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The following are publications provided by the University of Maryland Extension (UME) as they relate to Forest Stewardship. Many publications are provided for you online for free in PDF format. However, most publications can also be provided in printed format as well. To order printed copy, please call your county's Extension office. For a complete catalog of publications from the UME, see the complete publication library at UME Publications.

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I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
Info
Sheet
Information Sheet- The Woods In Your Backyard: Creating Natural Areas from Existing Lawn or Pasture PDF  
NRAES-184 The Woods in Your Backyard   Order from NRAES ($18.00)
WBYCD The Woods in Your Backyard Resource CD

 

Order CD-ROM by Email: pthomas@umd.edu
NRAES-60 A Guide to Logging Aesthetics: Practical Tips for Loggers, Foresters, and Landowners   Order from NRAES $6.00
NRAES-170 Forest Resource Management: A Landowner's Guide to Getting Started   Order from NRAES $18.75
EB-238 Leaf Keys to Common Trees in Maryland PDF Order from County Extension Office $1.00
NRAES-27 Lumber from Local Woodlots   Order from NRAES $4.50
EB-314 100 Poisonous Plants of Maryland PDF  
EB-357 Recreational Access and Landowner Liability in Maryland PDF  
IS-01 Setting Objectives for Managing Your Forest Land PDF  
FS-624 Sources of Information and Guidance for Forest Stewards PDF  
FS-630 Tax and Estate Planning for Maryland Forest Landowners PDF  
  USDA Forest Service Software Products - NED: Including Forest Stewardship Planning Guide, Forest Health Module, Stand Inventory Processor, Forest Inventory Data Analysis, Field Data Collection for Palm OS Handheld Units, and more Online Software  
FS-620 Woodland Management: Glossary of Forestry Terms PDF  
FS-619 Woodland Management: How to Determine Your Property Boundaries PDF  
FS-627 Woodland Management: Maryland Forests: Past, Present & Future PDF  
FS-629 Woodland Management: Measuring Your Forest PDF  
FS-625 Woodland Management: Developing a Forest Stewardship Plan -- The Key to Forest Management PDF  
FS-926

Heating With Wood in Maryland

PDF  
I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
  Control of Ailanthus in Residential Areas Prepared 1/2004 by Phil Pannill, Maryland DNR-Forest Service PDF  
  Tree-of-Heaven Control - Phil Pannill, Maryland Forest Service
PDF  
NA-TP-05-04 Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An Ecological Perspective of Plant Invaders of Forests and Woodlands
PDF  
HG-88 Invasive Plant Control in Maryland
PDF  
MISC1 Invasive Species of Concern in Maryland
PDF  
I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
FS-724 An Introduction to the Riparian Forest Buffer PDF  
FS-728 Grasses for Riparian Forest Buffers and Wildlife Habitat Improvement PDF  
FS-769 Riparian Buffer Financial Assistance Opportunities PDF  
FS-733 Riparian Buffer Systems PDF  
FS-725 Riparian Forest Buffer Design, Establishment, and Maintenance PDF  
FS-729 Soil Bioengineering or Streambank Restoration for Riparian Forest Buffers PDF  
FS-726 Trees for Riparian Forest Buffers PDF  
FS-727 Understory Plants for Riparian Forest Buffers PDF  
FS-774 When a Landowner Adopts a Riparian Buffer -- Benefits and Costs PDF  
FS-759 Wildlife Plantings - Food and Cover Plantings PDF  
I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
FS-797 American Kestrel: The Barnyard Friend PDF  
FS-792 Attracting Purple Martins PDF  
FS-800 Attracting the Beneficial Tree Swallow PDF  
NR-64 Enhancing Wildlife Habitats: A Practical Guide for Forest Landowners   Order from County Extension Office $20.00
FS-791 Got bugs! Get bats. PDF  
HG64 Snakes PDF  
FS-799

The Eastern Bluebird: More Than Just a Pretty Bird

PDF  
FS-795 The Barn Owl: Friend of Agriculture and Communities PDF  
FS-798 The Barn Swallow: Friend of the Farm PDF  
FS-802 The Great Horned Owl -- Rodents and Rabbits Beware PDF  
FS-602 Wildlife Management: Bobwhite Quail PDF  
FS-599 Wildlife Management: Brush Piles PDF  
FS-601 Wildlife Management: Cottontail Rabbits PDF  
FS-606 Wildlife Management: Eastern Wild Turkeys PDF  
FS-600 Wildlife Management: Field Border Management PDF  
FS-597 Wildlife Management: Introduction to Wildlife Management PDF  
FS-605 Wildlife Management: Mourning Doves PDF  
FS-598 Wildlife Management: Planting Crops for Wildlife PDF  

