Resources and webinar recordings will be posted here as we progress through the series.
Session 1: Intro to management planning. (Recording) March 1, 2022. John Rizza.
- Management Planning for Woodland Owners: Why and How
- Choosing the right Consulting Forester for your family forest
- Recordkeeping: A How-to-do-it Guide for Small Woodland Owners
- Your forest management plan (interactive)
- Forest A Syst
- Ties to the Land: Succession Planning for Rural Landowners
- Family Forests and Wildlife: What You Need to Know
- Wildlife in Managed Forests – Oregon forests as habitat
- Oregon Forest Management Planning website
- Basic Forest Management Plan template (developed for northeastern Oregon, but adaptable to other locations)
Session 2: Establishing a forest inventory. (Recording) March 8, 2022. Jacob Putney.
- Tools for Measuring Your Forest (EC 1129)
- Measuring Your Trees (EM 9058)
- Basic Forest Inventory Techniques for Family Forest Owners (PNW 630)
- Oregon Forest Industries Directory
- Forest Vegetation Simulator (FVS)
Session 3: You thinned your forest. Now what? (Recording) March 15, 2022. John Punches.
- Post-thinning checklist
- Slash management factsheet
- Pine engraver beetle factsheet
- Drought factsheet
- Field guide to weeds of eastern Oregon
- Managing woodland roads field guide (available for purchase, $11.00)
- Life on the Dry Side, invasive trees edition
- Oregon’s Forest Protection Laws: Illustrated Manual
- Forestland burning guide
- Forest Products Harvest Tax
- Small Tract Forestland [tax] Program
Session 4: The forest beneath your feet. (Recording) April 5, 2022. Ariel Cowan.
- Web Soil Survey (information on soil types and their characteristics)
- California Soil Resource Lab (site providing access to a variety of soils information)
- Keeping your forest soils healthy and productive (USDA publication)
- The Recovery of Soil Fungi Following a Fire (USDA publication, PDF download)
- Soil Your Undies (citizen science opportunity)
Session 5: Collective action for wildlife risk reduction. (Recording) April 12, 2022. Katie Wollstein.
Session 6: Adaptive forest management. (Recording) April 19, 2022. Thomas Stokely.
Session 7: Before wildfire strikes. (Recording) April 26, 2022. John Rizza.
