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Title: Working With Your Woodland: A Landowner's Guide by Mollie Beattie, Lynn Levine, Charles N. Thompson ISBN: 0-87451-622-6 Publisher: University Press of New England Pub. Date: 15 September, 1993 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book for the serious, passionate woodlot owner.
Comment: Having bought a woodlot in the past year, I praise this book based on real-life experience. This book is an excellent introduction to the forestry terms and practice. I learned all the background I needed to understand a forest management plan and discuss it intelligently with a professional forester. This book discusses forestry issues in detail, but without getting bogged down in arcane minutiae.
I disagree with a previous reviewer that the Hilts book is preferable to the conservationist. I bought both books, but found the Hilts book unsatisfying. It is geared more to people who are considering how to return former farmland to a wooded state. It sidesteps the detailed forestry issues, such as thinning overcrowded stands, usually by saying that a forester will provide the information. These are the areas where the Beattie book is especially strong. Since my land is already forested, I appreciated the breadth of information on forest management techniques in the Beattie book. But the book can also be helpful to people who are undecided about whether or not to actively manage their forest land. It provides good background on how northeast forests have developed, and how a woodland would mature without intervention.
1/8/2002
I'd like to add a recommendation for a companion book: Reading the Forested Landscape by Tom Wessels. See my review there.
Rating: 4
Summary: The practical issues of woodlot management
Comment: This book is a basic introduction to woodlot management with a focus on the forest ecosystem, basic valuation metrics for trees, and tax and other financial concerns associated with selling your trees.
The major difference between this title and the Hilts et al text is that this book devotes substantially more space to financial, legal, and logistical issues associated with harvesting trees. Conservationists will probably prefer Hilts while the reader focused on income from his or her woodlot will prefer this book.
Neither text goes very far helping the reader identify specific health problems in a woodlot; look more to Pirone et al. for an excellent introduction.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great introduction to forestry for the private landowner
Comment: If you own even a few acres of New England forest, you should read this book. "Working With Your Woodland" gives a thorough introduction to forestry for the landowner. Even if you do not own any woodlands, and are just curious about the forestry profession, this book will acquaint you well with the issues. From the history presented of the New England forest through Forest Management to their postscript on stewardship, the three authors present their information clearly and sensitively. Highly recommended.
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Title: The Woodlot Management Handbook: Making the Most of Your Wooded Property for Conservation, Income or Both by Stewart Hilts, Peter Mitchell, Ann-Ida Beck ISBN: 1552092364 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Common Sense Forestry (Books for Wiser Living from Mother Earth News) by Hans W. Morsbach, Robert W. Hutchinson ISBN: 1931498210 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Complete Guide to Trail Building and Maintenance, 3rd by Carl Demrow, David Salisbury ISBN: 1878239546 Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Good Woodcutter's Guide: Chain Saws, Woodlots, and Portable Sawmills by Dave Johnson ISBN: 1890132152 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Legal Aspects of Owning and Managing Woodlands by Thom J. McEvoy, Carl Reidel ISBN: 1559636394 Publisher: Island Press Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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