Our resilient forests are renewable resources that have withstood past abuses. Since colonial settlement, Pennsylvania's forests have supplied the Commonwealth with the raw materials it needed to grow and develop. A Diverse Community of Plants and Animals The results will have a substantial effect on you, your forestland, and the environment. Your decision to harvest trees from a tract of forestland may be the most consequential you will make during the forest's life. Throughout the bulletin we stress the importance of long-term planning. We also describe forestry practices that can improve your forest's value and your enjoyment of it. We identify poor harvesting techniques that can degrade your forestland.
The bulletin is not about conducting a timber sale (see Pennsylvania Woodlands 5: marketing Products from Your Woodlands), but about the benefits of harvesting timber and its importance in woodland stewardship.
We have written this bulletin for private forest landowners who don't intend to use their forestland primarily for timber production, but who may be considering a timber sale now or in the future. Harvesting timber can bring you income it can also have a lasting, positive impact on your forest. Are you one of Pennsylvania's many thousands of woodland owners? Have you ever thought about managing your forest resources? If so, sooner or later you may want to sell timber from your land.
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