Referral Number: 67-25-08
Date Sent:
December 19, 2024
Location:
Osceola County, T18N-R9W; Section 20
Acres:
50
Forest Type:
Mixed Hardwoods with Aspen; red pine plantation
Respond By:
January 5, 2025
Contact:
Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional Information:
The property owners are looking to perform an aggressive select cut on 25 acres of mixed hardwoods and aspen, as well as clear cut a pine plantation of roughly 10 acres. All trees for removal have been marked, and the forester has provided rough volume estimates for the project:
- Mixed Hardwood Sawtimber: 170 cords. Mostly red maple, with a lot of beech and some black cherry
- Mixed Hardwood Pulp: 140 cords
- Aspen Pulp: 40 cords
- Red Pine: 230 cords
- Total: 580 cords; roughly 16.5 cords per acre
Referral Number:
54-25-11
Date Sent:
December 10, 2024
Location:
Mecosta County, T13N-R8W; Section 14
Acres:
158.52 across 5 parcels (around 65% forest)
Forest Type:
Mixed Northern Hardwoods with oak
Respond By:
January 5, 2025
Contact:
Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional Information:
Property owners are interested in hiring a consulting forester to assist with timber sale preparation from start to finish including; timber marking, bid prospectus, contracting and supervision of operations. Beech scale is present on the property, with the landowners interested in harvesting affected trees to reduce potential future impacts.
Referral Number:
59-25-01
Date Sent:
December 6, 2024
Location:
Montcalm County, T12N-R8W; Sections 26, 35.
Acres:
93 (40 + 53)
Forest Type:
Upland Hardwoods, Lowland Hardwoods
Respond By:
December 20, 2024 (Due to time constraints, contact information will be sent to the property owner as soon as interest is expressed)
Contact:
Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional Information:
Property owner has two parcels enrolled in the Qualified Forest Program under the same forest management plan. In order to stay in compliance with the program, the landowner needs assistance with preparing and submitting an amendment to their forest management practice schedule as soon as possible. Interested individuals must be a qualified forester registered with MDARD.
Referral Number:
54-24-13
Date Sent:
September 3, 2024
Location:
Mecosta County, T15N-R7W; Sections 27, 28. T14N-R8W; Section 3
Acres:
Approximately 143 acres of forest across three parcels
Forest Type:
Mixed Northern Hardwoods with oak and aspen; red pine plantation
Respond By:
September 17, 2024
Contact:
Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional Information:
The property owner in this case is a School District with school forest on three separate parcels looking to develop a forest management plan. They would like to utilize Forest Stewardship Program funding toward the cost of plan preparation. I have already reached out to Mike Smalligan at the MDNR and he indicated he would allow $1500 plus $2.50 per acre not to exceed $3000 to go toward the preparation of a school forest management plan.
Referral Number: 67-23-01
Date Sent: September 20, 2023
Location: Osceola County, T20N-R8W; Section 21
Acres: 160 total (not all forested)
Forest Type: Mostly mixed northern hardwoods with some aspen component
Respond By: October 5th, 2023 3:00 EST
Contact: Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional information: Property owner needs timber sale preparation assistance from start to finish including; timber marking, bid prospectus, contract and supervision of operations.
Referral Number: 67-23-02
Date Sent: September 20, 2023
Location: Osceola County, T17N-R9W; Section 9 (12 acres) and 10 (40 acres).
Acres:
52
Forest Types:
Mixed northern hardwoods with oak and aspen.
Respond By: October 5th, 2023 3:00 EST
Contact: Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional information: The property owner was approved through USDA NRCS to fund a forest management plan for his property consisting of 2 parcels ( 40 acres + 12 acres) which have touching corners. Interested individuals will need to be TSP certified in order to respond. The Cat Creek runs along the west side of the 40 acre parcel.
Referral Number: 54-23-01
Date Sent: September 20th, 2023
Location: Mecosta County, T17N-R9W; Section Section 5
Acres: 93 acres
Forest Type: Mixed northern hardwoods, some oak, red pine plantation and mixed swamp conifer area.
Respond By: October 5th, 2023 3:00 EST
Contact: Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional information: The property owner has been approved through USDA NRCS for funding to develop a forest management plan. Interested individuals will need to be TSP certified. The property is under a conservation easement.
Referral Number: 54-23-02
Date Sent: September 20th, 2023
Location: Mecosta County, T14N-R9W; Section 21
Acres:
91
Forest Type: Aspen, mixed northern hardwoods with oak, and some grass openings.
Respond By: October 5th, 2023 3:00 EST
Contact: Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional information: The property owner has been approved by USDA NRCS for funding to develop a forest management plan. Interested individuals will need to be TSP certified. Furthermore, he would like to use the plan to apply to the Qualified Forest Program in advance of the next September 1st, 2024 deadline. He would like the plan to be prepared for a
20-year period.
Referral Number: 54-23-03
Date Sent:
September 20, 2023
Location: Mecosta County, T13N-R10W; Sections 4,5,9.
Acres: 360 total (approximately 60 acres is in grassland cover).
Forest Types:
Mixed northern hardwoods with oak and aspen.
Respond By:
October 5th, 2023 3:00 EST
Contact: Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional information:
The property owner was approved through USDA NRCS to fund a forest management plan for their property. Interested individuals will need to be TSP certified in order to respond.
Referral Number:
54-23-05
Date Sent:
September 20, 2023
Location: Mecosta County, T16N-R8W; Section 31; T15N-R8W; Section 6 (2 parcels); T13N-R9W; Section 20.
Acres: approximately 110 acres on 4 different parcels.
Forest Types:
Mixed northern hardwoods with oak and aspen.
Respond By:
October 5th, 2023 3:00 EST
Contact: Soren Murphy at soren.murphy@macd.org
Additional information:
The property owner was approved through USDA NRCS to fund a forest management plan. Interested individuals will need to be TSP certified in order to respond. There are 4 parcels in all. Three are located on parcels found across the road from each other and the fourth is located on the owners homestead nearly 20 miles south.