It can prevent the spread of insects or disease and can help keep the forest healthy. Single tree selection is taking selected single trees from throughout the forest. It provides trees for certain products like white ash for baseball bats. Clear-cutting removes all the trees in an area and lets in more sun for new trees to grow. Thinning removes some trees to allow other trees to grow better.
Trees can grow back or re-sprout from the stump and roots of cut trees.
Request a reference to find out how well the logger did on other jobs. Sell by written contract to protect both you and the logger. Oversee the sale. Make sure the contract is followed. An Extension agent can provide you with a list of loggers and consulting foresters.