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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 or larger stock.  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 Only Planting -
 
Duddles Tree Farms                                  Phone: 231-832-2731                                   Email: duddlestreefarms@hotmail.com
Hunt Farms (Walter Hunt)                        Phone: 231-328-4548
Neil Nystrom Farm                                   Phone: 231-889-4101 or 231-510-8669
Sean Sobaski                                           Phone: 231-499-9441
                                                                                                                            
Hand Planting -
 
Anthony’s Outdoor Services, LLC - larger stock only         Phone: 231-794-9150                              Email: anthonysoutdoorservices@gmail.com
Enchanted Acres (Richard Runnels)                                  Phone: 231-266-5102                              Email: joan@enchantedacrescamp.com
Evergreen Nursery, Inc. (Tom Nolta)                                Phone: 906-250-7197 or 906-387-4350   Email: tnolta@jamadots.com
Mason-Lake Conservation District                                     Phone: 231-757-3707, extension 5          Email: dani.mcgarry@macd.org
New Forest Services (Brian Jarvinen)                                Phone: 231-590-9198                              Email: newforestservices@mac.com
SEEDS (Jennifer Flynn)                                                     Phone: 231-947-0312                              Email: jennifer@ecoseeds.org
Upland Meadow Landscaping (Jim Grabowski)                 Phone: 231-864-3357 or 231-590-7284   Email: JIM@UPLANDMEADOW.COM

Machine or Hand Planting -
 
Black River Habitats (Keith Kluting)                                  Phone: Phone: 269-208-6275                   Email: brhabitats@yahoo.com 
Blackwell, John                                                                 Phone: 479-422-0646                               Email: newforests2003@yahoo.com
Cardno (Chris White)                                                        Phone:  574-249-8504                              Email: Chris.White@cardno.com
Eco Management, LLC (Travis Miller)                                Phone: 231-342-3819                                Email: miller.travis27@yahoo.com
Cooper Gerhart Consulting Forestry, LLC (Paul Gerhart)   Phone: 989-600-7452                                Email: phgerhar@mtu.edu
GEI (Todd Bowen)                                                            Phone:  517-242-9863                               Email:  tbowen@geiconsultants.com
Kanouse Outdoor Restoration (Shawn Kanouse)              Phone: 231-499-4819                                Email: skanouse@hotmail.com
Shadowland Forestry Services (Stephen Redman)           Phone: 231-689-0423 or 231-414-0044    Email: honey@shadowlandseed.com
Steve Vander West (not more than 1,000 hand plant)     Phone: 231-652-7121                                Email: planttreesmi@gmail.com
Wiggins Tree Company (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 information about Michigan's Master Loggers.

​CLICK HERE for more information about Michigan's forest products industry and to search for a mill, manufacturer, timber buyer, or logger in Michigan..

 

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    • Shoreline Erosion
    • Water Testing Day & Information
    • Volunteer Stream Monitoring
    • Watershed Resources
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    • Invasives
    • No-Till Drill
    • HHW
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