PROFESSIONAL FORESTRY SERVICES

Make Confident Decisions About Your Woods

Your woodland is a long-term investment, a source of income, wildlife habitat, and often part of a family legacy. Ziehme Forestry provides practical forestry services that help you protect those values while meeting management requirements and making the most of your timber resource.

A Forester Working for Your Property Goals

Good forestry is about more than cutting trees. It requires understanding the current condition of the forest, choosing the right work at the right time, and carefully managing how that work is completed.

Ziehme Forestry helps landowners understand their choices and move through the process with a clear plan. Services can be tailored to the property, the management plan, and the owner's priorities.

Managed Forest Law Assistance & Woodland Management

Wisconsin's Managed Forest Law program can reduce property taxes for enrolled woodland owners in exchange for following a long-term forest management plan. Those plans include required practices and timelines that can become difficult to interpret or coordinate without professional help.

Ziehme Forestry works with MFL landowners to understand what their plan requires and carry out the forestry work needed to keep the property moving toward its management goals.

Depending on the property and plan, assistance may include:

Reviewing the existing MFL management plan
Identifying upcoming practices, deadlines, or plan concerns
Evaluating the woodland before scheduled work
Marking trees for an approved harvest or thinning
Coordinating required forestry activities
Discussing MFL renewal, expiration, or next-step options
Helping the landowner understand documentation and follow-up needs

If you are unsure what your MFL plan requires, or know that a deadline is approaching, start the conversation early. More lead time usually means more options and a better-planned result.

Timber Marking, Sale Preparation & Harvest Oversight

A well-managed timber sale begins long before logging equipment arrives. The right trees must be selected, sale boundaries and expectations must be clear, and qualified buyers need enough information to submit a competitive bid.

Ziehme Forestry can represent the landowner throughout the timber-sale process, helping protect the property, support responsible harvesting, and create a clear agreement between the landowner and the buyer.

Services may include:

Reviewing the property and management objectives
Locating and marking the trees designated for harvest
Establishing or identifying sale boundaries
Estimating timber volume by species and product
Preparing bid information and timber-sale specifications
Soliciting bids from qualified timber buyers or logging contractors
Reviewing bids with the landowner
Preparing or coordinating the timber-sale agreement
Conducting site visits during active harvesting
Monitoring compliance with sale terms and property protections
Completing a final walkthrough after harvest

The goal is not simply to sell timber. It is to complete a harvest that makes sense financially, follows the management plan, and leaves the woods positioned for what comes next.

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Local Timber Buying With a Straightforward Process

If you are ready to sell standing timber, Ziehme Forestry can evaluate the property and determine whether the timber is a fit for direct purchase. The process begins with an on-site review of the species, quality, volume, access, terrain, and harvesting conditions.

When a purchase is appropriate, you receive a clear offer and an explanation of the proposed harvest. Expectations for payment, access, boundaries, cleanup, and site protection are put in writing before work begins.

The timber-buying process may include:

An initial property and timber evaluation
Review of access, terrain, boundaries, and harvest conditions
Assessment of marketable species, products, quality, and volume
A written purchase offer or timber contract
Clear payment terms based on the agreed sale structure
Coordination of logging and timber removal
Communication throughout the harvest
Final review of the completed work

Not every woodland is ready for a harvest, and not every offer is the right fit. Tyler will give you an honest assessment and explain the available options before you make a decision.

You Do Not Need to Have Everything Figured Out Before You Call

Many landowners know they need help but are not sure whether they need MFL work, a consulting forester, a timber sale, or a direct timber buyer. That is completely normal. Start by sharing what you know about the property and what you hope to accomplish. Ziehme Forestry will help determine the most appropriate next step.

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