Referrals for Consulting Foresters
Listed below are projects from across Presque Isle and Cheboygan Counties (and occasionally adjacent counties). If you are interested in working with any of these landowners, please contact me at (989) 734-5202 or jacob.grochowski@macd.org.
I email these projects out to all relevant consulting foresters at the time they are posted. If you would like to be added to my email list, please complete the form linked below. Upon approval by the Conservation District Board of Directors, you will begin receiving referrals by email.
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Landowner Referred (referral period closed)
Referral Number: 016-26-10
*Site Visit Date: 1/15/26
*Location: Cheboygan County, Mullett Twp, T36N R02W
*Buildings: None
*Parcel size: ~35 acres
*Soil Types: Predominantly Blue Lake loamy sand, Riggsville loamy sand, and Croswell sand.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: None
*Road/Access: Access along one side from a paved county road.
*Cover Types: 2-aged forest dominated by aspen, red oak, and white pine. Smaller components of hemlock, red pine, striped maple, red maple, and beech. A harvest around 2007 removed mostly aspen and red maple, leading to a one small stand of aspen and good white pine regeneration throughout.
*Landowner Objectives: Complete a selection harvest to improve game species habitat and continue to develop the long-term value and quality of the forest. Many of the red oaks are declining and showing dieback in the crowns, so removing those declining individuals and promoting oak regeneration is a goal. Advanced oak regeneration is poor. Landowner may be interested in a Forest Management Plan and the Qualified Forest Program.
*Landowner Timeline: Flexible.
*Referral Close: 7/6/26
Referral Number: 071-26-18
*Site Visit Date: 6/12/26
*Location: Presque Isle County, Ocqueoc Twp, T36N R03E
*Buildings: Several houses and outbuildings generally outside of harvest area
*Parcel size: Multiple parcels—cooperating landowners. Currently ~75 acres. Potentially up to ~160.
*Soil Types: Mostly Deer Park and Croswell sand. Some Rubicon sand.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: A river runs along some property boundaries, outside of harvest area.
*Road/Access: Improved gravel road access to all properties. Very close to US-23.
*Cover Types: Large, mature jack pine dominant (relatively good quality, for jack pine). Approximately 8” average DBH. Varying densities of mature oak (mostly red oak). Some mature aspen.
*Landowner Objectives: Fuel reduction harvest. Harvest all merchantable jack pine and aspen. Generally retain oaks, white pine, and red pine. A break-even harvest is an acceptable outcome for the landowners. Harvest would be at least ~50 acres, possibly as much as ~100+ acres.
*Landowner Timeline: As soon as possible, but landowners recognize the need for flexibility. Landowners may be interested in a long term management plan and the use of prescribed fire for habitat and fire risk management in the future.
*Referral Close: 7/6/26
Referral Number: 016-26-13
*Site Visit Date: 6/1/26
*Location: Cheboygan County, Mentor Twp, T34N R03W
*Buildings: A house and a couple of outbuildings
*Parcel size: ~90 acres
*Soil Types: Cheboygan loamy sand and Rubicon sand.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: Some seasonally wet forested areas.
*Road/Access: Access via a private easement from a county road. Relatively well developed trail system throughout.
*Cover Types: Stands dominated by mixed pine-oak, northern hardwoods, and hemlock.
*Landowner Objectives: Manage the land for long-term forest quality and health. Some interest in game species habitat, but looking for good management overall. Interested in a thinning of the mature pine-oak stand and potentially some of the northern hardwoods. No management in the hemlock stands. Potentially interested in a Forest Management Plan, Qualified Forest Program, Family Forest Carbon Program, and NRCS cost-share opportunities. Some interest in prescribed fire for the mixed pine-oak stands.
*Landowner Timeline: Flexible.
*Referral Close: 7/6/26
Referral Number: 071-26-19
*Site Visit Date: 6/15/26
*Location: Presque Isle County, Belknap Twp, T34N R05E
*Buildings: Houses and outbuildings outside of harvest areas.
*Parcel size: 3x 80 acre parcels. Multiple owners collaborating.
*Soil Types:
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: Forested wetlands throughout the property. Harvest areas focused mostly on better draining areas.
*Road/Access: Access from paved county roads. Some developed trails already.
