Wadsworth Woodlands has always been committed to harvesting timber in an environmentally friendly manner. Wadsworth Woodlands provides you, the landowner, with accurate records of mill receipts for every load of forest products delivered to the different sawmills from your lot. We pay once a week for timber that was harvested the previous weeks from your property. Also, we protect the landowner by using fully insured contractors. Here is a list of services that we provide when we harvest your woodlot.
Harvest Plan Development
After our free initial consultation we will develop timing and the logistics of the harvest. Considerations in timing and logistics would include: the time of year to harvest, do we need frozen/dry ground, does it need to be a seed year, where is the best log landing location, which subcontractor would be the best “fit” to harvest your woodlot? These considerations are essential for a successful harvest.
Boundary Line Location
Before the harvest commences our foresters walk your boundary lines and flag them with pink flagging so that the logging professionals can easily identify your boundary lines.
Timber Marking & Trail Layout
Before the harvest our foresters mark all of the timber to be harvested and lay out the skid roads in the most efficient manner so the harvesting will have the least impact possible. We use Best Management Practices as one of our guides in planning a harvest. Best Management Practice’s are recommended practices by the Department of Conservation and are designed to help preserve and protect water quality during and after harvest operations. We regularly employ these recommendations: identify watershed features for road and trail layout, locating and minimizing stream crossings, installing waters bars and other diversions on skid trails and truck roads, post-harvest seeding and haying of landing.
Marketing Timber Products
Wadsworth Woodlands has up to 6 logging crews subcontracting with us at one time. Since we are large suppliers of timber to several mills, we can negotiate the best price around for your timber. We work a wide range of lumber mills to guarantee the best price for your timber products. In fact, we supply the most White Pine logs to Hancock Lumber over any other supplier.
Logger Contracting & Logging Supervision
We are committed to providing the highest standards of utilization and marketing for your wood products, ensuring the greatest return on your forestland investment. The Certified Logging Professionals that we subcontract with are some of the most ethical around, however; our foresters still monitor your job to make sure the harvest is the best it can be. We have good work relationships with our subcontractors and since we regularly work with these crews, they know what we expect from them.
Permitting & Notification with Local and State Agencies and Adherence to Municipal Laws
Wadsworth Woodlands is current on all the state, county and local laws for every town in the area. So we know exactly what permits to file with whom to insure a harvest that is compliant with all regulatory agencies. We work closely with the local State forest Ranger to assure compliance with all laws.
Provide Insurance Certificate to Landowners
Before we begin a harvest each landowner is presented with a certificate of insurance with liability coverage of $1,000,000 from Wadsworth Woodlands and our subcontractors so to protect you, the landowner, from any liability in the rare occurrence that someone was hurt on your property.
“Good forest practices can improve the aesthetic and biological integrity of your forest. Wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, access, and forest health can all be improved with the thoughtful application of forest science.”
