[AT] Off Topic, Logging property

Cecil R Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Sat Sep 8 17:53:57 PDT 2012


I would contact the state forestry department and have them look at it.  
They have an unbiased expert available for free.

Cecil in OKla


On 9/8/2012 6:38 PM, William Powell wrote:
> Hello,
>
> About 5 years ago against many wise recommendations on this list I entered
> into a land trust with my father, two sisters, and brother. 114 Acres in
> Upstate NY.  We bought my aunt out of her half the property. The land was in
> the Family since the 1800's.
>
> Before we bought the land the property was logged. And, about 10 years
> before that it was logged. So, pretty much everything worth anything was cut
> down and removed. The road was a mess for years.
>
> My sister now wants to log the property again, she has a logger that will
> pull fire wood out. It's only been about six years. I'm not for it. I've
> done a little reading and I feel we should let the trees mature for at least
> 15 years. She's says she needs the money and that a forester said we should
> clear out the bad wood based on what the other loggers had done.
>
>
> Anyway, if we agree to log it are we ruining our long term investment? I
> would rather wait another 10 years if we will get full potential from the
> property.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Will
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