timber cruising: Appraising Big Timber Tracts Quickly and Accurately!
- 03/07/17 05:45 PM
Appraising Big Timber Tracts Quickly and Accurately! The key tool is Statistics. The Foresters at Woodland Management Service do Appraise forests of all sizes ranging from individual urban trees to large tracts as large as a half million acres. Considering that it takes a day to measure and appraise a group of trees in a yard you would think that it would take weeks to measure a forty, or decades to measure a large half million acre tract. Luckily for our clients, as the properties get larger, our samples get smaller. On very small properties where the diversity is proportionally larger we need to measure … (12 comments)
Next Stop New York; Adirondacks A few weeks ago I asked as we were approaching the end of our big project in Minnesota; “Who’s Next?”. Well late last week we got a call from our client in Minnesota asking if we would like to do a larger inventory in the Adirondacks. Of course my answer was “absolutely!”. Looks like enough work to keep part of our crew busy until mid to late June, with another larger project coming up in that area in August, we could spend the fall in the Adirondacks too. Hopefully we can finish up … (7 comments)
A Reminder of Why We Love Winter in the Northwoods! Though the temps were hovering in the teens when we packed up and headed toward Wisconsin this weekend, we did get one more reminder of why we love to plan our Northwoods projects in the Winter. While stopping at the Effie Café for a little coffee and pie, we saw a couple of Minnesota’s state birds hovering around just waiting for the many people who come up here during the summer to enjoy some of those 10,000 lakes and other bodies of water that we prefer to deal with … (9 comments)
Finished, Now Minnesota can Warm Up We finished our project last night just before dark before celebrating with a nice fish fry in Effie. A few days ahead of schedule and picked up well over 100 extra plots from the main contractor, always nice to bring in a few bonus bucks. It was great that the weather held out for us and made for miserably cold nights and brisk days with plenty of frozen trails, roads, lakes and swamps to make our travels efficient. Now the weatherman is predicting that things should change from the negative numbers that we … (10 comments)
A few days ago my friend Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert posed this question along with a statue, it took a few minutes but with the help of Google images I quickly determined that she was in Santiago Chile. My photo or map is a lot closer to home yet a whole lot more remote, it took a very rough 31 mile mile round trip atv ride to get into this remote location, and if it had not been frozen solid that may not have been possible. Thank God for frozen ground and water in this part of the … (13 comments)
One Week Later, Like a Different World A week ago I was waking up in a negative 33 degree truck, jumping out of my sleeping bags before getting the guys out to the woods. Then driving a malfunctioning truck 80 miles to Bemidji to get the heater working, while suffering from the negative 30 temps along with the wind-chill factor created by the defroster that was working hard to prevent the windshield from frosting up. It was a very cold drive. Now a week later, I am sitting in the office after a day of going about town in … (22 comments)
Woodland Management is offering an opportunity for a students or recent graduates to learn timber cruising from the best.
You will be assisting and learning from Nick Crane, who is highly recognized for his high speed, high accuracy cruising techniques.
Successful candidates will also be eligible to join in on a large scale timber cruise with WMS starting this spring or summer, and potential full time employment with WMS.
A few things you may learn…
How to use equipment such as:
Field Data Recorder with Solo … (10 comments)
timber cruising: No Wimps Allowed
- 03/02/15 11:12 AM
No Wimps Allowed As we cruise through and camp out in the rugged Northern Minnesota forests and swamps this sign on the coffee machine struck my eye. I have told this to a few job applicants in the past, and some ran right away and others waited until they actually heard one of my assignments, and others jumped at the chance to challenge themselves. My son was raised on the experience of challenging himself so this rugged kind of life suits him well and he is always anxious to get out there for an adventure, as well as save a lot … (29 comments)
Well it has been a tough week up north this past week, helping get the big inventory done, so far I have not missed a day of blogging though. Amazing what you can do with a smart phone and a hotspot connection, even at 30 below from a remote camp. But is is exhilarating to brave the elements so I am enjoying it more than most would think. … (11 comments)
These Interesting and Useful Trees Are Popping Up All Over the Place Though they are not as attractive as a spruce or a pine, after a day like yesterday, I am happy to be parking near one today. Yesterday while cruising timber in an area far from any of these useful trees we had truck problems in the 20 below winter of Northern Minnesota, and of course we could not even call for help. Eventually I caught up with our stranded Forester and got him back to town. Hopefully it is just a bit of frost in the gas, … (9 comments)
Lonely Outpost in the Wilderness I sent my camera along with Nick yesterday as he was cruising some timber along the Canadian border. Expecting him to get some nice vista shots across the Rainy River into Canada, instead he returned with a couple dozen pics of trees, trails and other interesting sights. This one caught my eye as I wondered what a Border Patrol or RCMP Officer would have to do to get assigned to this lonely outpost with temps nearly 30 below and windchills compounding this. … (11 comments)
Nice Day in the Frigid North Though the day started out not so well, with one of our Foresters with a truck that did not want to start, it ended well. Once we got the truck started he headed out to the woods and had a very productive day and I got plenty of paperwork done and took some time for visiting too. It was a delight when I called one of my favorite heavy hitter clients to find that he was home and ready to join me for a fancy coffee at the local espresso joint. It was … (11 comments)
Appraising Big Timber Tracts Quickly and Accurately!
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