Setting Goals For Future Logging

Your woodland is home to many different varieties of wildlife and plants, consideration needs to be taken for them when caring for your woodland. Your aim should be to get good quality firewood and lumber from your woods today and for many years to come while leaving shelter and food for wildlife.

Planting trees is a good for your land, just be sure that trees that you plant are native to the area, these trees are suited for your specific location and will not bring with it unwanted pests and diseases. Choosing trees like walnut and black cherry provide food for the wildlife that has made your forest a home and will create a good harvesting income in the future. If you are harvesting for firewood, take smaller trees out that are inferior and are competing for space, this will help your trees to grow more efficiently.

Develop A Plan

It is never too late to develop a forest plan, this will help you with your goals for the future of your woodland over a long period. Decide what your goals and objectives are for your land and put them in writing. Are you interested in mushroom hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, firewood and/or timber logging? It is crucial to have a good laid out plan to go by.

Knowing What Trees To Cut

Knowing what trees to cut for firewood and what needs to be cut for logging for lumber can make a difference on maximizing your income for your woodlot. If you cut down a black walnut or a cherry tree for firewood you could be cheating yourself out of profits form your future logging harvest. As I said earlier, know your trees! Northland News will be posting a series about knowing your trees, so please watch for it on our blog.

Goal Setting For Quality Timber

For timber to be of good quality and maxamixe profits for logging, it must be free from limbs for a considerable portion of the trees height. Limbs cause knots in the tree and causes it to be graded lower. The tree must be tall and stay in proportion of size throughout most of the trees height (from the butt to the top of the tree).

Thinning Produces Less Competition

When doing proper planned logging intervals you are creating more room for trees to grow with less competition for resources that are need by the forest floor to thrive in a healthy manner. Thinning your forest results in a greater diameter of the tree growth until the canopy begins to close again. When the canopy begins to close then it is time to consider another harvest or thinning of your forest.

If you are having difficulty deciding if your woodland is ready for logging or don't know where to start with your goal setting please feel free to call Steve Lunog at Northland Timber & Logging to help guide you. Steve is Certified in Sustainable Forestry.

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