He's done better then anybody I know in this area. I've not an expert, but do know, and have worked with many loggers,timber cruisers, mill owners, natural resource foresters, etc.
He's a native to this area. He's now 82 years old, and had been sucessfull in dairy farming, logging, inventing, and also had a John Deere dealership at one time. He's got one of the most productive and healthy stands of hardwoods in this area. He now has a middle-man timber-cruiser that markets it for him. Goes out on bid and he then picks the highest offer every ten years.
As far as marking unhealthy trees? That has always been standard practice around here, even when done by state foresters. The state marks such trees every year and puts them out on bid for firewood use.
Seems your approach assumes that big trees are from better DNA then small ones? That does not work for a lot that has been properly mananged for many years.
One glitch is the high demand recently for young, pure-white hard-maples, and almost no market for red oak and white ash. So seems market demand also has to be figured in when cutting.
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