Woodland Health Practices Publication Sale

New from The Woods in Your Backyard Partnership:“Woodland Health Practices Handbook: A Practitioner’s Guide for Creating, Enhancing and Maintaining Natural Areas”

Written for green industry professionals, land managers and forest industry professionals in the eastern U.S., this guide promotes land stewardship for the owner’s enjoyment and for improved environmental quality. The handbook outlines small-scale natural areas management services including wildlife habitat enhancement, forestry practices, chosen tree release, creating natural havens, invasive plant and insect identification and control, creating food plots, and more.

This resource manual and the accompanying specialized checklist tool helps professionals determine which enhancement practices are suitable for a given property/site. The handbook includes over 60 color photos, an overview of land management techniques, a glossary, and an index. The checklist and a set of tables to develop management actions will assist you in developing land care plans based on your clients’ objectives. Examples of land care plans are also included.

Funding for this project was provided by the Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc.

To find out more: https://go.umd.edu/NAMvideo

The purchase price is $27 for the manual and it will be shipped to you via USPS.

Also available from The Woods in Your Backyard Partnership: The second edition of “The Woods In Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home.”

Written for owners of one to 10 acres in the eastern U.S., this guide promotes land stewardship for the owner’s enjoyment and for improved environmental quality. It will be useful for managing forested land, unmowed natural areas and mowed areas the owner would like to stop mowing.

The guide follows the Nelson family as they complete 16 activities that help them get to know their property, learn about forestry and ecology, identify management options that meet their goals, and choose land improvement projects. Appendices include in depth information on tree species, wildlife habitat requirements, and site requirements. The book includes over 100 color photos, an overview of native plants and invasive plants, a glossary, and an index. Blank worksheets for the 16 activities are available online for the landowners’ use. The workbook also includes completed activity sheets for two additional case studies.

This publication can be purchased from the Cornell Bookstore for $29. https://www.cornellstore.com/PALS-woods-in-your-backyard-PALS_2

The Woods in Your Backyard Partnership: includes the University of Maryland Extension, Penn State Extension, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and Virginia Dept. of Forestry. For more information on the Woods In Your Backyard program go to: www.extension.umd.edu/woodland