Forester Benefits Timber Sale
What benefits does a forester provide when I sell timber?
A harvest almost always generates more income when a forester assists you in marketing. A forester can help you plan the harvest to protect and enhance the other values of your land that are important and may be detailed in your management plan such as aesthetics, water quality, wildlife habitat, forest health and forest productivity as well as optimizing your financial return on the timber. They can provide information on the tax implications of your timber sale.
A consulting forester can offer a wide range of services and can handle most jobs from start to finish. Or, they may handle only part of the job if you so choose. An independent, private consulting forester works for you, the landowner, not for a timber buyer or the government. A consultant can serve as your agent in a variety of technical matters related to management of your woodland.
Although an industrial forester's first obligation is to the forester's employing company, many offer high quality assistance beneficial to landowners. It is to forest industry's advantage to develop long term trusting relationships where landowners want a firm to come back time and again to harvest their timber. To develop a lasting relationship, companies may offer comprehensive services and good prices for the timber they purchase.
