The article shows that for more effective planning of forest harvesting operations logging companies require a tool that would assess the amount of industrial bucked wood produced on a сutting area by size, by groups and by timber species. It is so because data available on material and monetary value cut markedly differ from the actual results of the complex harvesting machines working, which are reflected in the summary statement of wood assortments acceptance.

Keywords: cut-to-length logging, marking-cut a coupe and taxation of cutting areas, harvester control systems, a summary statement of wood assortments acceptance

In the article we consider the problem of carrying out aerial photography at survey of cuttings, which has arisen in connection with acceptance of new edition of the Forest Code of the Russian Federation. As a solution of this problem the author has offered a technique of survey of cuttings from UAVs (drones). Moreover, in this article author has offered options on selection of models, modifications of drones and the software.

Keywords: drone, quadcopter, possibility of using, harvesting, aerial photography