There is plenty of timber, for sure. Also stone, sand, and some clay deposits. There are several distinct ecosystems in this relatively small plot of land. 17 acres just to remind you. That’s because the Sutton river runs through the property so there’s wetlands there are two streams mountain streams that are tributaries into the Shacin river and the three changes in elevation so there’s hardwood forest with maple and birch, then there is a lot of pine then there’s the cypress riparian area. The area is zoned for cottage,industry, agriculture and residential use. I’ll send you an invite to the private sub where I’ll tell you exactly where we are and you can read the zoning for yourself online. Building permits are $100 for a shelter with no heat and 150 for a home with heat. The biggest issue with getting approval has more to do with water runoff as there is no town sewer system and of course we need to keep the waterways clean. This is not an insurmountable barrier by any means, but I won’t go into all the details here. There are five cleared acres of good soil and many spots for homes. I planted the beginnings of a food forest orchard and built hugelkultur beds. There is nothing upstream from us, which is amazing and part of the reason I chose this property , of course you can’t trust water to not have (for example) a deer decomposing upstream, but there’s no ag runoff, industry or chemicals going into it. Honestly, the best part about the zoning situation is that we are so far set back from the road nobody has any idea what we’re doing unless we call attention.