Articles

Forest Management
Forest Ownership Legal Issues
Wildlife Management
Forest Ownership Financial Issues
Natural Gas & Oil Exploration and Drilling
Invasive Plants
Insects & Disease that Damage Forest Plants

Forest Management:

A Landowner's Guide to Building Forest Access Roads
By: Richard L. Wiest
Technical Publication NA-06-98. Radnor, PA:
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Area State & Private Forestry

Crop Tree Management - Keep biggest, best trees to increase timber values
By: Dave McGill, Forest Resources Specialist, WVU Extension Service

Foresters: A Guide to Choosing Someone to Manage Your Forestland
By: Robin Maille, West Virginia Forest Stewardship Program, and
Dave McGill, Forestry Extension Specialist, Appalachian Hardwood Center Davis College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Consumer Sciences West Virginia University

West Virginia Directory of Consulting Foresters
Search Online at Appalachian Hardwood Center, West Virginia University
View PDF generated from database in April 2011 with 2007 data
Appalachian Hardwood Center,
Division of Forestry,
College of Agriculture,
Forestry and Consumer Sciences,
West Virginia University
Compiled by Tami Milush, Program Assistant
Edited by Rich Bragonje, Database Specialist
Curt C. Hassler, AHC Leader

West Virginia Timber Market Report
Search Online at Appalachian Hardwood Center, West Virginia University

Grapevine Control in Woodlands
By: Dan Magill,
Appalachian Hardwood Center,
Davis College of Agriculture,
Forestry, and Family and Consumer Sciences,
West Virginia University

Silviculture
USDA Forest Service
Daniel Boone
National Forest

How to Prune Trees
By: USDA Forest Service,
Publication number = NA-FR-01-95

Ginseng, Goldenseal, and Other Native Roots
By Katherine L. Adams

Tree Regeneration
Virginia Department of Forestry

Planting A Tree - a step-by-step guide
Brought to you by: Treehelp.com

Tree Planting Instructions
NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation

Crop Tree Management: A New Tool to Help You Achieve Your Woodland Goals
David K. Apsley District Extension Specialist, Natural Resources
Randall Heiligmann State Extension Specialist, Forestry
Ohio State University, School of Natural Resources

How to Release Crop Trees in Precommercial Hardwood Stands
USDA, Forest Service 

Forest Ownership Legal Issues:

Real Property: Rural Landowners' Liability and Posting of Land
By: Thomas J. Allen, Dennis K. Smith and Anthony Ferrise
West Virginia University Extension Service
Publication No. 725

Wildlife Management:

Landowner's Guide to Ruffed Grouse
Sargent, M.S and Carter, K.S., ed. 1999. Managing Michigan Wildlife: A Landowners Guide.  Michigan United Conservation Clubs, East Lansing, MI. 297pp.

Native Warm Season Grasses and Wildlife
By: William N. Grafton
Wildlife Specialist
WVU Extension Service
This article was published in the May 2001 issue of West Virginia Farm Bureau News.

Wild Turkey Management
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Alabama Guide Sheet No. AL 645B

Managing Native Vegetation for White-tailed Deer
By: John Johnson
Quality Deer Management Association

Fundamentals of Deer Harvest Management
West Virginia University
Cooperative Extension Service
Publication No. 806

Backyard Wildlife: Cute-or Cunning?
A Delight to Watch-or a Danger to Your Health?
By: Norma Venable
Program Specialist
West Virginia University Extension Service

Deer and Agriculture in West Virginia
High Tensile Fencing for Deer Control
West Virginia University Extension Service
Publication No. 810

Deer and Agriculture in West Virginia
High Tensile Woven and Smooth Wire Non-Electric Deer Fence
West Virginia University Extension Service
Publication No. 812

Deer and Agriculture in West Virginia
Deer Behavior
West Virginia University Extension Service
Publication No. 815

Deer Management: Managing Your Herd For Better White Tailed Deer

Woodcock Management
Sargent, M.S and Carter, K.S., ed. 1999. Managing Michigan Wildlife: A Landowners Guide.  Michigan United Conservation Clubs, East Lansing, MI. 297pp.

Forest Succession and Wildlife
Pennsylvania Envirothon Inc., N.P.,Bedford,PA

Oil and Gas Exploration in West Virginia: A Primer for Wildlife Considerations
by Sheldon Owen
WVU Wildlife Extension Specialist

Forest Ownership Financial Issues:

Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2010 Tax Year
By: Linda Wang, National Timber Tax Specialist
and John L. Greene, Research Forester, Southern Research Station

Important Elements of Logging Contracts
By: Steve Milauskas, Forest Operations Specialist
WVU Extension Service/WVU Appalachian Hardwood Center

Natural Gas & Oil Exploration and Drilling:

Oil and Gas Exploration in West Virginia: A Primer for Wildlife Considerations
by Sheldon Owen
WVU Wildlife Extension Specialist

Natural Gas Exploration: A Landowner's Guide to Financial Management
The Pennsylvania State university
College of Agricultural Sciences
Agricultural Research and Cooperative Extension

Invasive Plants:

Dirty Dozen Invasive Species of West Virginia
Information provided by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Insects & Disease that Damage Forest Plants:

Forestry Officials Raise Warning of Asian Beetle
By: Jason Claffey
Fosters.com, a service of Foster's Daily Democrat