Stocking Level in 1973                    350MBF  poor quality from high grading 

Harvests to date                                  250MBF    low grade logs and cordwood

Current stocking level                    800MBF    average quality is much improved  

Annual net growth in 1998                36MBF  growth is mostly good quality now

Annual Harvest                                    20MBF  low grade live trees

Annual Salvage of dead trees            10MBF    not included in  net growth

Full Stocking Level                        1,000MBF  this goal should be reached about
                                                              the year 2010

Allowable harvest in future                40MBF  this is our sustained yield harvest 
(good quality trees)

Timber Stand Improvement - 320 acres accomplished (some stands several times)

Crop Tree Release harvests - 140 acres (some stands several times)

Tree Planting - 5,000 trees over several years  - pine and hardwoods

Roads and trails constructed and maintained - 6 miles

Prairie remnants cleared and burned.  Wildflowers propagated. 

Is is very rewarding to see the forestry work we have done for 20 years really starting to pay off in a beautiful forest, a lovely new log home, and steady income from improvement harvesting.  Another 14 years and our timber should reach full stocking on most stands, and then things will really pick up.  By then timber values for good logs should be out of sight and demand will be truly worldwide for all products.  What other investment can offer so many rewards

As your forests grows, you should keep careful watch over the growth rates of your crop trees.  We work to attain 1/4 inch growth rings (1/2" diameter/year) on the best trees.  When a majority of your crop trees begin to slow their growth, you know all the available growth nutrients, water and light are being utilized fully.  Proper spacing of crop trees, as determined by the Timbergreen Crop Tree Spacing Guide, will also signal when the forest is reaching optimum stocking levels.  As this goal is realized, a regular harvest cycle can begin to maximize income while continually maintaining high quality trees for the future.

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