This one majestic red oak tree was a good 7 feet across at the base!
One Majestic Red Oak Tree! This majestic red oak tree was found in a woodlot located in Byron Michigan a village of Shiawassee County . A selective timber harvest was performed. The woodlot had an abundance of young timber and the promise of a future harvest. Yes, this tree was included in the selective harvest. Some might say "What a shame to cut that beautiful tree!" Although we do greatly respect the beauty of it and stood in awe, we also understand that a tree this size has come to the end of it's life. Trees this size very likely have internal issues, as trees generally die from the inside out. If this tree was left alone and stood to die, than all value for the property owner would have eventually been lost! (This tree brought an approximate $2000.00 to the landowner). So, by harvesting this red oak tree, the younger less mature hardwoods in close proximity were released to the opportunity to grow to their full capacity, by receiving much needed sunlight as well as taking up the nutrients in the ground that the massive root system had been using. We are sure this tree made many pieces of beautiful furniture. Furniture to be used and admired and handed down for years come.
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 White-tailed deer (Doe) "But what about the deer?"
 In a recent private 40 acre, predominantly Red Oak forest, the objective of the landowner was to "do some thinning of the larger trees" and receive an income from the product removed. These 40 acres had never been managed in the four generations owned by this family.
As a buyer for the log and lumber industry for going on 35 years I have run into countless landowners that either don't manage their timber, thus causing the mature trees to eventually topple over, or the property owner calls a sawmill, sells them their trees and the forest is then literally destroyed!
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David & Valerie Zimmer
Buyers of standing timber and owners of Greater Michigan Timber Management, a Forest and Timber Management company located in the northern lower peninsula of Michigan. 
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Call us for all your forest management needs at (989) 390-0705 or (989) 473-3791 We are happy to answer any question you may have. Greater Michigan Timber Management. Buyers of standing timber. Specializing in sustainable forestry management and sound stewardship practices.
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