The Forest Management Plan - Develop a Master Plan

I have included an example of descriptions recorded by the landowner for each area on the map. Letters on the map correspond to area descriptions below. You can make them as detailed as you need and revise when necessary :

A. Home, lawn, and yard trees. A nice lawn on the south has a large turnaround. The woods is close to the house on the east and west providing morning and evening shade.

B. Fallow pasture with grass, some flowering plants and trees that have seeded in. The small stream has some eroding banks because the previous owner used the surrounding area as a pasture. The water in the stream gets cloudy after a rain. This is a good place to see deer and birds.

C. Several large hardwood trees. It’s shady under the large trees, with a few small trees and shrubs. The trees next to the stream are a different type than the trees in the rest of the area with more shrubs and other plants. A small opening with stumps indicates tree cutting. The stream contains clear cool water.

D. Small coniferous trees with thin foliage close together in rows. Plants are growing between the rows of trees. The former owner tried to grow Christmas trees, but chose trees not suited to the soil or the climate.

E. Mixture of medium-size needleleaf and broadleaf trees. All the tree’s branches are growing together and most of the needleleaf trees have dead branches. There is a good view from the hill near the east boundary. A large tree on the hill is mostly dead.