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28 THE RURAL VOICE
But convincing the landowner of
the wisdom of thinking long term is
the challenge. Steele says he read
somewhere that the average time a
landowner holds a property is just 15
years so a landowner might only look
at one harvest during the ownership
of that property. Many times a bush
is cut just before a property is put up
for sale, meaning there's little
financial incentive to think about the
long-term good of the woodlot. With
the average age of farmers increasing
there will be added pressure to cut
woodlots before the property changes
hands, he predicts.
Steele said he was disappointed
to see that only a quarter of
woodlots harvested had been
marked by a qualified marker prior to
being cut. Without a woodlot being
marked, there's really not a
management plan in place, he says:
it's just somebody measuring trees
and cutting those large enough to be
cut. He expressed surprise that
landowners don't want to take more
part in the management of their
woodlot because a woodlot can, over
an extended period, produce a
comparable income per acre per year
as cash crops. "The landowner
should be involved in how it's
harvested."
Keeso says many landowners will
do what's best for their woodlot if
they're made aware of the options.
"What I find in general is most
landowners are receptive. They're
willing to be educated."
You need to explain the principles
of forest growth, Keeso says, to
make people understand that a
woodlot is not just a stand of trees
but a whole complicated system.
His company has set a policy that
it will not cut to the diameter limit,
he says, because he's aware of what
is best for the forest and the long-
term interests of the landowner.
Sometimes there's a pressing
short-term financial need, he says.
He compares it to a mutual fund
where "if you invest and be patient
there will be benefits in the end."
Sometimes, however, you can't
afford to ride it out for the long term
and have to cash in your mutual
funds in the short term, he says.
If a landowner insists on getting
the maximum short-term return out
of a cut to the legal diameter, Keeso