Working with Your Woodland: A Landowner's Guide (Revised Edition) [Paperback]

Mollie Beattie (Author), Charles Thompson (Author), Lynn Levine (Author), Nancy Howe (Illustrator), Carl Reidel (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1993

An owner's manual for forest management in New England.

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6 x 9 trim. 36 illus. 39 figs. 28 tables. LC 92-56900

Product Details

• Paperback: 279 pages
• Publisher: University Press of New England; Revised edition (September 15, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874516226
• ISBN-13: 978-0874516227
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #209,435 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Agricultural Sciences > Forestry

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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for the serious, passionate woodlot owner., May 4, 2001

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Anne Hoffmann (Amherst, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working with Your Woodland: A Landowner's Guide (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

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.

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The practical issues of woodlot management, June 5, 2000

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Adam Stauffer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Working with Your Woodland: A Landowner's Guide (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

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.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to forestry for the private landowner, July 10, 1999

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This review is from: Working with Your Woodland: A Landowner's Guide (Revised Edition) (Paperback)

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.