ICE STORM DAMAGE IN WORKING FORESTS - 2025 Thank you to all of our speakers and to everyone who attended our Post Ice Storm Forestry talk on Wed. May 14th! We appreciate you taking the time to sharing your stories and concerns regarding the aftermath of the ice storm and how it has impacted you. We had a number of presentations from Farm Service Agency, Michigan DNR, and Metcalfe Forestry and Burns Timber Tax Companies, and hope that attendees were able to get useful information and resources from the event to help guide them. See the links below for presentations and handouts to be posted on our Post Ice Storm Forestry Information page. Visit Otsego CD website and Facebook page for a recording of the second night of the ice storm talk: www.otsegocd.org/
The MDNR provided a remote presentation on Forest Health Considerations (insects and diseases such as bark beetles, oak wilt, Heterobasidion Root Disease. That presentation is available as a PDF (click on the link below): 2025_emmet_co_storm_damage_forest_health_presentation_may_2025_dnr.pdf
Bryce Metcalfe with Metcalfe Forestry gave an informative talk on forestry considerations, important considerations for landowners when looking at the forest health and possible future impacts. Our last presentation was from Susan Metcalfe, who spoke about casualty losses and tax considerations related to ice storm damage. Metcalfe Forestry website: www.metcalfeforestry.com/ Timber Tax Tips - Casualty Losses: casualty_losses_4-15-2025_metcalfe.pdf Tax Tips for Landowners (2024): taxtip2024_usda_fs.pdf