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Removing & Valuing Black Walnut Yard Trees (IL)

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From: David Katnik City: Maple Park, IL
My property line is made up of many samller size Black Walnut trees, really not much value there, but I do have a stand of trees that contains one or two very nice specimens however. In the Kane/Dekalb county area is there anybody that you can recomend that can look at waht I have and advise what direction to go? I want to clear the area and like most people have no clue if there is anything of value there.
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Greetings David: The most efficient way to value a stand of timber, or even several black walnut trees, for potential sale and marketing is to contact a professional forester. Therefore, your best bet is to contact a local professional consulting forester: http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/forestry/CONSULTING_FORESTERS.pdf Alternatively, you may contact your local IL Dept. of Natural Resources district forester; however, they are usually backlogged with forestry requests upwards to six months--two years. http://dnr.state.il.us/conservation/forestry/DISTFRSTMAP.pdf Best of luck!
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