Bear Timber damage
If you’re a small forest landowner dealing with bear damage this spring — or want to be proactive before it escalates — don’t wait for the red flags to appear. Early documentation and targeted management make all the difference.
https://bigbearinvestigations.com/blog/f/black-bear-timber-damage-in-washington
Black Bear Timber Damage Assistance
Avaiable to assist Small Forest Landowners in locating freshly peeled trees including those fully girdled including high peels.
Pictures of damaged trees with date and time stamps can be provided.
GPS Coordinates of locations can also be provided.
Available to assist managing access during hunting seasons.
Black Bear Timber Damage management
Peeling & consuming timber by Black Bears can result in permanent damage or death to the timber.
Damage inflicted by Black Bears to commercial timber results in a financial loss to the timber owner
Black Bear Timber Damage removal permits are a tool to assist landowners with removal of Black Bears causing timber damage
Spring Foraging Destruction
As small forest landowners and timber managers in Washington State know all too well, black bears can inflict significant damage to commercial timber each spring.
https://bigbearinvestigations.com/blog/f/consequences-of-bear-damage
What is black bear timber damage?
When black bears emerge from their winter dens, foods are relatively scarce.
Because trees are already producing sugars (carbohydrates) during the early spring, bears strip the bark and eat the newly formed wood underneath.
Learn more here:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/t-d/pubs/pdfpubs/pdf03242832/pdf03242832dpi72.pdf
disclaimers
DISCLAIMER: Offer of assistance to help a landowner in those circumstances where the rules refer to, "or agent" if employed or contracted to have that limited agency in their behalf.
DISCLAIMER: Black Bear Timber Damage assistance is Not Performed under my Washington State Private Investigative Agency License.
DISCLAIMERS
DISCLAIMER: Black Bear Timber Damage assistance is Not performed under my Washington State Wildlife Control Operator Certification.
DISCLAIMER: I am Not a governmental Agent or employee of the WA Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Outdoorsman, Hunter and Firearms Instructor.
In the Record Book for Washington's Big Game Animals and the Pope and Young Record Book as an accomplished Bear Hunter.