Technical Assistance
Technical assistance, through either a government agency or a private consultant, is available to Illinois citizens and eligible landowners based upon the nature and extent of the forestry-related request. The table below highlights the most common citizen requests and the agency or individuals responsible for handling and directing those requests.
- Illinois Technical Forestry Assistance: Forest Management and Urban Forestry
- 2013 Illinois Directory of Professional Consulting Foresters
| Consulting Forester |
Certified Arborist |
IDNR Forestry |
IDNR Wildlife |
UI Extension |
NRCS | FSA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical Assistance | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Publications & Education | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Forest Management Plans | X | X | |||||
| Forest Inventory & Analysis | X | X | |||||
| Timber Sale Administration | X | X | |||||
| Timber Marketing Assistance | X | X | X | ||||
| Timber Tax Assistance | X | X | |||||
| Tree/Timber Appraisals | X | X | |||||
| Litigation & Expert Witness |
X | X | |||||
| Tree Planting Plans | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Tree Planting Advice | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Tree Planting (labor) | X | X | |||||
| Pesticide Recommendations | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Advice on Ordering Tree Planting Stock |
X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Forest/Tree Health & Shade Tree Advice |
X | X | X | X | |||
| Urban Tree Inventory | X | X | X | ||||
| USDA Farm Bill Programs (CRP, EQIP, WHIP, WRP) |
X | X | |||||
| Farm Bill Program Eligibility & Enrollment |
X | X | |||||
| USDA Cost-Share Assistance |
X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Soil & Water Conservation Practices |
X | X | |||||
| Wetland Determination & Restoration |
X | ||||||
| Wildlife Management Plans | X | X | X | ||||
| Grass/Legume Plantings & Food Plots |
X | X | |||||
| Nuisance Wildlife | X | ||||||
| Equipment Loan | X | X | X |
Illinois Farm Service Agency (FSA)