Root disease fungi attack and destroy the tree’s root system, resulting in growth loss, decay, death, or wind throw of infected trees. Trees with root disease also are more susceptible to pests, especially bark beetles. On the other hand, root diseases are a component of the forest ecosystem and play...
Published March 1989. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Nursery workers, foresters, landowners, and tree
planters often overlook the need for care in handling
seedlings between lifting and planting. Successful reforestation
depends on maintaining the life support systems of the seedling
while it is removed from its
natural environment; all persons handling the seedling
must share responsibility for its...
Thinning is removing selected trees from a stand to allow others to
continue growing. Ordinarily, a woodland manager uses a thinning
system that encourages the remaining trees to grow in a manner
consistent with the manager’s objectives for those trees.
Management planning—the words conjure up visions of gray suits,
corporate boardrooms, and Ivy League business schools. Planning
for the woodland owner need not be so intimidating. A plan,
simply put, is a guide that tells what you have, what you want to do, and how to do it.
Woodland owners routinely want to measure property acreage,
boundaries, ground slope, various characteristics of standing
timber, and individual log volumes. Different tools are
required for each of these tasks.
This publication demonstrates one way of organizing and preparing a forest management plan for your property.
By no means should you consider this the best or only way for you to plan; conditions vary—and so should your approach to planning.
Using a chain saw safely and effectively promotes efficiency in
clearing brush, cutting firewood, harvesting, and any other woodland
activity requiring the use of a chain saw. However, chain
saws are dangerous! Using them requires a satisfactory level of physical
conditioning and adequate skill in using and maintaining a saw.