Which trees to cut — and which to leave growing — determines what your woodlot is worth in twenty years. Professional marking protects that future before a saw ever starts.
In a well-managed hardwood woodlot, a harvest is a silvicultural tool, not just a payday. Good marking removes the right trees: the mature, the declining, and the poorly formed — while keeping the healthy, valuable growing stock that builds your next harvest.
Poor marking (or "high-grading," where only the best trees are taken) does the opposite: it strips the value out of a woodlot and leaves a degraded stand that can take generations to recover. It's the most common — and most expensive — mistake private landowners make.
As independent consultants, we work for you — not for a mill or a buyer. Every tree we mark is marked in the long-term interest of your forest and your objectives.
We start with your objectives and a look at the stand — its condition, history, and what it can sustainably yield.
We set the silvicultural approach and mark the harvest tree by tree, keeping your best growing stock on the stump.
The marked tally lets buyers bid competitively on exactly what's for sale — which almost always means a better price for you.
We can stay involved through the harvest to see that operations respect the marking, your property, and the trees that remain.
A marked, competitively-sold harvest usually pays for itself — in price and in the forest you keep.
Serving private landowners across Southwestern Ontario.
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