*Cover Types: Mostly lowland mixed conifer-deciduous. Aspen tends to dominate in these stands, mixed with white-cedar, red maple, paper birch, balsam fir, and spruce. Some areas of good quality, mature balsam fir and spruce. Small stands of northern hardwoods, sugar maple and basswood dominant. Some large, straight, high-quality basswood. ~2.5 acre stand of cedar, good quality yellow birch, and paper birch.
*Landowner Objectives: Potentially develop forest management plans, particularly for the Qualified Forest Program and to increase competitiveness for NRCS cost-share funding. Harvest ~27 acres of lowland mixed forest and ~5 acres of northern hardwoods. Includes clearcut harvest in aspen and balsam dominated areas to selection in northern hardwoods and cedar-yellow birch.
*Landowner Timeline: Flexible
*Referral Close: 7/6/26
Referral Number: 016-26-12
*Site Visit Date: 3/31/26
*Location: Cheboygan County, Tuscarora Twp. T35N R03W.
*Buildings: A home and several outbuildings
*Parcel size: ~25 acres
*Soil Types: Mostly Cheboygan loamy sand and Blue Lake loamy sand. Small portion Kalkaska sand.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: None
*Road/Access: Access on two sides from gravel roads
*Cover Types: 5 acre mature northern hardwoods stand (~120 sqft/ac basal area). Last selection harvest approximately 30 years ago. ~7 acres of relatively young mixed hardwood-softwoods growing on abandoned ag land.
*Landowner Objectives: Complete a harvest in the hardwoods. Potentially develop a management plan to guide future harvests and guide the development of areas of abandoned ag land.
*Landowner Timeline: Flexible.
*Referral Close: 4/15/26
Referral Number: 071-26-11
*Site Visit Date: 2/13/26
*Location: Presque Isle County, Posen Twp, T33N R06E
*Buildings: A hunting camp
*Parcel size: 40 acres
*Soil Types: Mostly Lupton muck, smaller areas of Omena fine sandy loam and Krakow flaggy fine sandy loam.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: Large areas of forested wetland. Non-forested stream corridor.
*Road/Access: Access directly from a paved county road. Not far from M-65.
*Cover Types: Mixed lowland conifers and mature lowland hardwoods (mostly aspen and balsam poplar. Most of proposed harvest area is a stand of mature tamarack, 120-160 sqft/acre basal area, DBH 4-10”. Some cedar and aspen mixed with the tamarack.
*Landowner Objectives: Harvest to promote deer habitat. Roughly 7 acre potential harvest area. Would prefer a sort of selection harvest or harvest with buffer from the road. Understands that this small harvest may not be feasible but would like to know what interest is out there.
*Landowner Timeline: Flexible.
*Referral Close: 3/6/26
Referral Number: 071-26-05
*Site Visit Date: N/A
*Location: Presque Isle County, Moltke Twp, T35N R04E
*Buildings: A hunting camp
*Parcel size: 80 acres
*Soil Types: Largest parts Brevort mucky loamy sand, Iosco sandy loam, and Croswell sand.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: Widespread seasonally wet forested areas and some forested wetlands.
*Road/Access: Access on two sides from county and state roads. Existing trail network within the property.
*Cover Types: Mostly mature mixed lowland deciduous and coniferous.
*Landowner Objectives: Develop a management plan and apply to the Qualified Forest Program. Landowner would like to continue managing for high-quality wildlife habitat. They have been doing habitat development work for some years already.
*Landowner Timeline: Ongoing. Likely interested in starting the process of developing a management plan in the spring of 2026.
*Referral Close: 12/18/25
Referral Number: 071-26-08
*Site Visit Date: N/A
*Location: Presque Isle County, Bismark Township, T33N R04E
*Buildings: A cabin
*Parcel size: ~167 acres
*Soil Types: Harvest area largely Rubicon sand and Cheboygan loamy sand with areas of Iosco loamy sand. Small areas of Roscommon muck, Brevort mucky loamy sand, and Au gres sand. Lowlands largely Tawas muck.
*Water Bodies/Wetlands: Some forested wetlands, open wetlands, and seasonally wet forested areas. Proposed harvests are in upland areas.
*Road/Access: Access from gravel county roads and an existing trail network. Trails from previous harvesting still present.
*Cover Types: Largest parts red oak, aspen, and mixed conifers.
*Landowner Objectives: Complete a 40-50 acre harvest scheduled in their Qualified Forest Program management plan.
*Landowner Timeline: Would ideally like to complete this harvest during this winter.
*Referral Close: 1/2/26