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Management Practices
WDNR Division of Forestry:
Links to
the Wisconsin DNR forest
news and information concerning the sustainable management
and protection of this precious resource so that it continues to
provide a host of ecological, economic and social benefits for years
to come.
These resources are available to help landowners, loggers and
natural resource managers understand and implement forestry best
management practices (BMPs).
Best Management Practices Landowner Guides:
These resources are available to help landowners, loggers and
natural resource managers understand and implement forestry best
management practices (BMPs).
Wisconsin Forest Management
Guidelines - WDNR:
The
Wisconsin Forest Management Guidelines (FMG)
celebrates the wealth of our forest resources and
emphasizes our responsibility to care for them. It
outlines practical, site-specific considerations
that land managers need to take into account when
they plan and carry out forestry operations.
University of Wisconsin Forestry Facts:
University of Wisconsin has issued over 100
fact sheets documenting forestry practices. Sample subjects
are: Best practices; Hiring a consulting Forester; How to manage red
pine; Understanding the sample timber sale contract; Filling out a
cutting Notice (MFL).
University of Wisconsin Forestry
Extension Programs:
Information is
provided on a variety of topics from hands-on information to
successfully manage for recreation, wildlife, and timber harvest to
the history of Wisconsin’s forests.
A very comprehensive web site
offering detailed information on forest
management and a series of educational opportunities for the
woodland owner.
Forest* A *Syst: Tools to Manage your Private
Forest Land:
Trees take a long time to grow, so today's decisions have long-term
impacts on forests and water quality. Forest*A*Syst helps you plan
what you want your forest and wooded acreage to be and set out the
steps you need to take to get there.
Forest Images: Image
categories: Forest Pests: Trees, Plants, and Stand
Types; Silvicultural Practices; Urban Forestry;
Wildlife; People, Places and Scenes.
Wisconsin private forestland
owner offspring study: The
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources retained
the Pinchot Institute for Conservation to conduct a
survey of offspring of non-industrial forestland
owners in Wisconsin.
Researcher Catherine Mater and her team spoke with
260 children of forest owners in 2007 (all of these
"children" were adults and some were well into
retirement) and asked about their attitudes
regarding a wide range of topics relating to their
family's woodlands.
Owning Wisconsin Woodlands:
Over the years, many
informative and useful publications, factsheets, and
other printed materials have been created to assist
private woodland owners.
Sign up for Wisconsin Forestry
Newsletters:
Sign up for Wisconsin Division of Forestry
Newsletters
through e-mail by
clicking here.
Wisconsin Wood Marketing Bulletin:
Published every three months, it serves the timber
producing and wood using industries of Wisconsin by
listing items: For sale - forest products, equipment
and services, wanted - forest products, equipment
and services; employment opportunities.
Urban Forest Newsletter:
An electronic bulletin of breaking news and
valuable information for the Urban Forest
Forest Health News Updates:
Wisconsin's forests are generally in good
health, yet numerous native and exotic insects and diseases and
extreme weather events threaten their health annually. The Forest
Health Protection staff provides insect and disease management
assistance on 16 million acres of state, private, industrial and
county forest lands.
DNR Northern Region News Releases:
Official DNR news releases impacting each DNR
region.
Forest Fire Danger and Burning Permits:
It is important to have your written and
signed
annual burning permit
available while burning and follow all restrictions listed on both
sides of the permit.
Livin' by the Lake:
Melanie B. Fullman,
District Ranger, US Forest Service, Ottawa NF, discusses important shoreline
standards and guidelines for a natural shoreline
that minimizes pollution, provides greater protection from erosion, and
supports a greater number and diversity of wildlife.
DNR Division of Forestry Strategic Direction
May 2011:
This is the culmination of three years worth of work
we have undertaken with our partners to assess and plan how to
address major issues, threats and opportunities involving the
forests of Wisconsin. This document outlines what the Division of
Forestry’s niche and role will be to address major issues and
priority topics over the next 5 years and beyond.
DNR Division of Forestry
Operations Plan and Strategic Direction
The Operations Plan allocates staff and fiscal
resources to produce the intent of the Division's Strategic
Direction.
Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association:
WWOA has many publications, references and website
links available to woodland owners.
Manage
Forest Species
Pine
Red Pine Pocket Mortality:
Red
pine pocket mortality, caused by a complex of insects and the
fungi Leptographium terrebrantis and L. procerum
was first identified in Wisconsin in 1975. National distribution
of this syndrome is unknown. Thinned, plantation-grown red pines
between the ages of 30-45 are most likely to show symptoms of
this syndrome.
