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The Basics of Forestry and Forest ScienceBy Steve Nix, About.com Guide to Forestry This is your resource to basic forest and yard tree management, silviculture, tree planting and tree care information. The guide helps you control forest and yard tree pests, sell trees and timber, purchase and plant tree seedlings, protect trees from pests, adverse weather and forest fire and find a forestry job.
Planting Trees and Forests![]() Nurseries provide 1.5 billion trees for planting in the United States annually. This represents over six trees propagated for every U.S. citizen each year. Planting a tree can have tremendous influences on communities. Tree planting improves our environment, adds to our incomes and decreases energy costs. Planting a tree will enrich the quality of our life and, scientists says, improve our health. I can't think of many things that touch us so completely as does planting a single tree or entire forest.
Tree Care and ProtectionTree care and forest management use techniques that have been much advanced using the methods developed by the sciences of silviculture and arboriculture. Learn more about how to care for your tree using all the proper methods.
Fire in the Forest![]() Fire and forests go back to the prehistoric and they have existed together for millions of years. The temperate world's forest ecosystem has developed with forest fire as a preeminent partner - a regenerator, a rejuvenator but also can lead to a forest's ruination. This fire/forest/human symbiosis is complicated but essential and I tell you why.
Harvesting and Selling Trees![]() A tree is a valuable and renewable resource. The science of forestry and silviculture has been developed to grow trees for many reasons and is especially devoted to growing mature forests for harvest and regenerating new stands for future forest products. Sustainablility (always having trees in various stages of maturity throughout the life of a forest) is the ultimate goal. Saws and Sawmills![]() If you've ever thought about using or purchasing a chainsaw or a portable sawmill, this section is developed just for you. Operating equipment with spinning blades to fell, buck, and saw large trees is inherently dangerous to do if you are not prepared. |
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