A Gift to Your Land
By Denise Thornton This holiday season, have you considered adding a present under the tree for your land? If your woodland, wetland or grassland had…
Category Timber harvesting
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Heating Your Home with Wood
Who hasn’t enjoyed the cozy winter warmth of a crackling wood fire? Heating with wood makes use of an affordable, local, renewable, and sustainable resource. Unlike heating with fossil fuels where much of your fuel bill leaves the state, locally sourced wood keeps more money in our communities.
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Maple Syrup Tapping – Multi Faceted Fun
If you have maple trees on your property, you could be pouring home-grown maple syrup on your pancakes next spring.
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Wisconsin Forestry Products
Landowners, watching Covid-era lumber prices go through the roof, might assume that they would get more money for their standing trees, but there are many…
Is a Christmas Tree Farm Right for Your Land?
This could be the perfect time to start growing Christmas trees — whether you are only interested in a few for your own friends and…
Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Alex Feltmeyer on Heterobasidion Root Disease (HRD)
By Denise Thornton If you have conifers growing on your land, you should be aware of Heterobasidion Root Disease (HRD), formerly known as Annosum Root…
Getting to Know Your Forest Health Team: Paul Cigan and Harsh Weather Effects on Woodlands
By Denise Thornton Weather has a huge influence on all vegetation. It dictates what species will grow, how they grow, and their productivity. The time…
Your Trees at Risk: Heterobasidion Root Disease (HRD)
Beware! If you are a woodland owner of pine and spruce stands, and you anticipate harvesting or thinning, now is the time to understand the…
Watch Out For These Harvesting Red Flags
Winter is a popular time to harvest trees because the frozen ground can help protect from damage and erosion and provide easier access. If you…
Financial Assistance for Storm-related Damage to Your Woodlands
Woodland owners that experienced damage to their woodlands during the July storms can apply for financial assistance for tree planting among other practices. Applications to…
QUIZ: Damaged Pines or Hardwoods – Which Should You Harvest First?
Not all tree damage is created (or destroyed!) equally. Some trees degrade in quality much faster than others. It is a function of the durability…
Town Halls to Provide Storm Damage Information & Resources for Landowners
Editor’s note: Two more town halls have been scheduled in Barron and Polk Counties, in addition to Oconto and Langlade Counties. Four town hall meetings…
The Story of One Family’s Forest
For as much as everyone’s woodland is different, the values and the lessons learned are often similar. One Family’s Forest follows a family and the land…
Success Story: John and Kim Annear
Shortly after joining the Richland Center police force 30 years ago, John Annear and his wife Kim started looking for a place in the country…
Managing Trees is Managing an Investment
“Financial viability of our property, the cropland and woodland alike, is important to my siblings and me,” says Doug Duren, a Richland County landowner. His…
Success Story: Walter and Hattie Crook
Wally and Hattie Crook bought their land nearly 40 years ago. The Crooks lived and worked in Richland Center, Wisconsin, the county seat of Richland…