(from a forester)
The current log market has been so poor that economists are urging foresters to not engage landowners in timber sales until 2010. That’s the birds-eye view. There may be a local firewood harvest market, and your consulting forester would be best for knowing the local blips in the markets.
Pulp price has been pretty good recently, but it’s the harvest and transportation costs which have made things unprofitable.
I had an idea recently, and that would be for forest owners to contact local fisheries enhancement groups, counties working with stream restoration, WDFW, etc. These guys all get grant $$ to purchase logs for projects at a relatively short notice (they have nowhere to keep the products). So if they were aware that there is a source, at the time they may need wood, a landowner contact may prove that there is top $$ (way above what a market price might be) for thinning your forest. Just a thought.
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