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Advisory Service is available to all landowners, including urban residents. This service includes group training sessions, publications, film and video loan, office consultation, insect and disease identification and analysis, referrals to consultants, on-site visits under certain conditions and help with evaluating and choosing land management options.
We encourage owners to accompany the forester during an on-site visit to the property. The landowner must provide the legal description of the land or the street address with the request for assistance.
Management Service is available to landowners interested in the long term management of their forest. Those who receive management services agree to develop and carry out a management program for the immediate and long term stewardship of their property.
Management Service includes assistance in developing and carrying out a management plan for the property. Activities in the plan may include:
Guidance on wildlife habitat improvement, erosion control, outdoor recreation development, soil and watershed protection and forest road location and construction.
To receive these services, the landowner must:
The Department provides the landowner with:
Selling timber is done only occasionally by most private landowners. Many request the knowledge and aid of a forester in marketing their timber. Department foresters can help landowners with marking and selling timber under these guidelines: