Whats more valuable... Pine/Maple/Oak??

[SwampDonkey]

My property in Maine I just let grow naturally as nature has been doing a good job without me for the past 300 years.

I agree it's hard to improve upon what mother nature provides. Sometimes it's nice to help mother nature nurture certain species, maybe change the composition to favor certain species, and cull out the junk. Maybe by doing something you actually improve things a bit to benefit what's growing there and possibly get some regular revenue to at least pay the taxes or maintain property lines or trails. And probably any improvements depends on a person's perspective. To some, improvements to what mother nature provides isn't possible. Of course there is nothing wrong with doing nothing at all or never hardly visiting the woodlot. But then I can't see myself doing nothing. I'd be asking myself, what do I need it for? Usually owning a woodlot means there is something tangible.

[ibseeker]

The subject grabbed my attention since it's a question that I would have asked when I first started reading this forum which was right after I bought my property. Like him, I was looking for quick and easy answers. I found there are none but there is a lot of good advice in this post. So even if it didn't get to him, it wasn't wasted. It helped me along in this slow process of trying to understand more about forests.