{"id":83,"date":"2014-12-17T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/ohio\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2020-08-13T13:43:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:43:37","slug":"expert-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/expert-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forestry experts are available throughout Michigan to assist private forest owners. There are consulting foresters in every county who work directly for the landowner to help them plan and administer a timber harvest. Conservation Districts in northern Michigan have foresters on staff to offer educational workshops and technical assistance to landowners through the Forestry Assistance Program. The Department of Natural Resources has Service Foresters available to help private landowners. Michigan State University Extension has natural resource educators around the state. Industry foresters work for forest products companies to buy timber from landowners.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ulwrap\">\n<div id=\"ulleft\">\n<h3>Locate an Expert<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acf-foresters.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Locate a Consulting Forester<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mdard\/0,4610,7-125-1599_28740-286087--,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Locate a Conservation District Forester<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michigan.gov\/dnr\/0,4570,7-153-30301_34240_68762-298690--,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Locate a Forest Stewardship Plan Writer<\/a><br \/>\n(foresters &amp; wildlife biologists)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ulright\">\n<h3>Additional Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/dnr\/0,4570,7-153-30301_34240_68762---,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Forest Stewardship Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/dnr\/0,4570,7-153-30301_34240---,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DNR Private Forest Land Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michigan.gov\/dnr\/0,4570,7-153-31154_31261---,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best Management Practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michigansaf.org\/default.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Society of American Foresters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/msue.anr.msu.edu\/topic\/info\/forestry\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSU Extension Forestry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treefarmsystem.org\/michigan\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Tree Farm System<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganforests.com\/index.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Forest Association<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganforest.com\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Forest Products Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timbermen.org\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Association of Timbermen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mdard\/0,4610,7-125-1599_28740-306518--,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qualified Forest Program<\/a><br \/>\n(property taxes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/dnr\/0,4570,7-153-30301_34240_68191---,00.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commercial Forest Program<\/a><br \/>\n(property taxes)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/main\/mi\/technical\/landuse\/forestry\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Service \u2013 Forestry Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ulfooter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forestry experts are available throughout Michigan to assist private forest owners. There are consulting foresters in every county who work directly for the landowner to help them plan and administer a timber harvest. Conservation Districts in northern Michigan have foresters on staff to offer educational workshops and technical assistance to landowners through the Forestry Assistance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/callb4ucut.com\/michigan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}