Heterobasidion
root rot:
Planning to cut pine trees on your property? Then you need to
know how to protect your woodlands against the “circles of
death” of Heterobasidion root rot, the most damaging
disease in temperate conifer forests of the world which has
become an epidemic in Wisconsin. Thinning of pine plantations or
cutting of conifer trees can expose your woodland to this deadly
disease. Failure to aggressively respond to the discovery of
this lethal pathogen has threatened sustainable management of
Wisconsin's pines and other conifers in commercial forests, and
also endangers trees in recreational woodlands and in wooded
residential and vacation properties.
Jack Pine Budworm: There
has recently been incidence of the jack pine budworm, a cyclic
insect pine pest, in many parts of PIF’s membership area.
Jack pine is the preferred host of this pest, which attacks
primarily those trees 20 years and older, but budworm will also
spread into stands of red pine in areas that are heavily
infested.
Armillaria Root Rot: This
fungus is common throughout the Lake States in red pine
plantations. Damage is especially severe on trees under stress
and trees growing in cutover hard-wood stands. Armillaria causes
a decay, seldom extending more than a few feet above ground. It
kills trees by girdling at the root collar.
Oak
Oak Wilt tree disease found in
Oneida county forests:
Read the latest Northern Wisconsin New release. For
other news releases, visit the
DNR Northern Region News Release
website.
How to Identify, Prevent and Control
Oak Wilt:
Oak wilt is an aggressive disease that affects
many species of oak (Quercus spp.).
It is one of the most serious tree diseases in the United
States, killing thousands of oaks each year in forests,
woodlots, and home landscapes. (USDA)
Oak Wilt Management - What are the Options:
Thousands of Oaks in woodlands and urban settings
die from oak wilt every year. Widespread in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, and Michigan, the disease is caused by the fungus
Ceratocystis fagacearum. Because trees in the red oak group fall
prey to the disease most often, the publication focuses on the
red oak group.
Oak Wilt in Wisconsin: Biology and
Management:
Oak wilt has probably been a part of our forests in Wisconsin
for 100 years. Oak wilt is caused by a fungus, that invades
water-conducting vessels and induces the formation of
balloon-like projections called tyloses which also plug the
vessels. As water movement within the tree is slowed, the leaves
wilt and drop off the tree.
Twolined chestnut borer:
Adult twolined chestnut borers
primarily attack oaks that are damaged by drought or trees that
are suppressed or declining. Urban oaks that suffer stress from
trunk and root injury, soil compaction, and changes in soil
depth are equally vulnerable to attack by this pest.
Spruce
Spruce decline in Wisconsin:
Spruce decline has been advancing in Northcentral Wisconsin
since about 1988, with symptoms progressing from the ground up,
and from the inside of the crown outward. Symptoms
included very poor live crown ratios and loss of needles
throughout the crown, but significantly worse on the lower
portions of the crown.
Maple
Sugar Maples Trouble?: As
many readers know, sugar maple is one of the most important
timber species in the North Woods.Unfortunately, for the past
several years, reports of dieback have been coming from multiple
locations across the UP, northern Minnesota, and northern
Wisconsin.
Ash
Emerald Ash Borer: Emerald
ash borer was found in southeast Wisconsin in August of 2008.
The purpose of this website is to provide clear and timely
information about EAB to those affected by, or potentially
affected by, the insect's presence in our state.
Hemlock
Woolly Adelgid:
The two hemlock species found in eastern
North America, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and
Carolina hemlock (Tsuga caroliniana), are susceptible and
seem to have little resistance to hemlock woolly adelgid damage.
Heavy infestations can lead to the death of the tree within 4 -
10 years, and trees are also weakened and made vulnerable to
attack by other insects and diseases.
Balsam Fir
Dead Foliage:
Symptoms:
wilting (wilted) new foliage, mostly in the lower 1/2 of crown
(looks like frost damage; or dead mature foliage on branches
that are oftentimes still with green cambium, mostly in the
lower 3/4 of crown; or dead tips (only distal few inches)
scattered around crown; or
tied foliage with pupal cases and lots of moths fluttering.
Butternut (Black
Walnut) Fir
Butternut Canker:
Butternut is being killed throughout its
range by Sirococcus clavigignentijuglandacearum, a fungus most
likely introduced from outside of North America. The fungus
initially infects trees through buds, leaf scars, and possibly
insect wounds and other openings in the bark, rapidly killing
small branches.
Basswood
Basswood Thrips:
Defoliation of basswood trees caused by introduced basswood
thrips. The introduced basswood thrips, thrips calcaratus, is a
recently recognized defoliator of American basswood in the Lake
States.
Birch (help us provide
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NRCS Soils:
Soils and Moisture are fundamental elements in
having a healthy forest. Soils
is part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, an
effort of Federal and State agencies, universities,
and professional societies to deliver science-based
soil information.
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