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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 Cost-share Assistance to Forest Landowners

This feature from your Forestry About.com guide gives a brief summary of cost-share programs available for timber planting from the federal government

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.

Forest Management Workshop Manual

Duane Bristow's manual jump starts most beginners and will keep them from making major  forest management mistakes.  Duane also has a truly awesome "Old Kentucky Home Page" and you will find he is a forester/philosopher...

Forest Owners Guide to the Federal Income Tax

Download the definitive work from the IRS on how to manage your federal income taxes as a timber owner...

How to Measure Land and Use a Compass

Private Forest Management Team's quick reference to measuring land...

Manual for Forest Landowners

A University of Georgia forest landowners manual...

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...

Thinning Your Timber for Profit

An in-depth article on how to thin your forest correctly...

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...

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