Forester Services in Pa include:
Consulting forester in Pennsylvania performing forest management plans, timber sales, timber valuations, real estate services, wildlife habitat improvement in Pa.
As a Consulting Forester in Pa, I have been providing forestry services for private landowners and State Forests in Pa and New York for 25 years.
The most important forester service is timber sale administration. When a landowner wants to sell timber from his land, he may only have one or two timber sales in a lifetime. It is important to get the maximum amount of money, and at the same time, protect future timber growth and the aesthetics of the land as well as ensure environmental law compliance. This involves setting up the sale so that machinery does not harm the soil and the remaining trees. Also, marketing the timber to the right buyer is important as the highest payer may not be anyone you know or be the local saw mill or logger. Income is not the most important objective of a timber sale. A proper harvest is far more important. We ensure that the timber is marked, tallied and a prospectus is shown to the best timber buyers who use reputable logging companies to harvest their timber.
Timber Stand Improvement, or TSI is a necessary activity that is often neglected by landowners. TSI is like weeding your garden, taking out the plants that are not benefiting your timber or wildlife value and making room for the high quality trees that help you achieve your goals for the property. How much does Timber …
Oak trees are one of the most valuable trees you can have on your property from a timber as well as wildlife standpoint. Everywhere oaks grow, landowners want to know how to grow good quality oaks and how to regenerate new ones. Here in Pennsylvania, we have huge areas of oak-dominated forest. In the higher …
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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When we conduct a timber sale, there may be several species and quality of timber products produced, from veneer walnut all the way down to the pulpwood. Every initial meeting with a landowner brings up the questions: what are timber prices and and who buys our timber products? My timber sale clients sometimes ask me …
How do Forestry Practices Benefit Deer Habitat? Forestry Practices and wildlife habitat improvement go hand in hand. Anytime I do a timber harvest, I am designing my harvesting and cleanup efforts with game habitat in mind. However, loggers can mess up your deer habitat in a timber sale if not done correctly. Timber harvesting in …
How to Tell if There are Too Many Does on Your Property? If there are too many does on the property, you will see overbrowsing of available food sources. Either food must be increased or deer numbers must be reduced. Every hunter knows that harvesting does is an important part of good deer management. But, …
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Selling Timber – Why hiring a Consulting Forester in PA is a good move. A timber sale is something you should enter into with great care. Start by informing yourself – read this: Sometimes I read an article by one of my associates and It is so good I just need to re-post it. In …
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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 …
Prescribed fire is the best tool foresters have to regenerate oak forests. Periodic fire shaped the composition of the forest prior to fire exclusion over the last century. We can see that oak-dominated forest is now being overtaken by more shade-tolerant species, most of which are of lesser value to wildlife and not as valuable …
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So you want to sell some timber from your land. Where do you start? The first thing to do is think about what your goals are in having a timber sale. Most people sell timber when they suddenly need money for something. This is a sad situation as there is very little active timber management …
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