Publications

Stewardship/Management - Climate Change and Forest Resources
Woody Biofuels - Forest Pesticides & Vegetation Management
Forest Health and Management - Fact Sheet Series - Conservation Circulars
Liability - Logging/lumber - Maple & Agroforestry - Miscellaneous Forestry -
Water, Streams & Wetlands - Wildlife - Other

Publications available for sale.

Stewardship/Management

• Enhancing Forest Stewardship
      (A 100 page bulletin that includes articles about forest planning, foresters, wildlife, timber sales, etc.)
• Getting started with Forestry Series
• Best Management Practices for Water Quality - Field Guide
• Do You Own Forestland? (brochure)
• Ecologically Based Forest Management
• Forestry BMPs
• Gas information
• Keeping Records of Forest Management Activities
• Regenerating Hardwood Forests: Managing Competing Plants, Deer, and Light
• Selecting a forester
• Understanding Forest Ecosystems
• The Northeastern Forest Regeneration Handbook
• Working in Your Woodlot – Suggestions for Getting Involved and Improving Your Property
• Management Activities of Private Forest Landowners in New York State
• Information Access and Preferences Among Private Forest Landowners in New York State
• Forest Stewardship Terminology - Glossary
• Motovations to Manage Your Forestland - John Marchant
• Land Use Planning for New Landowners - Charlie Mowatt
• What you need to know as a beginning forestland owner - Peter J. Smallidge
• A Comparison of Small Tractors for Thinning Central Hardwoods - from Proceedings of the 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Climate Change and Forest Resources

• Forest Management Solutions for Mitigating Climate Change in the United States (from www.safnet.org)

Woody Biofuels

• Guidance on Harvesting Woody Biomass for Energy in Pennsylvania
• State Woody Biomass Utilization Policies
• Synthesis of Knowledge from Woody Biomass Removal Case Studies

Forest Pesticides and Vegetation Management

• Herbicides and Forest Vegetation Management
• Controlling beech sprouting through limited use application of herbicides
  
• Flame Weeding & Limited-Use Herbicide for Vegetation Management
• 2007 New England Guide To Chemical Weed and Brush Control in Christmas Trees
• Cut stump herbicide control of beech, Kochenderfer et al. 2006, Northern Journal of Applied Forestry
• Interfering plants in NE America Bashant et al UMaine Expt Sta.
• Using Roundup and Oust to Control Interfering Understories in Allegheny Hardwood Stands - from Proceedings of the 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Forest Health and Management

• Silviculture and Invasive Insects
• Private Woodland Management in Anticipation of Emerald Ash Borer
• Forest Management with Emerald Ash Borer - 2006 Ohio State University Extension
• Insects that look like Emerald Ash Borer
• References for Disease and Insects
• A Concise History of Forest Health in New York - Michael Birmingham

ForestConnect - Fact Sheet Series

• Woodland Guidelines for the Control and Management of American Beech
• Early Detection of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) in Small Northeastern
               Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) Woodlots
• Silviculture and Invasive Insects
• Biology and Silvicultural Management of Sirex Woodwasp
• Controlling Invasive Species in Woodlots
• Enhancing Wildlife Habitat
• Forest Gardening
• How to Choose Firewood Trees
• The Stewardship Ethic: A Guide for Using Your Land
• Tree and Forest Health

Conservation Circulars

• Accelerated Seasoning of Firewood
• Assistance for New York Forest Owners
• Forest Management by Compartments
• NY Woodlands, Real Property Taxation and Section 480-a
• Selling and Scaling Sawlogs

Liability

• Liability Considerations for NY Woodland Owners
• Recreational Access and Owner Liability
• Landowner Liability and Boundary Posting - Robert Plaskov, The Law Firm of Plaskov and Scofield
• Landowner Liability - Dinnie Sloman, Catskill Forest Assoc.
• Land Owner Liability, Posting, and Boundary Law - David Colligan, Watson, Bennett, Colligan, Johnson, and Schechter

