If you are looking to buy timberland or are analyzing the potential return on a timber harvest, a prime question is how much wood there is on an acre of land. While there is a tremendous amount of...
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I don't need to tell you that trees are massive. Towering above all else, these behemoths can really pack some serious heft. In fact, by mass, trees are the largest organisms in the world. But just...
All About the Different Types of Logging and Timber Harvests
To many in the modern world, "logging" is a dirty word. It conjures up imagery of men with chainsaws deforesting a landscape and destroying the environment. Nothing can be farther from the truth. ...
A timber harvest is perhaps the most exciting part of being a timberland owner. In many cases, landowners have waited years to reap the rewards of their acreage, and it may have been their entire...
If you've been interested in sawmills for any length of time, you have likely seen the term "kerf" floating around. Did you ever wonder what that term meant? Simply put, kerf is the term for the...
In much of the deciduous forests of northeastern United States and eastern Canada, hardwood trees dominate. Oak, maple, birch, hickory, and cherry dot the forested landscape with green leaves in...