Managing Your Timber Sale; Advice for Landowners before Logging

Held on 31 Jan. 2004; Mt. Vernon WA

Topics

Why Log in the First Place?
>>Identifying your objectives
>>Where to turn for help

Planning For and Getting What You Want
>>Silviculture systems
>>Who are you going to work with (choice and communication)?
>>Sale layout; evaluating a logging job; leave tree selection and condition
>>Planning skid trails and landings
>>Are clear cuts always bad and selective logging always good?
>>Matching equipment to the job
>>Getting the job you envisioned

Regulations, Rules and Other Stuff
>>Forest Practice Rules and how they apply to you
>>When do you really need a Forest Practices Permit?
>>Endangered species and timber harvest
>>Road Maintenance and Abandonment Plans (don’t let this catch you off guard!)
>>Converting forestland to other issues

What’s a Fair Share for the Owner?
>>What should a logging job cost?
>>Understanding log markets and the jargon
>>C, K, and J sorts, camp run
>>Pulp wood, chip ‘n saw logs
>>Log scaling and weight scales

Is a Handshake Good Enough?
>>Importance of a written contract
>>Types of contracts; what’s a ‘fair’ split?
>>Tracking YOUR money, taxes and who will pay them
>>Using performance bonds to assure compliance
>>Get references and check them out

Landowner Testimonial
>>Experience you can learn from-a cash bid example
>>Pros and cons of using a forestry consultant versus doing it yourself
>>What you need to know before you sell your timber
>>How to structure your timber sale agreement
>>Monitoring your timber sale

Legal Considerations
>>What’s the right contract for me?
>>What do I do if I don’t get paid as promised?

Is Horse Logging An Option for You?
>>The pros and cons of horse logging

What Happens After the Money’s Gone?
>>Slash, disposal; site preparation; reforestation; brush control; windthrow; erosion control; road maintenance

Presentation Title and Presentor	Time	PowerPoint Only	Streaming Video
			150 kbps	56 kbps
Managing Your Timber Sale; Being sure you get paid as promised ; Ann Forest Burns and Bruce H. Williams	45 min. 17 sec.
Advice for Landowners Before Logging ; John Gold	42 min. 40 sec.
Is a Handshake Good Enough? ; John Gold	36 min.
Horse Logging ; Mark Hansen	34 min. 43 sec.	No PowerPoint
Forest Management and Timber Harvest Planning ; Mark Hitchcock	34 min. 44 sec.
Post Harvest Considerations; John Keller	---		No Video	No Video
Cash Bid Timber Sales; Ron Munro	42 min. 26 sec.	No PowerPoint
Forest Practices; Boyde Norton	44 min. 16 sec.