RatliffLogging
ArboristSite Operative
I feel like the lone gun in the woods. Seems I am telling my clients your timber is worth 10 times what you will get to have it clear cut just using good forestry practices. The other day while asking a Guy what did they offer you he said $0.12 a bdft. I said hold up you have 11000bdft of veneer Walnut alone if you selectively cut it allowing it to mature over the next 20 years you would end up with 50-60% more timber just with the coming of size of smaller trees around that would be cut down in a clear cut. I told him the 11k bdft in walnut he has now would bring him $3.00 a bdft and up with a exporter I know and that would be also most more then the guys offered him for his 60acres worth of timber clear cut. Plus he would get the added land value of still having healthy timber....(home builders in our area pay big for this feature). I went as far as to offer him 60/40 in his favor not to let a company bring in huge machines and run down a beautiful woodlot. I guess it right now or nothing for some people. The fact that he would have seen 10-15 times the money in return didn't seem to effect his mind set. Most people don't understand low impact is still high production with a better eye for tomorrow and better marketing for today. Well I guess $40000 for a standing lot of timber is worth more then $200000 over the course of 2 years. plus being able to cut it again in 5-10 years and again 5-10 more years down the road. Does no one think of the future? Shoot me a line if we stand together on this issue.