A Landowner's Guide to Selling Standing Timber - the Ontario ...

sA LANDOWNER’S GUIDE TO SELLING STANDING TIMBERRetaining five or six cavity trees per hectare for wildlife(for feeding, nesting and escape). See Tables #6 and#7. Note: Some cavity trees may have structuraldefects. The entire tree may be dead or dying and havelarge dead limbs. Any branches that are close to trailsor that present safety hazards should be cut.lay out trails for harvesting activities. Concerns youhave about the trail condition after harvest should becovered in your contract and understood in advance bythe logger.APPENDIX 2ssssssAllowing decaying logs and some large branches todecompose where they have fallen to maintain forestbiodiversity. 11 They provide habitat for small mammals,salamanders, snakes, insects and fungi, and returnnutrients to the soil; seedbeds for sometrees such as hemlock and yellow birch arealso created.Retaining large, supercanopy white pine. These maycontribute more to your property value for aestheticreasons than they would as harvest income.Seeking advice on harvesting trees near active hawk nests.Logging sensitive areas with horses in dry seasons orduring the winter.Managing the best trees for the production of veneer orhigh-quality sawlogs. Parts of your woodlot may behighly productive; other areas are not. You may decideto manage each area for separate objectives (logs andveneer in one part, maple syrup in another).Planning your recreational trails and allowing access forfuelwood harvest or maple syrup production when you11Biodiversity (biological diversity) – The variety and variability among living organisms and ecosystems. Ecosystems with a high level of biodiversityare more stable and support a greater number of life forms.43