A plan will help you understand your land, and know where to go now and in the future. A management plan starts with a thorough evaluation of what you have now - from tree types and maturity to wildlife and aesthetic resources. An inventory is a good indication of the value and marketability of your timber. It also classifies tree sizes and can determine what should be cut and what should be left to grow. Trees eight to fourteen inches in diameter are considered good growing stock and will provide a future stand.
Trees sixteen inches or more in diameter are good sawtimbersize.
A forest overstocked with these larger trees could indicate a clear-cut harvest, opening the site to full sun and providing the best regeneration or replanting conditions. Otaining an estimated stumpage value for your trees. The economic value of standing trees to a forest landowner is referred to as stumpage value. Stumpage value depends on tow broad categories. The physical properties of the standing trees and how they are marketed.