Product Description

The Woodlot Management Handbook will show you how to get the most out of your land; whether you are interested in growing trees for timber, generating income from selling firewood, or sheltering wildlife.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #698760 in Books
• Published on: 1999-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Review
As an owner of a woodlot, I found this book a good resource and of great interest. -- Jean E.

The authors offer information on developing a woodland-stewardship plan and buying woodland property. -- Booklist, V. 95, no 14, 1999

The overall thesis of the book is that good land stewardship maximizes both ecological conservation and economic returns. -- Choice, V37 No 2, 1999

Review
A useful guide to basic woodlot or forest conservation practice, management and utilization... a good resource and of great interest. (Jean E. Bedger Current Books on Gardening and Botany )

The overall thesis of the book is that good land stewardship maximizes both ecological conservation and economic returns. (Choice )

The authors offer information on developing a woodland-stewardship plan and buying woodland property. (Booklist )

About the Author

Stewart Hilts and Peter Mitchell have been working together since 1991 designing and carrying out programs to support the stewardship efforts of rural landowners. Stewart hilts teaches in the Department of Land Resources Science at the Ontario Agricultural College. Peter Mitchell is a research associate on various projects at the Centre for Land & Water Stewardship, University of Guelph. Their approach to woodlot management involves integrating information to deal with real problems, options and opportunities from a landowner perspective while incorporating a strong ecological perspective.

Customer Reviews

Best overview for the backyard conservationist
This book is a basic introduction to woodlot management with a focus on the forest ecosystem, basic valuation metrics for trees, reforestation, and conservation.

The major difference between this title and the Beattie, Thompson, Levine text is that the latter devotes substantially more space to financial, legal, and logistical issues associated with harvesting trees. Conservationists will probably prefer this book while the reader focused on income from his or her woodlot will prefer Beattie et al.

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.

Quick, thorough read
This book was a very quick but thorough read. Filled with good sense and good intentions, with the good knowledge to back them up. Liked the fact that it addressed both conservation and profitability. Will refer back to it many many times as I work with my 10 acres of trees.

Some good ideas but too long and overly general
The Woodlot Management Handbook has some good ideas but the gist of the book could be presented in one third the space. Many common sense observations are previewed, presented, and then recapped. Although written for the novice, this book
anoyingly talks down to the reader. Common Sense Forestry by Hans Morsbach covers much of the same material with a clear and concise style and also manages to be far mor informative.