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· Forest
Management Plans including Stewardship Plans
· Timber
inventory and appraisals
· Monitor
forestland for absentee landowners
· Reforestation
· Improve
wildlife habitat
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The
Forest Stewardship Program is designed to aid
private forest
owners nationwide in managing their properties.
This program has produced more than 225,000 multi-resource
management plans
which encompasses more than 25 million acres of
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Forest Management Plans including Stewardship Plans
Forest management plans including
Stewardship plans are required in order to qualify
for
federal or state cost share funding of many forest
activities. They can also be required to
keep the tax status of a parcel in "forestland"
category. The cost of having a plan written is
cost sharable in many cases. Currently, the primary
cost share program is the Forest Land Enhancement
Program (FLEP).
Details can be found at www.fs.fed.us/spf/coop/programs/loa/flep.shtml.
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Timber
inventory and appraisals
We can provide a formal timber cruise to determine
total stand
volume and / or volume to be cut after the stand
has been
marked. Using the cruise data, timber valuations
can be made.
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Monitor
forestland for absentee landowners
We can provide periodic visits to your property
to check for any trespassing, illegal timber theft,
culvert plugs, etc. We can also monitor your forest
for any insect or disease problems, or other forest
health issues.
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Reforestation
If you have a need for reforestation, we can help
you decide on the best species and type of seedling
to plant on the site, as well as the number of
seedlings per acre to plant for adequate stocking.
We can help you order seedlings from quality nurseries
and can solicit bids from established tree planting
contractors if you desire.
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We have experience with landowners with tree planting
needs under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
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Improve wildlife habitat
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We can help you improve the habitat for your favorite
wildlife
species by planting their favorite native food
plants and/or improving or developing water sources.
Snags can be created to provide needs for cavity
nesting birds and as perches for raptors. If a
timber harvest is planned, it can be designed
to selectively cut trees to allow more light through
the canopy to stimulate growth of native browse
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