KEEDYSVILLE, Md. — Woodland owners, homeowners, municipalities, arborists, landscapers, and forestry professionals looking for the latest, research-based information on land-care practices can turn to the new Woodland Health Practices Field Guide, now available for purchase from Penn State Extension at: https://extension.psu.edu/woodland-health-practices-field-guide .
This 76-page full-color pocket field guide provides hands-on techniques to assist the user with implementing land-care practices to create and enhance natural areas for a variety of objectives. The quick reference format includes chapters on converting lawn to natural area, modifying or improving wildlife habitat, improving privacy, beauty, and recreational opportunities, and controlling undesirable plants and insects. If you want to learn how to improve woodland health, manage succession for wildlife, control invasive plants, or other skills and techniques, this field guide will not disappoint.
The publication draws from the knowledge and expertise of the Woods In Your Backyard Partnership, a coalition of forestry and natural resource experts from extension organization in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Maryland Forest Service.
The Field Guide is available for $7.50 on the Penn State Extension website and will ship in one to two business days.
Two other publications from the Woods In Your Backyard Partnership are available from Penn State Extension.
The Woods in Your Backyard: Learning to Create and Enhance Natural Areas Around Your Home – self-assessment manual will guide small-acreage owners through the process of implementing proper forestry and wildlife habitat improvement practices to enhance a property’s natural resources. $15.00. https://extension.psu.edu/woods-in-your-backyard
Woodland Health Practices Handbook: A Practitioner’s Guide for Creating, Enhancing, and Maintaining Natural Areas – This handbook outlines small-scale natural areas management services that green industry professionals, such as arborists and landscape architects, can adopt to expand the services their business offers. Also useful for small-acreage woodland owners. $15.00. https://extension.psu.edu/woodland-health-practices-handbook-a-practitioners-guide-for-creating-enhancing-and-maintaining-natural-areas
Woodland Health Assessment: Checklist & Management Actions – The checklist assists property owners in assessing a variety of conditions on their property. Free download. https://go.umd.edu/3qeoBqt
–Pamela K Thomas, University of Maryland Extension
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