Mechanical logging

Forest Management Plans

Managed ForestW. M. Beaty & Associates, Inc. (WBA) has a proven track record of successful forest stewardship.  One of the reasons for our success is effective planning, an essential element in the long-term practice of forestland management.  A forest management plan is a document that provides a road map for landowners, with strategies designed to help them realize their goals and objectives.  Timberlands under our care each have long-term management plans that define individual landowner goals and objectives, assess current conditions, and detail the management practices needed to achieve, sustain, or enhance them.  All this while emphasizing protection of forest resources and the ecosystem. 

Forest management plans may also provide both short and long term economic and regulatory benefits, in terms of State and Federal cost-share programs for certain practices, and reduced regulatory documentation and constraints for future planned management practices.  Working in partnership with resource protection agencies, WBA prepares and implements appropriate management plans for our client's timberlands.