Timber Management Enables You To Increase Your Property's Value and Generate Income Well Into The Future

As a private woodland owner you may
not be receiving the full value and
benefits that can be realized through professional timber management. According to Pennsylvania Forestry Association data, private lands could
      grow twice as much timber if managed properly.

      Through the use of responsible management practices and our
      forestry experience we direct the spacing, specie, and volume of
      trees to optimize the growth of timber that's marketable to the
      hardwood lumber and veneer industries. The more marketable
      trees grown the greater the value and income to be realized.

      The first step for an unmanaged woodlot is to
      clean out the undesireable species which are
      crooked, deseased or otherwise unmarketable.
      These trees hamper the growth of the straight
      healthy trees that lumber buyers want. This
      initial stand improvement is meant to free the
      marketable trees from competition and thin the
      stand to desireable numbers. This intial step
      can often provide the owner with firewood, (that is growing in
      marketable trees which could be harvested and sold for income.

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