How Can a Service Forester Help?
Service Foresters are there to help the forest landowner get started. According to Departmental guidelines, Service Foresters may spend up to one full day per calendar year with a given landowner for no charge. At least a couple hours of that time should be spent talking about the landowners goals, interest and concerns, as well as discussing property boundaries and other relevant details regarding ownership. The Service Forester will take what he learns through this discussion and combine it with what else he has gathered from his visit to the property and other available sources of information. He will then provide the landowner with management recommendations and, depending on the situation, a Forest Stewardship Plan. If provided, a Stewardship Plan will include: A Forest Cover Map – a map delineating the different types of tree and shrub communities in the forest; Stewardship Options – a brief listing of the types of management activities that the forest landowner might choose as a
