Developing your management goals
What are you trying to achieve with your forest property and how do you plan to use your time and resources to accomplish this? Have you articulated your wishes to others?
Forest management involves planning activities for today and into the future, sometimes exceeding an individual's lifetime. The impacts of these decisions can effect wildlife, water, fire protection and scenic values of your property and the property of those around you. Even the decision to not conduct a management activity impacts a variety of forest resources.
Prioritizing your goals (both short and long term) helps you know where you are going and keeps you on track.
Forest management involves planning activities for today and into the future, sometimes exceeding an individual's lifetime. The impacts of these decisions can effect wildlife, water, fire protection and scenic values of your property and the property of those around you. Even the decision to not conduct a management activity impacts a variety of forest resources.
Prioritizing your goals (both short and long term) helps you know where you are going and keeps you on track.
Assessing your goals
Forest management goals are specific to each individual property owner and to specific parcels of land. It is not uncommon to have multiple goals for different areas of your forestland.
The 'Goals Checklist' below, can help you get started in identifying your management goals.
The 'Goals Checklist' below, can help you get started in identifying your management goals.
