Assistance / Tips for Forest Landowners
About BMPs - Help with Best Management Practices
Water quality "must knows" from your forestry About.com guide...
About Cruising Your Timber
A three part About feature on cruising timber using point sampling by sawmill consultant Ron Wenrich...
About Guidelines on Planting Timber
An About Forestry Guide feature on planting trees...
About Forestry - The Net Shortcourse for Beginners
An About Forestry Guide feature for the forestry challenged...
About The Timber Market
A two part About Forestry Guide feature with sawmill consultant Ron Wenrich on how the timber market works...
About Wood Volumes
An About Forestry Guide feature on the complexity of log rules and wood volumes...
About Felling a Tree
Oregon logger Tyson Schultz shows you how to fell a tree...
About Stealing Timber: Three Easy Methods
Here are three basic techniques thieves use to steal someone's timber.
About Timber Theft
What you should know about protecting your timber from theft from your About Forestry Guide...
About Making a Timber Sale
An About.com feature on helping the timber owner make a timber sale...
About Purchasing a Portable Sawmill
Find that perfect portable sawmill from your About Forestry Guide...
About Identifying Trees
Find out how to ID a tree using the Net...
About Preparing a Timber Contract
A timber sale contract is a must when selling timber.
BMPs - Best Management Practices for Forest Owners
These forest practices have been developed to control nonpoint-source pollution during and after a silvicultural activity...
BMP's for Loggers
Great site on nationwide water quality and BMP issues.
How to Measure Land and Use a Compass
Private Forest Management Team's quick reference to measuring land...
Prescribed Burning Guide
An excellent guide to prescribed burning from Private Forest Management Team/USFS...
National Association of State Foresters
This site will list your State Forester (USA) who has a staff of service foresters and rangers to assist you. This forester or ranger can point you in the right direction in making decisions on your timberland...
Timber Volume Rules of Thumb
These are volumetric rules of thumb for converting wood volumes in cords, board feet, weight, and so on...
USDA Forest Service Homepage
Pack a lunch and see this site...
USDA Northeast Forest Landowners Guide to the Internet
A very complete resource for net savvy forest owners of the Northeast and North Central states...