Tree Tips

A Type of Forest Management

October 2, 2005

I did not leave college knowing how to practice sustainable forestry on the ground. In fact, if I had depended solely on what I had learned in college I would not have thought the type of forest management I have le... read more

Balancing Economics and Ecology

September 25, 2005

Ask not what your forest can do for you instead ask what you can do for your forest. The reversal of this relationship is not mutually exclusive. Breaking forestland into ever smaller parcels, called forest fragment... read more

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

September 18, 2005

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program, authorized by the 2002 Farm Bill, awards cost share assistance to projects which promote both agricultural production (including ranch and forest) and environmental qual... read more

Forest Stewardship Course for Present and Prospective Forest Landowners

September 11, 2005

Would you (or someone you know) like to better understand your forest, develop goals for its protection and improvement, and produce a management plan to achieve those goals in an ecologically and economically susta... read more

Road Drainage

September 4, 2005

Chances are you have seen the result of poor road drainage manifested in water that has been allowed to concentrate and reach a velocity that moves soil causing accelerated erosion. Addressing road drainage is centr... read more

Stream Crossings

August 27, 2005

Stream crossings exist where roads intersect watercourses, they include bridges, culverts, fords and rock armored fill crossings. One of the fundamentals of road management is that stream crossings be designed for l... read more

Roads

August 21, 2005

Roads facilitate travel to our homes and places of work. In fact, nearly every activity in a rural community requires getting in a car and traveling on a road somewhere. In a logging operation roads influence aesthe... read more

Wildfire and Your Home Workshop

August 14, 2005

It is fire season and for those of us, who live with nature at our doorstep, fire is often a primary concern. The urban wildland interface is the term used when homes and nature intersect. Nature without homes is a ... read more

Sudden Oak Death

August 7, 2005

Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is a forest disease caused by a water mold fungus (Phytophthora ramorum). This fungus will cause SOD in hosts including tanoak, coast live oak and California black oak and a foliar/twig diseas... read more

Landowner Incentives to Increase Forest Net Carbon Stores

July 31, 2005

This is the final column in a series of three Tree Tips columns on forests and carbon storage. This column explores the answer to the following question: What mechanisms encourage landowners to minimize forest loss,... read more