Woodland News

In Northeastern hardwood forests, successful regeneration depends on the right conditions on the forest floor: enough sunlight, limited competition, and space for seedlings to establish. Dense shade, aggressive ferns, beech sprouting, and heavy deer browse often create a bottleneck that prevents young trees like oak and cherry from taking hold. The good news is that with thoughtful, active management, such as thinning, vegetation control, well-planned harvests you can reset those conditions and set your forest up for healthy, long-term growth.

FORECON takes a deep dive into the Big Pine Partnership, a 30+ year forest management project in Western New York where we’ve helped a family balance long-term stewardship with sustainable income. Through adaptive forestry, strategic timber sales, and reinvestment in regeneration, this case study highlights how thoughtful management can protect both a working forest and a multi-generational legacy.

TigerWeb is browser-based forest inventory software for hardwood timberlands, combining GIS mapping, cruise data, growth modeling, and reporting into one platform.

The latest quarterly timber stumpage price data available from the Penn State Extension Pennsylvania Timber Market Report covers the Fourth Quarter of 2025 (October to December). We focus on six hardwood species that have the largest commercial impact on Pennsylvania’s solid wood products industry to help landowners make informed decisions.

While you routinely clear your yard of any gravel, rake up leftover leaves, and check your roof for ice and snow damage, do you give your woods the same time and attention?

Gold and silver markets offer a unique lens through which to view hardwood timber markets in the northeast. What similarities do these assets share?

Despite ongoing industry challenges, we continue to see excellent prices for quality hardwoods when selling through our bidding process.

Guest instructor Thad Taylor Teaches Forestry at Cassadaga High School & Coudersport Area High School

FORECON is happy to share key takeaways from Penn State's Q3 2025 Timber Market Report and what these trends mean for Pennsylvania landowners.

Forestry professionals from FORECON Inc. working on the Penn State Trimble Tract...