A Practical Guide for Forest Landowners Recommendations and field exercises for landowners who want to ensure quality habitats for wildlife. Includes specific guidelines for enhancing habitats of woodcock, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and other upland and wetland animals. It contains BMPs required by the MA Forest Cutting Practices regulations as well as BMPs that are not required but highly recommended to protect water supplies, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife habitat, and the forest environment. Skidder Bridge Fact Sheet Cost, benefits, and plans for assembling a portable skidder bridge. A Guide to Logging Aesthetics Addresses planning and conducting a timber harvest to minimize the disruptive effects of cutting and removing trees in a forst.
Line drawings show details of leaves, seeds, winter twigs, and more.
Includes uses of the wood, history and folklore about many species. The compact size of the book makes it a perfect home, school, or public library resource or as a field trip companion. This is a Cornell Cooperative Extension Publication. Forest Wildlife of Massachusetts Designed as a field guide, this booklet covers forest cover type, size class, and special habitat relationships in Massachusetts. Provides brief descriptions of over 1,300 educational publications and videos on topics from pest control to timber harvesting to wetland regulations.