Logging/lumber

• A Guide to Logging Aesthetics
• BMPs during Timber Harvesting Operations
• Call Before You Cut
• Crop Tree Management Quick Reference
• Crop-tree Release Thinning in 65 - year old Commercial Cherry Maple Stands
• Diameter-Limit Cutting and Silviculture in Northeaster Forests:
              A Primer for Landowners, Practitioners, and Policymakers
• Firewood From Woodlot to Woodpile
• Heating with Wood and Coal
• Just Say No
• Lumber from Local Woodlots
• Method for Applying Group Selection in Central Appalachian Hardwoods
• Selling timber
• Timber Management for Small Woodlands
• Timber Sale Contract Example
• Timber Sale Prospectus - Example
• Woodlot thinning
• Arranging a timber sale - Jim Pitt, NYS DEC
• Arranging a Timber Sale - Brian Bullard, FORECON, Inc.
• When Loggers Come to Call: Understanding a Timber Sale - Don Schaufler, Cornell University
• Responding to loggers, how much is it worth - Bill Schongar, NYSDEC
• Sawtimber management and natural reforestation - Robert McCormack, International Paper Corporation
• Thinning your woodlot – selecting trees for firewood and sawtimber by estimating tree value - Neil Lamson
• Timber Theft and Timber Trespass - Capt. G. Bobseine & Dave Paradowski
• Logging aesthetics and BMPs - B. Moore
• BMP's, logging aesthetics, streamside management - Laurel Gailor, CCE of Warren County & R. Schneider
• Managing Equity in the Woodlot - Ron Cadieux
• Impact of Timber Harvesting on Residual Trees in a Central Hardwood Forest in Indiana - from Proceedings of the 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference
• Long-term Implications of Forest Harvesting on Nutrient Cycling in Central Hardwood Forests - from Proceedings of the 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Maple & Agroforestry

• Maple Syrup Production for Beginners (booklet)
• Sugarbush thinning
• Forest crops, the other money from your forest. - Robert Beyfuss, CCE of Greene County
• Alternative Income Enterprises - R. Beyfuss
• Publications available on the Cornell Maple website

Miscellaneous Forestry

• New York Forest Owners Association (NYFOA Articles
• Forests for Tomorrow Article Series
• An Assessment of Family Forest Owners in New York State, 2007
• Forest equipment list
• Forest Stewardship Terminology - Glossary
• Forester Woodland Owner Contract Sample
• Balancing Ecology and Economics - A Start-up Guide for Forest Owner Cooperation
• Income opportunities
• Know Your Trees
• Tree identification - Laurel Gailor, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County & Robert Beyfuss, CCE of Greene County
• Tree identification - D. Rogler
• Tree Identification in Winter - Bruce Robinson, Bruce Robinson, Inc.
• Planting trees and shrubs – techniques and species for woodlots and streamsides .- J. Solan
• Restoration of the American Chestnut - Herbert Darling, American Chestnut Association
• Nature Trails Guides to Environmental Understanding
• Trail development to improve your property value. - Carl Wiedeman, NYSDEC
• Nursery listing
• Tree Planting attachment for a Tractor
• Understanding Western New York Soils. - Nate Herendeen, CCE of Niagara County
• Computer software for private forest landowners, NED – N. Lamson

Water, Streams & Wetlands

• Construction techniques for small ponds - M. Binder
• Pond management for fish and other critters - Cliff Kraft, Cornell University
• Pond Ecology and Management - Joe Urso, CCE of Niagara County
• Managing ponds and aquatic weeds - R. Schneider
• The ABC’s of Streamside Management - R. Schneider
• Wetland Conservation and Management on Private Lands in Western New York - John Whitney, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

Wildlife

• New York State Wildlife

    Management

• Dealing with Problem Wildlife. - P. Curtis
• Wildlife damage control for beaver and deer - K. Sullivan, Cornell University
• Can QDM Improve Deer Management in Forested Landscapes - Paul Curtis, Cornell University
• Quality Deer Management. - G. Goff
• Deer biology and management - Jim Fodge, NYSDEC
• Designing hunting and recreational leases for your property - E. Huntington
• Managing Small Woodlands for Wildlife
• Resistance of Woody Ornamental Plants to Deer Damage

    Habitat

• Attracting Woodland Wildlfie - A Primer, - Gary Goff
• Forestry for deer and turkey - P. Kowalczyk
• Homes for your wildlife - J. McShane
• Attracting Songbirds - Dick Christensen, Audubon Society
• Attracting Woodland Wildlife - A Primer - G. Goff
• Grassland Habitat Management. - Cal Ernst, Ernst Seed Company
• Attracting Bluebirds and Songbirds. Rich Wells, New York State Bluebird Society &          
            Sara Morris, Canisius College
• Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Yard
• Enhancement of wildlife habitat on private lands
• Wildlife Habitat Enhancement
• Habitat Use by Songbirds - Dr. Sara Morris

Online Forestry Publications at Other Land Grant Universities

• Michigan State University
• Penn State University
• Purdue University
• University of Maryland
• University of Tennessee

Miscellaneous

U.S. Forest Service’s Northern Research Station

You can view and print the online versions or order paper copies of the publications.
http://nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/updates/

NYS DEC

NYS Forestry Best Management Practices for Water Quality