FS-603

Wildlife Management: Ring-Necked Pheasants PDF  
FS-604 Wildlife Management: Ruffed Grouse PDF  
FS-759 Wildlife Plantings Food and Cover Plantings Shrub Lespedezas PDF  
FS-608 Wildlife Management: Black Bears PDF  
FS-612 Wildlife Management: Canada Geese PDF  
FS-610 Wildlife Management: Dabbling Ducks PDF  
FS-611 Wildlife Management: Diving Ducks PDF  
FS-613 Wildlife Management: Songbirds Life History and Management PDF  
FS-607 Wildlife Management: Tree Squirrels PDF  
FS-609 Wildlife Management: Wood Ducks PDF  
EB-354C Managing Deer Damage in Maryland PDF
Order from County Extension Office $3.50
  Managing Vole Damage in Forest Plantations
PDF  
FS654 Reducing Vole Damage to Plants PDF  
FS655 Resistance of Ornamentals to Deer Damage PDF  
RNS-3 Use of Baited Polywire/Polytape Fencing to Protect Forest Plantations PDF  
RNS-2 Use of Dogs Contained within Off-Limits Crop Protection System for Reducing Deer Damage to Orchards and Horticultural Crops PDF  
FS810-A Using Commercial Deer Repellents to Manage Deer Browsing in the Landscape
PDF  
  Vole Damage Control in Forest Plantations - research results PDF  
EB-835

Emerald Ash Borer – Is it time to diversify?

PDF  
EB-836 Emerald Ash borer – A serious threat to your ash trees. PDF  
  Emeral Ash Borer
UMD Entomology Fact Sheet, 2008
PDF  
       
I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
EB-319 How to Produce and Market Paulownia PDF  
EB-367 Marketing Forest Products: Understanding the Sales Process PDF Hard copy available: Order from County Extension Office $4.00
FS-626 Woodland Management: Alternative Income Enterprises -- Resource List PDF  
NRAES-134 Developing a Custom Portable Sawmill Enterprise   Order from NRAES $12.00
NRAES-134 Developing a Custom Portable Sawmill Enterprise - Working Spreadsheet Excel  
FS-754 Developing a Fee-Fishing Enterprise: An Opportunity in Recreational Tourism PDF  
NRAES-151 Forest Landowner's Guide to Evaluating and Choosing a Natural Resource-Based Enterprise - Jonathan Kays and Joy Drohan, University of Maryland Extension   Order from NRAES $19.95
SPF-1 Holiday Greenery: Natural Resource Income Opportunities Series - Special Forest Products Enterprises - A Decorative Product Example HTML  
  Producing and Marketing Shiitake Mushrooms - Dylan Jenkins - VA Tech, Jonathan Kays - MCE, Tom Hammett - VA Tech HTML  
RES-01 Rural Enterprise Series - Aquaculture PDF  
RES-01A Rural Enterprise Series - Aquaculture (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-08 Rural Enterprise Series - Christmas Tree Farm PDF  
RES-08A Rural Enterprise Series - Christmas Tree Farm (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-04 Rural Enterprise Series - Cusom Portable Sawmill PDF  
RES-02 Rural Enterprise Series - Fee Fishing PDF  
RES-02A Rural Enterprise Series - Fee Fishing (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-06 Rural Enterprise Series - Ginseng PDF  
RES-06A Rural Enterprise Series - Ginseng (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-03 Rural Enterprise Series - Holiday Greenery PDF  
RES-03A Rural Enterprise Series - Holiday Greenery (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-10 Rural Enterprise Series - Horse Boarding PDF  
RES-07 Rural Enterprise Series - Hunting Lease PDF  
RES-07A Rural Enterprise Series - Hunting Lease (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-11 Rural Enterprise Series - Shiitake Mushrooms PDF  
RES-11A Rural Enterprise Series - Shiitake Mushrooms (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-05 Rural Enterprise Series - Traditional White Oak Basketmaking PDF  
RES-05A Rural Enterprise Series - Traditional White Oak Basketmaking (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
RES-09 Rural Enterprise Series - Vacation Cabin PDF  
RES-09A Rural Enterprise Series - Vacation Cabin (Budget Worksheet) Excel  
  Selected Sources of Liability Insurance for Hunt Club HTML  
FSEV-004 Video - Enterprise Series: Bed and Breakfast

Play Video

 
FSEV-001 Video - Enterprise Series: Enterprise Introduction

Play Video

 
FSEV-002 Video - Enterprise Series: Fee Fishing Enterprise

Play Video

 
FSEV-005 Video - Enterprise Series: Growing Shiitake Mushrooms

Play Video

 
FSEV-006 Video - Enterprise Series: Logging

Play Video

 
FSEV-008 Video - Enterprise Series: Portable Sawmill

Play Video

 
FSEV-003 Video - Enterprise Series: Shooting Enterprise (Fee Hunting, Sporting Clays, etc.)

