Anne Larkin Hansen, Mike Severson, Dennis L. Waterman

A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods (eBook, ePUB)

How to Maintain a Small Acreage for Long-Term Health, Biodiversity, and High-Quality Timber Production

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Make the most of your forested property and increase your enjoyment of your woods through building wildlife blinds, marking trails, sustainably harvesting timber, planting Christmas trees, and much more.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781603427302
• Artikelnr.: 37969740

Autorenporträt

Steve and Ann Larkin Hansen, authors of Maintaining Small-Farm Equipment, have run a family farm in Wisconsin for the last 20 years. While Steve has kept their farm equipment running smoothly, Ann has authored books, including The Organic Farming Manual, A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods, Finding Good Farmland, Making Hay, and Electric Fencing. She has also served as a regional editor for The Country Today and a contributing writer to Mother Earth News.

Mike Severson is a Certified Master Logger, licensed arborist, and tree surgeon. He is dedicated to sustainable forestry and education for good forest management.

Dennis L. Waterman is a professional consulting forester who serves private landowners with small acreages. His services include forest stewardship management plans; timber harvest; and forest inventory, mapping, and appraisals.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Why Manage Your Woods? A Quick Look Back
Where We Are Now
Where We Go from Here 2. How Forests Grow Tree Strategy
Tree Anatomy
Forest Succession: Sprinters vs. Marathoners
Tree Ranges
Local Forest Conditions
Forest Health 3. Taking a Woodland Inventory Figuring Out What You Have
Identifying Forest Flora
Identifying Soil Type
Identifying Wildlife
Identifying Terrain and Special Features
Finding Property Lines
Pulling All the Information Together
When to Hire a Forester 4. Establishing Goals Determining Woodland Goals
Management Options
Timber-Stand Improvement Projects
Timber-Harvest Methods
Guarding against Disaster
Keeping the Most Important Goal in Mind 5. Working with a Forester What Is a Forester?
Writing the Management Plan 6. Working in the Woods: Landowner Projects Safety First
Equipment
Making and Maintaining Trails
Controlling Invasive Species
Encouraging Wildlife
Other Woodland Harvests
Planting Trees
Woodlands and Kids 7. The Logging Industry How a Logger Makes a Living
Classes and Values of Timber
Logging Equipment
Sorting and Milling
Types of Loggers
Market Pressures in the Timber Industry 8. Harvesting Timber Planning for a Cut
Setting Up a Timber Sale
The Walk-Through
Monitoring the Cut
After the Cut 9. Finances and Legacies Evaluating a Forest Purchase
Taxes
Insurance
Federal and State Grant Programs
Carbon Sequestration
Legacies Glossary Resources Index

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