Stewardship plan

[SplitG2]

Well, it's long over due...I have DEC coming the 18th of Feb to walk my property and come up with a Stewardship plan.  Best thing is, its free!

[Bballhunter11]

What does the stewardship plan cover split? might be interested in tagging along

[SplitG2]

sure stop by....The Forester will walk the land with you and based on your objectives ie timber, habitat, water etc...he will come up with detailed 10 year plan on how to meet your objectives.  You also need this to file for any NRCS programs.  Go to DEC site and look up The landowner Forest Stewardship.

[Fantail]

Sounds ok if you got the property. Mid feb seems odd. Good luck.

[Geno C]

if you dont mind me asking, what are your objectives?

[SplitG2]

Habitat Improvement and Timber Stand Improvement are the two main goals.

[growalot]

They walked our place some years ago and were of great help...as far as giving us in site on the trees marked for logging ...and which...though they have be cafeful on this point...loggers did better than others.....One thing is I had a little reservation to their ideas on beech cutting....Yes we manage for timber ...but I'm a hunter foremost and beech is our deer... bird....squirrel mainstay the forrester that walked us...wasn't keen on our beech....Yes they have many problems biggest being a rapid killing canker...but besides feeding the wild life....if you go in and do a lot of cutting... one better be prepared to do a lot of work and spending $$ controlling the mess that causes...For once cut....every inch of root left will try to produce more trees...and what a mess that is ???

[Geno C]

keep us posted split, im curious to see what their incite for you would be...

[SplitG2]

will do!

[VenaticOutdoors]

This sounds like a very beneficial plan.

[gjs4]

Buy chainsaws and mature bucks- new book out ($10, guys name is Hershberger from Ohio)- would probably help you a lot more imo

Big differences in creating ground to hunt deer optimally and that to meet a biologists desires too