Stewardship
Forestry & Conservation Blog Archive
All landscape stewardship efforts should be organized into a priority list. This following will help you arrange your priorities for stewardship on the landscape: Goals and Objectives Establishing clear and concise management goals and objectives are essential to starting the process of organized management on your property. Identifying your priorities with your land will help…
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Forest stewardship objectives (timber harvesting, timber stand improvement, etc.) completed in the forest landscape also accomplish wildlife management objectives as well. Therefore, forestry management objectives must consider wildlife management objectives. Some helpful forestry practices for your woodland landscape are as follows: Create or Maintain Wildlife Den Trees in the Forest While snags (dead standing trees)…
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Alex Honnold’s free solo climb of El Captain is the epitome of epic. This gritty pioneer of free solo mountain climbing surmounted this feat that no other has ever done. This seemingly impossible venture was made possible by his meticulous climbing experience, determined preparation, and raw confrontation of the risk of dying. Traversing the rigors…
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If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail. It is human nature to be lazy. Do not make this common mistake before investing time, money, resources, and sweat equity into your tree planting project. Consider this simple seven step process for planning your tree planting: Site conditions Nursery selection Type of planting stock…
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We had enough with the status quo! The spring of 2020 brought change to the landscaping around the front border of our house. The traditional landscaping needed to go—haustas, Japanese maple, juniper, etc. Our mission was to create pollinator habitat. This proved to be a bit of a challenge, but we were able to establish…
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