Stumpage prices vary tremendously, depending on a wide variety of factors, such as:  timber quality, distance to market, accessibility of property, sale volume, market demand, season, skid distance, landowner requirements,  method of sale (e.g., competitively bid, or directly negotiated; see the article below) and logging costs. Results of a study examining the range of stumpage prices offered through a competitive bid process are presented in an article appearing in the Woodland Steward, published by the Massachusetts Forestry Association (P.O. Box 1096, Jackson Street, Belchertown, Massachusetts 01007-1096; 413 323-7326). 

 

 

 by Dave Kittredge and Bill Haslam. Woodland Steward, Winter 1999-2000, p.3-4. Presented with permission of the Massachusetts Forestry Association.