Play Video

 
FSEV-009 Video - Enterprise Series: Starting Your Business

Play Video

 
FSEV-007 Video - Enterprise Series: Woodworking

Play Video

 
I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
R8-TP-34 PDF  
--- Estate Planning Opportunities and Strategies for Private Forest Landowners -
Michael G. Jacobson and John Becker, Penn State
PDF  
FS-778 Estate Planning for Farm Families PDF  
FS-779 Farmland Preservation: An Estate Planning Tool PDF  
-- Forest Landowners Tax Guide- Agricultural Handbook 718 - US Gov. Printing Office PDF  
EB-360A Forest Management Account Book   Order from County Extension Office $7.50
--- Federal Income Tax on Timber: A Key to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions; Revised by Linda Wang, USDA Forest Service. Reviewed by William C. Siegel, Attorney-at-Law PDF  
FS-630 Tax and Estate Planning for Maryland Forest Landowners PDF  
FS-780 Taxes and Land Preservation: Computing the Capital Gains Tax PDF  
-- Working Forest Conservation Easements: A Primer for Forest Landowners
Jonathan Kays & Lori Bittenbender, University of Maryland Extension
PDF  
--- Tax Tips for Forest Landowners, Linda Wang, USDA Forest Service. The current tax year's publication can be found linked on this page. Online  
I.D. Publication Name / Description Online Format Ordering Information
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Annual Report for Period of July 1, 2006 – June 30, 2007 Determination of Optimum Tree Density and Biosolid Application Rate and the Effect on Water Quality and Tree Growth Using the Deep Row Biosolids Incorporation Method

PDF  
(none)

Buswell, C. U., G. K. Felton, J. S. Kays, and E. J. Flamino. (2006). Water Quality of Deep Row Biosolids Incorporation on a Tree Farm. In Proceedings of the 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Conference, July 9-12, 2006. Portland, OR.

PDF  
(none)

Effect of Deep Row Biosolid Application on Water Quality

PDF  
(none)

Felton, G.K., D. Maimone, and J.S. Kays. (2008). Nitrogen migration from deep-row biosolids incorporation on a hybrid poplar tree farm. NABEC Paper: 08-051 presented at 2008 NABEC annual meeting, Aberdeen, MD. 35 pp., July 28 - 30, 2008.

PDF  
(none)

Five-Year Study Results on Hybrid Poplar Clone Study Using Deep Row Biosolids Incorporation

PDF  
(none)

Hypothetical Business Scenario for Deep Row Biosolid Incorporation for a Hybrid Poplar Forestry Operation

PDF  
(none)

Kays, J. S. (1999). Deep-Row Application of Biosolids to Grow Forest Crops on Mine Spoils: Potential Utilization for the Baltimore, MD - Washington, D.C. Metro Area. In Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation/Association of Wastewater Operators Joint Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference. January 27-30, 1999. Charlotte, NC: Water Environment Research Federation.

PDF  
(none)

Kays, J. S, G. K. Felton, C. U. Buswell, and E. J. Flamino. (2007). Deep Row Incorporation of Biosolids to Grow Hybrid Poplar Trees on Gravel Spoils in Southern Maryland. Water Practice, Volume 1, Issue 1.

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Kays, J. S., E. J. Flamino, G. Felton, & P. D. Flamino. (2000). Use of deep-row biosolids applications to grow forest trees: a case study. In C.L. Henry, R.B. Harrison, and R.K. Bastian (Eds.), The Forest Alternative: Principles and Practice of Residuals Use. (pp. 105-110). Seattle, WA: University of Washington College of Forest Resources.

PDF  
(none) Results of Hybrid Poplar Clone Trial After Two Years at the ERCO Tree Farm in Prince George's County, Maryland PDF  
(none)

Site Preparation and the Effect of Subsoiling on Survival and Growth of Hybrid Poplar

PDF  
(none)

Three Year Report from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2004Determination of Optimum Tree Density, Biosolid Application Rate, Water Quality Impacts and Tree Growth Effects Using the Deep Row Biosolids Incorporation Method. (Three year research project report.)

PDF 1-63
PDF 64-95
PDF 96-127
 
(none) Use of deep-row biosolids applications to grow forest trees: a case study - 2000 PDF  
(none)

Use of Deep-Row Biosolid Applications to Grow Forest Trees

PDF  

 

 

 

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