Ten Do-it-yourself Tips for Maintaining your Family Forestland
On January 28, 2010 at 3:00 pm MDT, USU Forestry Extension Associate Darren McAvoy presented a webcast on simple things forest landowners can do to improve the health of their forests. For most landowners, having a logger or other contractor working on their land is a rare event. But what can you do yourself, without the help of a logger or forester? Here are some tips to help you to continue the active stewardship of your property with simple tools. In this webcast, McAvoy covered 10 subjects:
- Property Boundary Maintenance
- Hazard Tree Assessment and Removal
- Insect and Disease Control
- Weed Control
- Fuelbreaks
- Slash Disposal
- Riparian Restoration
- Road Maintenance
- Tree Planting
- Permits and Regulations
