So, let’s just get this out there: most everything in the timber management process mimics nature. Whether you’re burning, thinning, or clear cutting, rest assured that sooner or later, this will all happen on its own. Timber management just streamlines the process and helps make timber America’s number one renewable resource and a driving force … Read more…
Timber Update responds to the growing trend of unsatisfied landowners throughout the Southeast. “For decades, the timber industry has existed on handshakes and word-of-mouth, allowing for little accountability or standard expectations from landowners,” says Taylor Griffith, director of landowner services at Timber Update. “The lack of education concerning effective timber management practices creates many challenges … Read more…
Timber in Georgia Having grown up in rural Georgia, the reference to timber brings to mind numerous connotations. As far as timber in Georgia goes, it is the state’s number one cash crop and is a huge contributor to the state’s economy. However, for me at least, timber has an emotional connotation; it is more … Read more…
That’s a tough pill to swallow for one that doesn’t understand the dynamics of thinning planted pine. This thinning timber stands is an actual case I recently looked at in Georgia. The planted pine had never been thinned, so we are talking about a first time thinning. There were 450 trees per acre (tpa) which … Read more…
So, what is timber? Dictionary.com says timber is “the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.” According to the World English Dictionary, timber is regarded as “construction material;” but they also describe timber as “trees collectively.” If you notice, these are two drastically different concepts for the meaning of timber. On the one hand … Read more…
My Mom’s home-made scratch cakes were always the best. However, it took a lot more effort and planning starting from scratch compared to the ease and simplicity of the box cakes of today. With the extra time, additional effort, expertise and expense required in the scratch cake, sometimes it’s better to go with the box … Read more…
Posted by: Jim Griffith Registered Forester #1616 Halloween can be a frightening time, with ghouls and ghosts and goblins on the prowl. Ghouls are the evil grave robbers that prey on corpses, while ghosts are more of a vague or shadowy appearance of something or someone. And a goblin is a grotesque sprite or elf … Read more…
Posted by Jim Griffith Registered Forester #1616 “I don’t like thinning timber,” was the comment on the other end of the phone line in a recent conversation. As a timber manager, I know thinning is a routine tool to improve a timber owner’s property, and it should be a part of every timber owner’s long-term … Read more…
Posted by Jim Griffith Registered Forester #1616 I am often the recipient of calls resonating panic regarding a timber logging process taking place on the caller’s property. They are seeing for the first time a logging operation on their own property, and that operation is not coinciding with their expectations. Sometimes the caller is not … Read more…
Posted by Jim Griffith Registered Forester #1616 In the process of negotiating the purchase of a timberland tract for a client, we reached an agreement with the selling representative only to find out that before the corporate officer would consummate the deal, they wanted to cut a remaining small stand of timber that according to … Read more…
