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Planning for Woodlot Productivity
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A management plan is a critical starting point for the long-term stewardship of your wooded acreage. A commonly sought end result from an owner’s physical and financial investment in owning a woodlot is to enjoy and benefit from their efforts. The two general steps to this success are to (1) identify what you want from…
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Anticipating the Next Forest: Ecology and Management for Sustaining Forests
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Consider a long-term time frame to think about private forests specifically and broadly; how they used to look, how they have changed, and visualize what future private forests will provide to future owners. By Peter Smallidge and Gary Goff Periodically, maple producers and woodlot owners should pause and consider their woods, both their sugarbush and…
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Annual Maintenance in Support of Woodland Management
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Woodland owners have different styles of management, from fairly casual to fairly regimented. All different strategies can work, but there are annual maintenance, management and practical activities that are enjoyable, useful and support the objectives of many owners. An owner who develops a list of annual or regular activities, some that may require a short…
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The Benefit of Markets for Managing Low-Grade Trees
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Low-grade trees may be aesthetically attractive and have other than economic benefits. Considerable attention is given to high-value trees, particularly how to grow them and their value when harvested. The harvest of just the high-value trees from a woodland is known as high-grade harvesting, selective cutting, or simply “high-grading.” This unsustainable practice has also been discussed because it diminishes the ecological and financial value of a woodlot. In…
Peter Smallidge
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