Usually these two objectives can be accomplished together. Without professional advice, improper logging may occur that reduces not only beauty but the biologic diversity of a forest by destroying essential wildlife habitat. The NWOA is at 374 Maple Avenue E, Suite 210, Vienna, VA 22180. Formed by nonindustrial private woodland owners, the NWOA is independent of the forest products industry and forestry agencies. NWOA can arrange for a visit by a forester to a new member's location.
Foresters sometimes specialize.
A woodlot owner should select one whose specialty matches the owner's objectives. Sometimes, however, the return covers decades. An example appeared in the Winter 1989 issue of The American Tree Farmer, in an item from President Nels Hanson of the Washington Farm Forestry Association. Between 1949 and 1987, as money was needed to clear and 3 plant understocked areas and to supplement their income, they logged and thinned the stand. When the well-managed stand was told to the Weyerhaeuser Company in 1988, it had 660,000 board feet of lumber.