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This article was printed in the Southern Queensland Forestry News magazine in Autumn 2005

Report by Ken Matthews E.O. PFSQ

The purpose of this article is to provide a better understanding of how native forest sawlog stumpage/royalty value is calculated. Additional information is then provided to assist in the interpretation of stumpage/royalty to achieve the best result for your situation.

Apart from our workshops our staff can offer professional assistance on a fee for service basis. If you need a forest managament plan developed, a harvest managed, or professional advice the PFSQ team can assist. If you would like …

So you’re getting down to planning you harvest. You have assessned the stand and now you need to find and contract and harvest contractor and buyer. How will you manage the agreements between yourself and the other parties? PFSQ Model contract s provide a guide for how parties involved in a native forst operation might draw up an agreeement.

PFSQ Model contract 3 provides for the situation where a landowner or independent third party sells standing timber to a purchaser on a royalty/stumpage basis and the purchaser also harvests the native forest.

The harvest of a native forest is one of the most significant events within a timber stand’s management cycle. Harvesting, after the many years of managing the forest using fire, thinning and other forest management activities is the culmination of the forest management cycle but unfortunately is frequently not treated as such.
Forest Harvesting is often seen as an opportunity to cash in on accumulated forest growth when farm cash flow needs to be boosted, rather then the ultimate forest management tool. This form of harvest usually results in the removal of most of the trees that can make a product, regardless of a trees potential to grow on and produce a higher value return, or the considerations for the future productivity of the forest.