Fond du Lac Resource Management

Timber Sales

Fond du Lac Forestry sets up about 6-8 timber sales per year. Our current annual allowable harvest is 4,300 cords. Open-Market timber sales are advertised in the Northland Shopper and a prospectus and bid packet is sent out to area MLEP or FISTA certified loggers.

Fond du Lac Timber Sales Policy (pdf)

Timber Sales Location Map

Application for Certification of Loggers (pdf)

Power of Attorney Form - Questions and Answers Frequently Asked by Allottees (pdf)

Fond du Lac Timber Sales Summary:

Timber Auction Notice
Fond du Lac Reservation

***At this time only Fond du Lac Band Members are eligible to bid on these timber sales***

“Lund Road Sale” – Carlton County SW Sec. 7, T49N, R17W
48 acre clearcut with reserves and select cut. 13” DBH aspen
1,123 cords (51% aspen, 39% red maple, 10% paper birch)

“FDL Creek Sale” – Carlton County SESE Sec. 17 & NWNE Sec. 20, T49N, R17W
59 acre clearcut with reserves. 9-13” DBH aspen
1,281 cords (58% aspen, 29% red maple, 13% paper birch)
Please note: To promote paper birch regeneration pre-harvest soil scarification by FDL personnel must occur in late summer or early fall before any cutting is to occur. As a result this sale will have a 3-year contract period.

If interested in bidding on one or both of these sales you must:

Be a Fond du Lac Band Member.
Stop in to the Fond du Lac Forestry Office and obtain a Bid Form for the sale(s) you are interested in bidding on.
Bids must be received, along with a $1,000 bid deposit for each sale you’re bidding on, before the auction deadline.
If your bid is accepted and you are the highest bidder you will be notified by phone or mail. You will have 30 days in which to sign the timber sale contract(s), submit a 25% down payment for each contract, submit a 20% performance bond for each contract, and complete and have approved a “Logger Certification” form that certifies your eligibility to purchase band-preference timber sales.

***The Auction Deadline will be 2pm, Friday, December 2nd, 2011***

No bids will be accepted after this deadline. If no valid bids are received, these sales will be re-advertised on the open market.

For more information, bid forms, maps, and timber sale details, please contact
Christian Nelson at (218) 878-7118 or Steve Olson at (218) 878-7105 or stop into the Forestry Office in the
Fond du Lac Resource Management Office during normal business hours (M-F 8-430pm).

SOLD Request for Bids: Red Pine and White Pine Sawlogs
1 cord of white pine sawlogs in 10 and 16 foot lengths, and 0.5 cords of red pine sawlogs in 8 and 16 foot lengths. Top diameters are between 6 and 23 inches. The purchased wood must be paid for and removed from the site within one week of bid award. If the logs are not removed within one week the logs may be resold to the next highest bidder. Fond du Lac Forestry can delivery the wood for an additional fee. SOLD
Bid Form

"Allotment A110” NE ¼ NE ¼ Sec. 16, T50N, R18W St. Louis County 32 Acres
At this time bids will be accepted from Fond du Lac Band enrolled and approved loggers only.

This sale is a coppice cut with reserves. The sale area is approximately 32 acres and may be examined by prospective bidders. The primary timber type is 8-10 inch DBH aspen.

This sale consists of the following volumes and minimum acceptable bids listed by species and product:

"Allotment 283” SW ¼ NE ¼ Section 18, T.50N., R.18W., St. Louis County 40 Acres
At this time bids will be accepted from Fond du Lac Band enrolled and approved loggers only.

This sale is a selective thinning where only merchantable aspen and paper birch will be removed. The sale area is 40 acres. The sale may be examined by prospective bidders. The primary timber is 11-inch DBH aspen.

This sale consists of the following volumes and minimum acceptable bids listed by species and product:

“Allotment 372” SW ¼ SW ¼ and the NE ¼ SW ¼ Section 18, T.50N., R.18W., St. Louis County 50 Acres
At this time bids will be accepted from Fond du Lac Band enrolled and approved loggers only.

This sale is consists of two different cut types: a select cut area where only merchantable aspen and paper birch will be removed and a clear-cut with reserves area. The select-cut sale area is approximately 29 acres and the clear-cut area is approximately 21 acres. Both areas may be examined by prospective bidders. A sale map is enclosed. The primary timber on both cut-types is 11-inch DBH aspen.

This sale consists of the following volumes and minimum acceptable bids listed by species and product:

“Allotment 302”SE ¼ SE ¼ Sec. 5, T50N, R18W26 Acres
At this time bids will be accepted from Fond du Lac Band enrolled and approved loggers only.

This sale is a white spruce plantation that will be row thinned. The sale area is approximately 26 acres and may be examined by prospective bidders. A sale map is enclosed.

This sale consists of the following volumes and minimum acceptable bids listed by species and product:

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