Term | Definition |
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Tax Parcel ID Number | A unique, publicly accessible number for a parcel of land. Most commonly used for property tax assessment purposes. |
Timber Management | Harvesting a section of woods over time in an effort to maximize its long-term economic value for wood production. |
Timber Production | Investing in your woods over time to increase its ability to provide income in the form of high-quality wood products. Includes tree planting, non-commercial thinning, and commercial timber harvesting. |
Timber Sale | Selling the right to harvest certain trees on your property to a willing buyer, usually a logger or sawmill. |
Timber Sale Contract | A written agreement between a landowner and anyone involved in harvesting trees from their woods, such as sawmills, loggers, and foresters. |
Timber Stand Improvement | A type of logging done in smaller, younger trees to focus growth on the future most-valuable trees. Also called "pre-commerical thinning." |
Timber stand Improvement | Trees that are potentially usable as wood products, especially to be sawn into lumber. |
TSI | "Timber Stand Improvement" - A type of logging done in smaller, younger trees to focus growth on the future most-valuable trees. |