Resources
The Tree Farm Committee recommends you obtain and read as many of these references as possible. You will be seriously educated, save a lot of time and money not making mistakes, and be well on your way towards enlightenment…
Forest Conservation in 2009 - A Farm Bill Progress Report New National Analysis on Forest Stewardship released from American Forest Foundation (AFF).
BOOKS:
Beattie, Thompson, and Levine: Working with your Woodland, latest edition, University Press of New England. A forest landowner’s guide.
Dobbs and Ober: The Northern Forest, Chelsea Green Publishing Co. Commentary on our Northern Forest, and understanding the working forest concept.
Foster and Aber: Forests in Time, Yale University Press. Environmental consequences of 1000 years of change in New England.
Heinrich: Trees in My Forest, Harper Collins. The hidden life of a forest.
Johnson: Good Woodcutters Guide, Chelsea Green Publishing Co. Chainsaws, portable mills, and woodlots.
McEvoy: Positive Impact Forestry, Island Press. A sustainable approach to managing woodlands.
McEvoy: Legal Aspects of Owning and Managing Woodlands, Island Press. Basics for the layman.
Schama: Landscape and Memory, Knopf. A historic look at the ways people have found myth and meaning in woods, rivers, mountains.
Thorson: Stone by Stone, Walker and Company. Geologic history of New England, and stonewalls.
PERIODICALS:
Northern Logger and Timber Processor : $12/year, Monthly magazine. (315) 369-3078 or npetrie@northernlogger.com; good advice & information on marketing, trends, logging, equipment, politics, laws, regulations, etc; excellent editorials.
Northern Woodlands: $18/year (included as part of VWA membership!!), Quarterly magazine. (800) 290-5232; perhaps the best woodlands periodical ever to be published. Also good book reviews and recommendations.
VERMONT Forest Exchange & Information BULLETIN: Free bi-monthly publication of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation. Provided as an aid to the wood using industries, and wood producers of the State of Vermont. To place your name on their mailing list please contact Robert De Geus at (802) 241- 3678, FAX (802) 244-1481, or E-mail robert.degeus@state.vt.us.
Educational Opportunities in Forestry
The Vermont Woodlands Association invites you to learn about its programs that provide information on forestry-related topics, including Forestry School and Walk in the Woods.
Place You Call Home: A Guide to Caring for Your Land in Vermont
Northern Woodlands, a nonprofit that publishes Northern Woodlands magazine, from Corinth, VT has a publication for Vermont landowners that includes essential information for taking care of their land and getting the most out of it. To order a copy, please contact Northern Woodlands at www.northernwoodlands.org.
October 2009 Walk in the Woods Tour
