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Forest Specialist
540 Morris St.,
Blyth ON NOM 1H0
519-523-9855
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Timber marking & evaluation
Tree pruning & removal
=.: Managed forest plan implementation
Tree planting services
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SAUGEEN VALLEY
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R R. #1. Hanover. Ontario
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N4K 5N6 (519) 376-3076
28 THE RURAL VOICE
outrace some of the other species.
"So there has to be proper timing
to the canopy removal. Sugar maple,
oaks, red maple, ash, hickory, black
cherry — if advanced seedlings arc
present, Targe seedlings and many
seedlings, that's raising the
probability that these stands will
regenerate with these species. If I
don't see these species present in one
or two -foot -tall seedlings, I can
expect them to be there after I
remove the canopy and the stand
regenerates."
From the time a tree is 12 inches
in diameter until it is 24 inches
in diameter the volume of good
lumber can increase from 50-60
board feet to 500 board feet, Millar
said. In the Appalachians, he said, the
rate of growth was 2.8 to 3 inches in
ten years. At that rate it can take five
to seven years to go from a 12 -inch
diameter tree to a 14 -inch diameter
tree but in that time the value of the
lumber can increase 100 per cent.
Between 14-16 inches, the return can
be 150 per cent. At this stage the
growth is not only increasing volume
but grade. The tree is not only
becoming bigger around, giving
more clear, knot -free wood, but it is
growing taller, making a log -and -a -
half tree into a two -log tree.
After a tree reaches 16 inches in
diameter, the per cent of value
increase actually declines. The
annual rate of return for the increase
in value of a tree is almost 15 per
cent as the tree grows from 12 to 14
inches and is more than 15 from 14
to 16 inches. Even after 16 inches the
tree's growth in value will be five per
cent or better (not including
inflation).
"At some point this tree is
financially mature. It should be cut.
Give that growing space back to
smaller trees that have a high rate of
return."
Still, he said, a landowner should
ask "Am I removing these too soon?
What will I get if I leave them
another five years." However, Millar
says his experience is that if a buyer
offers enough money most people
will make the mistake and sell their
trees too early. Wait five or six years
and the buyer will give you twice as
much money, he says.
There can be a direct cost/return
to releasing the most expensive