List of Tree Planters, Arborists, and Loggers
LIST OF TREE PLANTERS:
For larger quantities of tree seedlings, the Manistee Conservation District recommends that you hire a professional tree planter to help you plant your seedlings. Please contact each tree planter for prices per seedling or per acre. Here is a list of professional tree planters that serve Manistee, Mason, and Lake Counties:
Machine Planting Only:
*Duddles Tree Farms - Phone: 231-832-2731 Email: duddlestreefarms@hotmail.com
*Neil Nystrom - Phone: 231-889-4101 or 231-510-8669
*Walter Hunt - Phone: 231-328-4548
Hand Planting Only:
*Anthony’s Outdoor Services, LLC - Phone: 231-794-9150 Email: anthonysoutdoorservices@gmail.com
*Jim Grabowski - Phone: 231-864-3357 or 231-590-7284
*Brian Jarvinen - Phone: 231-590-9198 Email: newforestservices@mac.com
*Manistee Conservation District - Phone: 231-889-9666 Email: susan.spencer@macd.org
*Mason-Lake Conservation District - Phone: 231-757-3708, extension 5 Email: Jordan.Devries@macd.org
*Richard Runnels - Phone: 231-266-5102 Email: joan@enchantedacrescamp.com
Machine Planting AND/OR Hand Planting:
*John Blackwell - Phone: 479-422-0646 Email: newforests2003@yahoo.com
*Paul Gerhart, Cooper Gerhart Consulting Forestry, LLC - Phone: 989-600-7452 Email: phgerhar@mtu.edu
*Travis Miller, Cherry Creek Forestry, LLC - Phone: 231-342-3819 Email: miller.travis27@yahoo.com
*Tony Papes, Midwest Forestry - Phone: 231-757-4925 or 231-510-0063
*Stephen Redman - Phone: 231-689-0423 or 231-414-0044 Email: honey@shadowlandseed.com
*John Wiggins - Phone: 231-775-9321 or 231-846-0242
LIST OF ARBORISTS:
Arborists are professional tree care providers who are trained to care for trees and help sustain them in the long term. To hire an arborist, the Manistee Conservation District recommends that you find a certified arborist by visiting the website of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), then clicking on the heading "Find An Arborist". CLICK HERE for the ISA website.
FINDING A LOGGER:
In short, foresters are trained to select the appropriate trees to be harvested based on the requirements of the trees and landowner's objectives, and to ensure that the resource is being managed in a sustainable and ethical manner. Loggers are professionals who are trained to cut the trees that are marked to be harvested by the forester.
Timber sales can be a complicated process for you as the landowner if you do not possess the technical expertise to understand forest management, timber prices, or contracts. Whether it is best to hire a forester to administer your timber sale or go directly to a logger depends on numerous factors such as the size of your parcel and your knowledge of the timber sale process. Whether you hire a forester or not, make sure that you obtain a written contract that clearly describes exactly what will occur and when it will occur during your timber sale. To quote the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regarding the stewardship of Michigan's forests, 'There are many good loggers in Michigan so be sure that you are working with a qualified logging professional'. 'Look for loggers that have been trained by the Michigan Sustainable Forestry Initiative or are members of the Michigan Association of Timbermen or are certified as a Master Logger."
CLICK HERE for the website for Michigan Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
CLICK HERE for the website for Michigan Association of Timbermen.
CLICK HERE for a list of certified Master Loggers.
CLICK HERE for more information about Michigan's forest products industry.
CLICK HERE to search for a mill, manufacturer, timber buyer, or logger in Michigan.
LIST OF TREE PLANTERS:
For larger quantities of tree seedlings, the Manistee Conservation District recommends that you hire a professional tree planter to help you plant your seedlings. Please contact each tree planter for prices per seedling or per acre. Here is a list of professional tree planters that serve Manistee, Mason, and Lake Counties:
Machine Planting Only:
*Duddles Tree Farms - Phone: 231-832-2731 Email: duddlestreefarms@hotmail.com
*Neil Nystrom - Phone: 231-889-4101 or 231-510-8669
*Walter Hunt - Phone: 231-328-4548
Hand Planting Only:
*Anthony’s Outdoor Services, LLC - Phone: 231-794-9150 Email: anthonysoutdoorservices@gmail.com
*Jim Grabowski - Phone: 231-864-3357 or 231-590-7284
*Brian Jarvinen - Phone: 231-590-9198 Email: newforestservices@mac.com
*Manistee Conservation District - Phone: 231-889-9666 Email: susan.spencer@macd.org
*Mason-Lake Conservation District - Phone: 231-757-3708, extension 5 Email: Jordan.Devries@macd.org
*Richard Runnels - Phone: 231-266-5102 Email: joan@enchantedacrescamp.com
Machine Planting AND/OR Hand Planting:
*John Blackwell - Phone: 479-422-0646 Email: newforests2003@yahoo.com
*Paul Gerhart, Cooper Gerhart Consulting Forestry, LLC - Phone: 989-600-7452 Email: phgerhar@mtu.edu
*Travis Miller, Cherry Creek Forestry, LLC - Phone: 231-342-3819 Email: miller.travis27@yahoo.com
*Tony Papes, Midwest Forestry - Phone: 231-757-4925 or 231-510-0063
*Stephen Redman - Phone: 231-689-0423 or 231-414-0044 Email: honey@shadowlandseed.com
*John Wiggins - Phone: 231-775-9321 or 231-846-0242
LIST OF ARBORISTS:
Arborists are professional tree care providers who are trained to care for trees and help sustain them in the long term. To hire an arborist, the Manistee Conservation District recommends that you find a certified arborist by visiting the website of the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), then clicking on the heading "Find An Arborist". CLICK HERE for the ISA website.
FINDING A LOGGER:
In short, foresters are trained to select the appropriate trees to be harvested based on the requirements of the trees and landowner's objectives, and to ensure that the resource is being managed in a sustainable and ethical manner. Loggers are professionals who are trained to cut the trees that are marked to be harvested by the forester.
Timber sales can be a complicated process for you as the landowner if you do not possess the technical expertise to understand forest management, timber prices, or contracts. Whether it is best to hire a forester to administer your timber sale or go directly to a logger depends on numerous factors such as the size of your parcel and your knowledge of the timber sale process. Whether you hire a forester or not, make sure that you obtain a written contract that clearly describes exactly what will occur and when it will occur during your timber sale. To quote the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regarding the stewardship of Michigan's forests, 'There are many good loggers in Michigan so be sure that you are working with a qualified logging professional'. 'Look for loggers that have been trained by the Michigan Sustainable Forestry Initiative or are members of the Michigan Association of Timbermen or are certified as a Master Logger."
CLICK HERE for the website for Michigan Sustainable Forestry Initiative.
CLICK HERE for the website for Michigan Association of Timbermen.
CLICK HERE for a list of certified Master Loggers.
CLICK HERE for more information about Michigan's forest products industry.
CLICK HERE to search for a mill, manufacturer, timber buyer, or logger in Michigan.
