Working with Your Woodland : A Landowner’s Guide / Mollie Beattie, Charles Thompson, and Lynn Levine ; illustrations by Nancy Howe ; foreword by Carl Reidel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beattie, Mollie, 1947-

Contributor:

Levine, Lynn, 1952-

Thompson, Charles, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--New England.

Forest management.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Hanover, [New Hampshire] ; London, [England] : University Press of New England, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A landowner's manual for forest management in New England

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Foreword to the First Edition; Foreword to the Revised Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Revised Edition; 1 | A New England Forest History; 2 | Assessing Woodland Potential; Timber; Maple Sap Production; Fuelwood; Pulpwood; Wildlife Habitat; Fragile Areas; Recreation and Aesthetics; Simple Techniques for Assessing Potential; Compatibility of Uses; Comparative Economic Returns; Some Advice on Buying Woodland; 3 | Foresters; Services; Management Planning and Forest Inventory; Tree Marking and Sales; Logging Road and Landing Location

Mapping and Basic SurveyingTimber Stand Improvement; Timber Appraisals and Damage Assessments; Tax Planning and Computation; Tree Planting; Christmas Tree Management; Recreational Development; Sugarbush Management; Types of Foresters; County and Extension Foresters; Consulting Foresters; Industrial Foresters; 4 | Management Plans; Management Objectives for a Property; Location, Boundary, and Stand Maps; Stand Management Goals; Stand Descriptions; Site Descriptions; Recommended Treatments; Updating Procedures; 5 | Woodland Management Techniques; Techniques for Sawtimber Production

Intermediate TreatmentsRegeneration Methods; Artificial Regeneration; Risky Treatments; Typical Sequences of Treatments; Timber Management Techniques in Perspective; For Fuelwood and Pulpwood Production; For Maple Sap Production; For Wildlife Habitat Improvement; For Recreation and Aesthetics; Some Final Considerations; 6 | Harvesting Forest Products; Selling and Harvesting Trees; Types of Sales; Locating a Buyer; Road Systems; Harvesting Trees; Contracts for the Sale of Trees; Overseeing and Evaluating a Logging ]ob; A Warning; Selling Sap; The Importance of Contracts

7 | Financial Aspects ofForest ManagementCosts; Characteristics of Forestry Investments; Components of Investment Return; Risks; Evaluating Investments in Management; Taxes; Income Taxes; Property Taxes; Yield Taxes; Estate Taxes; Cost-Sharing Programs; Record Keeping; Postscript: On Stewardship; Appendix; 1. Forestry Measurements and Conversions; 2. Landowner's Reading List; 3. Forestry Laws; 4. Sources of Information and Assistance; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-241) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613654984

9781280678059

1280678054

9781611680690

1611680697

9780585229577

0585229570

OCLC:

823388641