Why Log Your Timber?

It's About Value
Logging can benefit you and your timber resource in many ways. Timber is renewable, and like any other crop, it will flourish and increase in value if managed well. Poor management can compromise the overall value of your timber stand. The advantages to logging your timber include:

• REVENUE - Timber harvesting helps you increase revenue. Your timber's value depends on a variety of factors. Sometimes it makes sense to wait until the timber market is up to harvest. If you have infestation or disease attacking your trees, it may be better to harvest more quickly to protect the health and vitality of your resource for the long term. Another consideration is fire-damaged trees – different species of fire-damaged trees may need harvesting at varying intervals.
  
  
• PROPERTY TAXES - The state of Montana assesses property taxes based on the potential of your land to produce timber.  It's in your best interest to realize that potential through the revenues that harvesting your timber can generate. The greatest value is obtained by proper management. If not managed, the owner pays higher property taxes without the advantage of increased revenues from the timber.
  
  
• MINIMIZING FIRE DAMAGE - Almost two decades ago, Yellowstone National Park was ravaged by a fire that consumed thousands of acres. Many experts agree that if the forest had been under a timber management program, including logging, the damage would have been minimal. Timber management can reduce fire damage by:
  • Increasing access to the timber
    Roads are constructed and access to the timber is readily available.  Without this access, a fire can start and spread through hundreds of acres before being contained.
  • Reducing burnable wood
    Timber that is not managed becomes too thick and can quickly turn into an uncontrollable fire that burns at extremely high temperatures. The higher the temperature, the more extreme the damage.  Managed timber has a significantly lower chance of being destroyed by fire.
  
  
  
• IMPROVE LAND VITALITY - Properly managing a timber stand will:
  • Substantially increase grass production
  • Increase stream and spring flow
  • More than double the growth of the remaining timber

In order to maximize the value of your timber, it's important to hire the right team. We feel that team is Parke Logging Inc. Please visit our Why Parke Logging? page to answer the question, "Who should log my timber?"

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