The Delaware Forest Service offers free management planning and technical assistance to private forest landowners in the First State. Click here for Forester Regions 2023
Free Forest Management Plans/Timber Harvest Assistance
In order to properly care for the trees on your property, it is important to develop a plan for achieving your objectives, whether your goal is wood production, wildlife habitat, recreation, or a combination of all of these. The Delaware Forest Service can help you develop a customized management plan for your woodlot that will outline the activities needed to reach your goals. In addition to a plan, staff can conduct a forest inventory (a summary of the timber volumes by tree species), supervise reforestation and timber stand improvement projects, and help you with timber sales by providing sample timber sale contracts and lists of potential timber buyers. While our staff cannot perform timber appraisals, we do maintain a list of consultant foresters who can appraise your timber.
Please note contacts for the Delaware Forest Service programs:
Forest Health
Bill Seybold
(302) 698-4553
william.seybold@delaware.gov
Forest Stewardship
Laura Upham
(302) 856-2893
laura.upham@delaware.gov
Forestry Education
Ashley Melvin
(302) 698-4551
ashley.melvin@delaware.gov
Urban & Community Forestry
Taryn Davidson
(302) 659-6704
taryn.davidson@delaware.gov
Wildland Fire
Sam Topper
(302) 698-4544
sam.topper@delaware.gov
View all DFS contacts at de.gov/forestry.
