Books

[Hanson]

Anyone have a recommendation on a good resource for tree ID and log grading books? I would like to learn a little about these topics, I have started to do a little weekend logging 8) 8) 8) and don't really know anything ???. thanks in advance, Hanson

[DouginUtah]

You can buy a tree identification book from the Arborday Foundation or you can use the on-line program.

Here are links for the on-line version and the link to buy the book/pamphlet for $5.00.

http://www.arborday.org/trees/whatTree/WhatTree.cfm?ItemID=E6A

http://www.arborday.org/Shopping/Merchandise/MerchDetail.cfm?id=14

Note there are Eastern and Western versions.

[beenthere]

There are log grading publications, one being this one out of TN.

http://www.utextension.utk.edu/publications/pbfiles/PB1772.pdf

[Hanson]

Thanks, looking it up now...

[Ron Scott]

The Forest Products Lab has a new book out on its history during the past century. It's also available on amazon.com.

http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4975.htm

[Ron Scott]

Owner's Manual for NY Landowners Now Available

WaynePost.com (April 25) - Cornell Cooperative Extension worked with the publishers of Northern Woodlands magazine to distribute The Place You Call Home: A Guide to Caring for Your Land in New York, a new guide designed to provide New York landowners with information on taking care of their land and getting the most out of it. The guide is being distributed free of charge to people who own 10 or more acres in New York.

For more about the publication, see this article from the website WaynePost.com.

http://northernwoodlands.org/programs/place_you_call_home/

http://www.waynepost.com/latestnews/x128429091/-Owner-s-Manual-for-Landowners-available-to-public

The  E-Forester

[Ron Scott]

Forest Products Lab Has Had Its Share of Interesting Stories

Wisconsin State Journal (April 27) - The US Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory has played a role in such diverse and interesting tales as the Lindbergh baby kidnapping; Howard Hughes' quixotic plan to build a flying boat; and, more recently, the search for the cause of a rash of broken bats in Major League Baseball.

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/doug_moe/article_74062398-6adc-11e0-8959-001cc4c03286.html

The E-Forester

[anne929]

You might find these books helpful.

1.National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region
2.National Audubon Society FieldGuide to North American Trees - Western Region
3.The Sibley Guide to Trees
4.Tree Finder: A Manual for the Identification of Trees

[Ron Scott]

New children's book "The Wild Life of Elk" now available

A first-of-its-kind, beautifully illustrated children's book about elk is now available for purchase at Mountain Press.  About 80 percent of wild elk in the United States spend all or part of their lives on National Forest System lands but no comprehensive book about elk exists for children.  This publication, developed through the U.S. Forest Service/Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) partnership, will support existing interpretive and educational programs and curricula about natural resources.

In keeping with this participating agreement, 2,000 copies of the book will be distributed free-of-charge to youth, students, and teachers and/or through other educational venues at no charge.  Contact Jim McGowan, RMEF/USFS Liaison, jemcgowan@fs.fed.us, or Kim Winter, NatureWatch Program Leader, kawinter@fs.fed.us, for more information.

Chief's Newsletter

[Ron Scott]

A Landowner's Guide to Managing Your Woods

A family text on forestry written by a logger, forester, and a woodland landowner.

Where to Get the Book:

• Free with a new or gift membership to National Woodland Owners Association (NWOA)
• Special price to current NWOA members, $12.95 (shipping included)
• Available in bookstores for $19.95 retail.
• Mail order from Mother Earth News for $16,95 plus $6.95 shipping.
• Also available at Amazon.com. Prices vary.