Featured Articles

This article discusses how you can use harvesting as a management tool to improve your woodlands while also safeguarding against poor harvesting practices.

As a forest landowner, you may wonder whether you could improve you income by putting the land to work. This article covers the basics of business planning, and offers case studies and examples.

Wild grape (Vitis spp.) is a native vine found throughout Pennsylvania. There are various species of wild grape occurring in a variety of habitats.

Competing plants, deer, and insufficient light on the forest floor can interfere with regeneration. This article addresses how to manage these issues.

Woodlot owners can improve their woods for the future or cause damage from which they might not recover for generations.

This full color publication will assist woodland owners in examining their woodlands.

This publication is a nontechnical guide to forest resource management. Information includes an overview of Pennsylvania forests, guidelines for forest resource management, and relevant regulations.

Sustainable forestry is about managing forests to provide wood, clean water, wildlife habitat and beautiful landscapes.

When considering basal bark treatments for timber stand improvement and/or forest regeneration establishment projects, it is important to know what species are targeted for treatment.

This article focuses on the values and methods of establishing wooded areas on rural property.

This fold out details the ten most important hardwood species in Pennsylvania including oaks, maples, black cherry, and others.

This article discusses financial decisions to harvest timber, including how to determine and calculate when to cut timber to maximize financial returns.

This article examines the use of forestry labeled herbicides to manage woodland vegetation, including choosing the right herbicide; application methods; and toxicity.

Leasing forest and agricultural land can be a win-win situation for landowners and hunters.This article describes elements of marketing and pricing leases for hunters to use your property.

This article explains why we harvest trees, the harvesting process, environmental issues, and aspects of different harvesting techniques. It is part of an educational series for youth.