PLATFORM FEATURES
Six integrated modules covering every dimension of private land stewardship — built to work together, designed to last a lifetime.
01 — FOREST & TIMBER MANAGEMENT
From initial inventory to final sale, every stand on every parcel has a documented history. Log silvicultural treatments, track stocking rates and basal area, schedule future harvests, and produce the timber records your accountant, your consultant, and your heirs will need.
Define stand boundaries and assign stand types, species composition, age class, and stocking levels. Update as conditions change.
Record every prescription burn, chemical treatment, thinning, or site prep with GPS coordinates, date, delegate, and cost.
Set target rotation ages, project merchantable volume, and schedule harvests across multiple stands years in advance.
Track cruise data, sale agreements, load tickets, and revenue — everything your accountant needs at year-end.
Maintain the cost basis records required for timber tax treatment. Critical for landowners using IRC §631 depletion.

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Timber Stand Dashboard
02 — WILDLIFE HABITAT TRACKING
Good wildlife management is a long game. Private Land Stewards gives you the tools to document every field cycle, every habitat improvement, every trail camera season, and every observation — so your decisions are informed by real data, not memory.
Track species planted, planting dates, fertilizer applications, herbicide programs, and yields by plot by season.
Record sightings by species, date, location, and notes. Build a multi-year baseline for population and behavioral trends.
Document bedding cover creation, water feature construction, buffer plantings, and native grass restoration with photos and GPS.
Log camera survey locations and results. Attach photos and import detection counts for analysis over time.
Record stand locations, hunter activity, and harvest data to understand how pressure affects movement patterns.

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Wildlife Habitat Overview
03 — BOUNDARIES & PARCEL RECORDS
Whether you own 80 acres or 80,000, clear boundary records are the foundation of good land stewardship. Define parcels, assign stand types, track ownership interests, and maintain the spatial records your title company, your lender, and your successors will need.
Draw boundaries by hand on the map, upload shapefiles, or import from county GIS records. Assign county, state, legal description, and acreage.
Classify every acre: pine plantation, mixed hardwood, improved pasture, wetland, open field, road, or building site.
Attach deed documents, track ownership interest percentages, and maintain a history of conveyances for each parcel.
Document boundary disputes, fence line agreements, encroachments, and adjoining landowner contacts tied to specific segments.
Record access easements, conservation easements, utility easements, and any other encumbrances with expiration dates and terms.

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Parcel Map & Records
04 — RECREATIONAL PLANNING
Recreational use shapes your land just as surely as any management practice. Track hunting pressure, plan trail networks, document stand locations, and manage club memberships — all tied to the same parcel records your forester and wildlife biologist use.
Map every elevated stand, ground blind, and observation point with GPS coordinates, species target, field of view, and access routes.
Document trails, roads, gates, and access points. Track maintenance history and seasonal closure periods.
Record lease agreements, lessee contacts, fee schedules, and permitted activities for each leased parcel or zone.
Log harvests by hunter, species, date, location, and weapon. Build the multi-year record that informs future management decisions.
Manage club rosters, guest privileges, and access permissions. Control who can see what across your parcels.

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Recreational Management
05 — COMPLIANCE & REPORTING
From conservation easement monitoring reports to timber tax records, Private Land Stewards generates the professional reports your land trust, your accountant, and your government program administrators expect.
Generate year-over-year stewardship summaries covering all management actions, habitat improvements, and species observations by parcel.
Produce the baseline documentation and annual monitoring reports required by most land trust easement agreements.
Export treatment histories, cruise data, and cost basis records formatted for CPA review and timber tax filing.
Generate records compatible with EQIP, CRP, WHIP, and other USDA program documentation requirements.
Select any combination of parcels, date ranges, activity types, and data fields to produce the exact report you need.

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Report Builder
06 — TEAM COLLABORATION
Land management is a team effort. Invite your forester, hunting club manager, co-owners, or consulting wildlife biologist to the platform with role-based access that lets each person contribute to the record without seeing everything they shouldn't.
Assign owner, manager, contributor, or viewer roles. Control access by parcel, module, or record type.
Invite outside consultants with time-limited access to specific parcels. They contribute records; you retain ownership and control.
See every action taken on your properties in a chronological feed. Know what's been logged, by whom, and when.
Add comments to any record, tag team members, and maintain a conversation history tied to specific management actions.
Every change to every record is logged with the user, timestamp, and prior value. Full accountability, always.

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Team Activity Dashboard
FILE COMPATIBILITY
Import property boundaries and map layers, organize supporting records, and export management information in practical formats you can use and share.
KML / KMZ / GPX Import
Import boundaries, waypoints, and tracks from common mapping and GPS files
Shapefile Import
Zipped GIS shapefile support coming soon
CSV Export
CSV data export planned
PDF Reports
Formatted property reports coming soon
Document Storage
Store maps, surveys, contracts, receipts, and property records
Soil Records
Upload and organize soil maps, test results, and supporting information
Conservation Records
Keep program documents, contracts, cost-share records, and supporting files together
Data Portability
Keep your property information organized and ready to export or share
PLAN COMPARISON
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The reporting alone justified the cost in the first month. I can now show my land trust exactly what we have accomplished under the easement — documentation that used to take me three days to compile.
James Hartwell
1,200-acre conservation easement holder, Lowndes County, Georgia
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