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Penalty for cutting unmarked timber

Mention in the contract that there will be a specific penalty for timber that is cut which was not designated for harvest. Commonly, timber that is marked for harvest is painted both at eye level, as well as at ground level. Thus, paint is evident on the stump, to indicate that  a designated tree had been removed. Stumps without paint imply that the timber was not designated and agreed upon in advance.

This is the UMass Extension Forest Conservation Program web site and is a part of the Natural Resources Conservation Department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. MassWoods is maintained by Paul Catanzaro, Forestry Extension Specialist, cat@umext.umass.edu, 413.545.4839

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MassWoods is the Web site for the Forest Conservation Extension Program within UMass Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
http://www.masswoods.net