Forestry Definitions
Not found in any dictionary"The Adirondak Guide"
by Winslow Homer
Forestry DefinitionsNot found in any dictionary"The Adirondak Guide" by Winslow Homer |
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oseph Zorzin, Webmeister Phone:(413)212-0518 Send snail mail to: Joseph Zorzin & Assoc. Forestry Consultants PO Box 388 Athol, MA 01331 Send email to: jjzorzin at forestmeister dot com and jjzorzin at verizon dot net Copyright © 1997, Joseph Zorzin, Revised - (August 23, 2007) |
The myth that shooting deer is good for them. This is probably true of the deer
population but not for the one that gets a hole blasted through him, but heck
if it helps to raise your testosterone. Good forestry does result in more wildlife;
although there will never be as much wildlife as when the land was in the stewardship
of the Native Americans. State wildlife officials have worked hard over the years
successfully bringing back some species that were almost extinct such as the native
turkey, which are now as common as sparrows. However, most attention is given to
species that make good targets.
A humongous piece of machinery, as powerful as 100 elephants, designed to rip trees
out of the forest as efficiently as possible with little concern for neatness.
However if used by a talented logger the resulting mess can be considered acceptable
if the price is right. A better job can be done either by a bulldozer or with horses
but the value of the timber will drop as these methods of logging are more expensive.
By Massachusetts state law, any harvesting of over 25 thousand board feet or 50 cords
must have a cutting plan approved by a State Service Forester. Do you need a professional
forester to provide the plan? No, you could do it yourself or have any logger do it or
you could even go so low as to hire Rush Limbaugh to prepare it.
But of course that means the plan will be useless because only a professional forester
really knows how the plan SHOULD be prepared. Although the state
legislature recently passed a law licensing foresters, it did NOT
stipulate that cutting plans must be prepared professionally.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management. This agency manages over a
100,000 acres of state owned land in Berkshire County and also oversees forestry work
on private land via its two Service Foresters, Bob Lear in north county and Ed Fuller
in south county. If you're a private landowner in the county and would like to contact
the DEM for a list of my competitors, none of whom have a web
page, you can call them at (413)442-8928.
A fantastic tax "consideration" in Massachusetts (other states have similar
laws), that (hold on to your hats) will get you a 95%
reduction in your property tax on the forest land classified under
this law (minimum of 10 acres). To classify the land all you need to do is retain
this firm to blaze the boundaries of the land and to prepare a sophisticated 10 year
management plan which will be chock full of spiffy graphics like my web page and
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A cooperative program between landowners, state and federal agencies, and
The Forestmeister to encourage good land stewardship.
Funds are provided to pay part of the cost of several practices which range from
traditional forestry to wildlife habitat improvement to aesthetic improvement and other
practices. This program functions independantly of the Chapter 61 law so you may take
advantage of SIP without classifying your land under Chapter 61. Just
click