Your county assessor has the necessary information. Economic advantages are enhanced by the wide variety of financial and technical assistance available from the Indiana Division of Forestry, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, other federal agencies, and private organizations. Tree seedlings are available from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources' tree nurseries. County Extension offices can assist. Seedlings should be ordered in the fall.
Technical assistance is recommended for improved assurances of success.
Soil erosion prevention. Potential answers may be timber production, recreational, source of steady income production, long-term investment, or a combination of any of these. Answers and priorities placed on each will determine how, where, and how much of which activity should be pursued. For instance, if timber management is the key objective, any wildlife management will be incidental to timber harvest and stand improvement. Or, if providing wildlife habitat and timber management are equal objectives, harvesting and timber stand improvement can create and enhance wildlife habitat.