Maximizing Your Timber Investment
For a timber owner, the decision to harvest is frequently a function of timing and often catalyzed by factors such as the economy, age of the timber, log markets, leverage and, on occasion, naturally occurring events such as infestation, drought, or fire. There are undoubtedly many more factors not mentioned here that would impact a timber owner’s decision to harvest. For purposes of this article, the information below assumes the timber owner is also the landowner. There are cases where the timber owner is not the landowner, but the decision process for harvesting is driven by all the same factors