Sustainability

Lawson’s Logging uses sustainable forestry through the Selective Harvesting Method, which is widely accepted by our nation's colleges and universities.

Selective Harvesting of all trees 20” in diameter or larger

• Allows remaining smaller trees to grow at a faster rate
• Provides more growth opportunity for smaller plants
• Gives wildlife more cover and more food
• Adds sunlight to reduce the risk of disease on timber                                                   
• Maximizes opportunity for profit from future harvest

Ignoring your Timber Property's Harvesting Needs

• Slows growth rate of younger trees
•  Offers less control of future harvest and yield
• Reduces profit from timber property in the short and long term.
• Chokes out sunlight, which equals less ground covering plants and less small game and wildlife in the woods.

Selective cutting, also known as selective felling, is a more ecologically sustainable practice than clear cutting. Best forestry practices (silviculture) is designed to maintain an uneven or all-aged forest of trees varying not only in age, but in size and species as well. The staggering of light cuttings in a forest stand as the trees grow and mature also lessens the ecological and visual impact harvesting has on a forest and provides an opportunity to create gaps in the forest canopy to encourage natural regeneration. Contrary to clear-cutting, the selective harvesting of a timber stand is typically more expensive and produces less timber, but is considered ideal for the harvesting and regeneration of shade tolerant species of trees.