Plan locations of landings, haul roads and skid trails
Learn about income tax consequences
Prepare and send a sale notice
Select the buyer
Complete a timber sale contract
Visit the woodlot during harvesting
Plan post-harvest activities

A final word

Much of the information in this guide was adapted and slightly modified from the University of Wisconsin Extension/Michigan State University Extension bulletin "Lake States Woodlands: Marketing Timber" by A. Jeff Martin, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Karen Potter-Witter, Michigan State University and Jerry Lapidakis, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

Developed by Dean Solomon, MSU Extension
last update December 02, 2005