Title: Managing timber to promote sustainable forests: a second-level course for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative of Pennsylvania

Author: Finley, James C.; Stout, Susan L.; Pierson, Timothy G.; McGuinness, Barbara J.

Year: 2007

Publication: Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-11. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 47 p.

Abstract: At least 80 percent of the raw material used for wood products by the forest industry is from privately owned woodlands. This publication provides material for a course designed to help landowners, foresters, and loggers work together to assess whether a planned timber harvest will retain the diversity of species on site. It includes methods for collecting overstory and understory data, inspecting these data, and assessing sustainability.