of game, songbirds and other wildlife like reptiles and amphibians while you walk your woods and to have great success in hunting season, this article is for you. As a …
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7 Things You Can do to Improve Deer Habitat in Winter As I sit here with rain and snow coming down outside and my freezer is adequately stocked with venison, I was thinking of what I can do on client properties as soon as deer seasons are completely over. Winter is actually the best time …
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How much is my timber worth? Wow, that’s a loaded question. Especially in current market conditions. The most important thing to keep in mind is that timber is a fungible commodity. In other words, since there is a lot of it on the market and there is constant flow of it, the price of it …
You want to have a food plot on your land but it doesn’t have any open ground or fields. Where do you start? First of all, your land is not farmland for a reason – nobody cleared it to farm because it wasn’t suitable for farming. The early settlers where adept at locating soil that …
A site visit to the NY property revealed a rare problem, that is, too much rain. Never thought I would be complaining about too much rain, but we have fields now that are waterlogged and plants suffering from lack of air. There is a lot of yellowing in some fields and the neighbor’s corn is …
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Most landowners sell timber from their land once or twice in a lifetime. Its a big step and should not be taken lightly. Of course, once a tree is cut down, you can’t put it back and 80 to 180 years of growth is wasted unless the timber sale is done right. Keep in mind …
Land – Forestry and Wildlife Services Overview If you are interested in increasing the value of the timber on your land and increasing the numbers of game animals using your property, there are a number of ways a trained forester/biologist like myself can help you achieve your goals. In my many years of experience with …
