Products & Services » Private Landowner – Management Assistance Program
With Bell Lumber & Pole being the end user of some of the highest value softwood products in the Lake States and the Northwest coupled with it’s experienced staff of professional foresters, it is only natural that we assist landowners with the management and marketing of their forest products.
Bell Timber’s professional forestry team provides timber management advice and administers timber harvests for private landowners. Whether you are looking to manage your land for recreation, hunting, or profit, our professional forestry staff can develop a harvest plan to meet your management objectives. Bell Timber incorporates Best Management Practices for water quality and is committed to managing your forest resources under sound forestry practices outlined in Sustainable Forest Initiatives.
Bell Timber, Inc. offers a Management Assistance Program (MAP) for private landowners who own forested land in Wisconsin. This program has been helping landowners since 1966 in managing their forestland for wildlife, recreation, timber harvesting and reforestation.
Mission Statement:
Before thinning: A 44-year old red pine plantation ready for a third thinning.
After Thinning: Smaller trees have been harvested to allow the remaining trees room to grow. The slash (tree tops) will decompose and return nutrients to the soil. |
Qualifications to join MAP
- Minimum of 20 acres of forested land.
- Half of the forest land must be in a red pine or a white pine timber type.
- Minimum age of the pine must be 25 years.
Benefits of MAP
- A forest management plan will be written to meet your ownership goals.
- A Managed Forest Law Plan can be written for you at a discounted rate.
- Implement the forest management plan when a timber stand is ready for a harvest.
- Negotiate with a master (certified) logger to harvest your timber.
- Complete administration of the timber sale by a professional forester.
- Prepare all required harvest documents for your review and signature.
- Market the forest products harvested from your property.
- Ensure all payments are made to you for the forest products delivered to a market.
- Host an annual tree farm day to inform & demonstrate pertinent forestry topics.
- If disaster strikes (tornado, wind storm, ice storm, etc.), MAP members will be given FIRST PRIORITY to have their timber salvaged.
- Periodic re-inspections are made to keep your forest management plan up to date.
- Biannual newsletter keeping landowners informed of market conditions, various industry updates, and forest health issues.
For further information on MAP contact:
Juris Repsa
MAP Manager
(715) 421-9713