Forestry
The Michigan Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) works in
partnership with other federal, state, local and Tribal governments as well as
universities and non-governmental organizations to provide technical assistance
on private land forestry issues.
National NRCS
Forestry Website
These documents require
Adobe Acrobat
Reader or
Microsoft Excel
How to Apply for EQIP Forest Management Plans
Aplica aqui para Programa de Incentivos para la Calidad del Medio Ambiente
(EQIP): Planes Para El Manejo de Bosques
Forest Management Plan Criteria and Checklist - Practice/Activity Code 106
Statement of Work - Michigan Forest Management Plan - Practice/Activity Code
106
Forest Management Plan Template
Forest Management Plan Example
Checklist of Resource Concerns for Resource Sustainability
(MI-2)
Environmental Evaluation Worksheet NRCS-CPA-52
General
NRCS National Forestry
Handbook
NRCS National Forestry
Manual
Forest
Landowner's Guide to Internet Resources
Michigan DNR Website
US Forest Service Website
US Forest Service Northeastern Area
Website - State & Private Forestry
US Forest Service
North Central Forest Experiment Station
Certified Forest Stewardship
Plan Writers
Consultant
Foresters (by County)
National Agroforestry Center (NAC)
Website
Christmas Tree Pest Manual
Growing
Christmas Trees in Michigan, MSU Extension Bulletin E-1172
Shearing
Recommendations for Christmas Tree Producers
Illinois Direct Seeding Handbook
Woody Plant Seed Manual
Fertilizing
Shade and Ornamental Trees, MSU Extension Bulletin
Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan,
Minnesota & Wisconsin
Tree
Identification Made Easy
Tree Identification - Class Exercises/Projects
Michigan Forest Pathways
Education Resources
Sustainable Soil and Water Quality Practices on Forest Land (Michigan’s Forestry
BMP Guide)
U.S. EPA- Forest
Management Practices to Reduce Non-Point Source Pollution
Christmas Tree Pest Manual, MSU Extension FS Bulletin E-2676
Landscape Crop Advisory Team
Alerts (CAT)
USFS Northeastern Area State and Private
Forestry Website
Forest Tree Health/Forest Pests - Michigan DNR
Crop Tree Management in Eastern Hardwoods, NA-TP-19-93 by Arlyn Perkey
Forest Land
Owner's Guide to Internet Resources
Michigan
State University Forest Management Bulletins/Publications
Purdue University
Forest Management Bulletins/Publications
Silvics of North America - Management and Characteristics of North American
Trees
University of Minnesota Forest Management Bulletins/Publications
Herbicides
for Forest Management (Wisconsin DNR)
Michigan Invasive Plants Council
Plant Conservation
Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group (lists, fact sheets)
SelecTree- A database that
matches trees to 49 site characteristics
Silvics of North America - Management and Characteristics of North
American Trees
USDA Plants Database
Virginia Tech
Dendrology Home Page
Virginia Tech
Dendrology Syllabus (Pictures, Keys and I.D. info)
Tree
Planting in Michigan, MSU Extension Bulletin E-771
National Agroforestry Center
Section IV of the NRCS Michigan Electronic Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG)
includes conservation practice standards and conservation sheets for a number of
forestry practices including: windbreak/shelterbelt establishment, riparian
forest buffer, tree/shrub site preparation, tree/shrub planting, tree/shrub
pruning, forest stand improvement and more.
Electronic Field Office
Technical Guide - (click on Michigan in the eFOTG State Locator, then your
county to access eFOTG)
National Timber Tax Web site
Michigan Technical Contact
Andy Henriksen, State Forester
Phone: 517-324-5234
Fax: 517-324-5171
E-mail: andy.henriksen@mi.usda.gov
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