Price New York

The Stumpage cost Report is posted semi-annually and states the values covered standing timber during the earlier half a year. Costs are provided into the DEC voluntarily by buyers and vendors of standing wood. To better mirror the price variations over the state the Stumpage cost Report splits nyc into four distinct areas; Western/Central, Adirondack, Delaware/Catskill, and Hudson/Mohawk. This report is only meant to serve as helpful information thinking about the worth of standing trees is impacted by numerous elements, including however limited to, wood quality, amount harvested, availability, market demand, size of wood, species, and logging equipment made use of. Utilization of this report for any function apart from as a rough help guide to standing wood values should be done with care.

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Click on the picture to look at Summer 2016 Report (PDF, 420 KB)

Historic Reports

If you have any questions about the Stumpage Price Report, please contact us at:

NYSDEC
Lands and Forests
Bureau of Private Land Services
625 Broadway
Albany, NY

Phone: (518) 402-9425
Fax: (518) 402-9028

Glossary of Forestry Terms applied to the Stumpage cost Report

Board base - a product for measuring timber amount in a tree, log, or board. A board base is usually 1 base by 1 foot by 1 inch, but any shape containing 144 cubic inches of lumber equals one board foot.

Cord - an unit of wood cut for fuel, pulp or chips that is corresponding to a bunch 4 x 4 by 8 foot or 128 cubic foot.

Cordwood - small-diameter or low quality wood suitable for firewood, pulp or potato chips.

Diameter at breast level (dbh) -tree diameter measured at 4.5 legs above walk out.

Wood rule - a technique for calculating wood volume in a tree or log by using its diameter and length.

• Doyle rule -Log guideline found in the Eastern and south US. Underestimates board video footage in little logs and overestimates in large logs.
• Overseas l/4-inch scale -Log scale modification of a youthful guideline making use of a 1/8-inch kerf, centered on an analysis of reduced lumber dietary fiber sustained in the transformation of saw logs to lumber. Mostly of the principles integrating a basis for working with log taper.
• Scribner guideline -Diagram sign rule, one of the earliest around, that assumes 1-inch panels and a 1/4-inch kerf, makes a liberal allowance for slabs, and disregards taper.

Pole wood - woods 4 to 10 ins dbh.

Sawlog - a log large enough to be sawed financially on a sawmill. Sawlogs are at the very least 8 ins in diameter on tiny end.

Sawlog tree - a tree at the least 11 ins dbh and appropriate conversion to lumber. Occasionally, woods 11 to 14 inches dbh are known as little sawlog trees, and woods larger than 18 inches dbh are called large sawlog woods.