A friend has bout 115 acres in central ny. The property has a couple areas where there is an over abundance of mature hemlock. while we understand the importance of mature evergreens for yarding hit the dead of winter, we are looking to thicken up a few areas of the property to increase bedding and browse. We're looking at about 13 acres of clear cuts in total. Mainly we want the deer to stay on the property longer. The mature hemlocks have shaded out all underbrush and the deer solely use it as transition moving quickly through.
Does anyone have any experience with having section of hemlock clear cut.? There is some timber value interspersed...cherry and what not...but not much. I know the marketable value for hemlock wood isn't very high at all. Just wonder if anyone has had any experience with bidding this out and what we can expect. We don't care if we just break even...we just want the clear cuts done. The NYDEC forester who did our forest stewardship plan mentioned that we might even be able to sell it for wood chips to be used in Fort Drum's power plant. Any thoughts are much appreciated.
Does anyone have any experience with having section of hemlock clear cut.? There is some timber value interspersed...cherry and what not...but not much. I know the marketable value for hemlock wood isn't very high at all. Just wonder if anyone has had any experience with bidding this out and what we can expect. We don't care if we just break even...we just want the clear cuts done. The NYDEC forester who did our forest stewardship plan mentioned that we might even be able to sell it for wood chips to be used in Fort Drum's power plant. Any thoughts are much appreciated.