Northeastern Area

Forest Stewardship—Publications

Landscape Scale Conservation

• A joint position paper from the leaders of the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, the Eastern Region of the National Forest System, the Northern Research Station, and the National Association of State Foresters.

The Biodiversity of a New England Woodlot Series

• Alternative Forest Products (PowerPoint)
• Biodiversity in Red Maple Forested Wetlands in the Northeast
• Common Mosses and Liverworts of New England Woodlots
• Control of Nonnative Invasive Plants on Your Woodlot
• Edible Green Plants (PowerPoint)
• Gilding the Granite - A Guide to Lichens Found on Stone Walls
• Integrating Production of Nontimber Forest Products with Timber Management
• Integration of Ecology and Forest Management in Forests of Southeastern Massachusetts
• Learning About Mosses in Our Northeastern Woodlots: An Introduction (high resolution version suitable for professional printing)
• Learning About Mushrooms
• Lichens Growing on Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Trees in the Northeast
• Nuts and Fruits (PowerPoint)
• Rattlesnake-Like Plants in Northeast Woodlands
• Red Oak Lichens by Roger Monthey, Constance Stubbs, and Stephen Sharnoff (PDF 457KB)
• Some Edible Fungi Growing on Trees in Northeast Woodlots
• STEWPLAN—Easy-to-Use Software to Prepare Stewardship Plans
• Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Sustaining Our Lives and the Natural World

Forest Matters Newsletter

• This newsletter provides current stewardship information to natural resource professionals, consultant foresters, and private forest landowners in the Northeast and Midwest.

Forest Planning and General Information

• A Forest Landowner's Guide to the Internet (www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/flg/)
• Aldo Leopold, Selective Cutting, and Forest Stewardship Planning
• Applications of the Ecological Classification System at the Landtype Phase
  by Bill Leak, Research Siviculturist (PowerPoint)
• Protection of Forest Management Opportunities in an Open Space Subdivision in the Northeast
• Restoring Brook Trout Habitat in Headwater Streams Using Large Woody Debris

Forest Silviculture

• BANTIC - The Brooks and Neil Tree Investment Chart
• Crop Tree Field Guide--Selecting and Managing Crop Trees in the Central Appalachians (3.3 mb pdf)
• Crop Tree Management in Eastern Hardwoods
• Crop Tree Quick Reference Guide
• Diameter-Limit Cutting and Silviculture in Northeastern Forests: A Primer for Landowners, Practitioners, and Policymakers
• Forest Management Update - for back issues email Karen Sykes
  • Number 20, September 2000
  • Number 19, April 1999
  • Number 18, October 1997
  • Number 17, October 1996
• Group Selection Cutting (PowerPoint)
• Guidelines for Applying Group Selection Harvesting   by Neil I Lamson and William B. Leak
• How to Release Crop Trees in Precommercial Hardwood Stands
• Increasing the Impact of Forest Stewardship through Wildlife Habitat Management
• Northeastern Forest Regeneration Handbook: A Guide for Forest Owners, Harvesting Practitioners, and Public Officials
• Putting Crop Tree Management into Practice
• Reference Handbook for Foresters
• Tally Sheet for Crop Tree Growth (MS Excel 2000 format by Richard A. Pots, Milleresburg, OH)
• Timber Management Field Guide
• Using Diagnostic Plants to Evaluate Site Class - Carvell and Perkey (3.9 mb)
• Why Trees Grow Where They Do in New Hampshire Forests
  by William B. Leak, Research Silviculturist and Jane R. Riddle, Information Specialist

Other Links

• Deer and Forests, and the People Who Love Them (Massachusetts Wildlife Vol. LX, No. 1, 2010. pp 16-25)
• Developing a Forest Stewardship Plan: The Key to Forest Management by Jonathan S. Kays and Robert Tjaden, a fact sheet from Maryland Cooperative Extension.
• Impacts of White—Tailed Deer Overabundance in Forest Ecosystems: An Overview—Thomas J. Rawinski
• Forest Stewardship website.  This web guide to forest stewardship planning is a joint initiative of the US Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, and the Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University.