• Forest Types of Michigan: Tree Planting

    Published on November 4, 2015
    Tree Planting discusses the four major steps for a successful planting: project: planning, site preparation, planting, and monitoring and vegetation control.

  • Forest Types of Michigan: Common Pitfalls to Avoid

    Published on November 4, 2015
    Common Pitfalls to Avoid focuses on the pitfalls of owning and caring for a woodland including lacking professional advice, selling timber without a written contract, enrolling in property tax programs for a wrong reason and planting without preparation.

  • Forest Types of Michigan: What's a Management Plan?

    Published on November 4, 2015
    What’s a Management Plan? introduces the forest owner to management plans. It describes forest assistance programs and lists the benefits and content considerations of a forest management plan.

  • Adaptive Management

    Published on October 23, 2015
    Many of the management practices that are already "smart forestry" can have valuable win-win benefits for climate change adaptation.

  • Adaption Strategies and Approaches

    Published on October 23, 2015
    Foresters and forest owners will respond to climate change in different ways, based on their judgment of the associated risks and opportunities. A range of adaptation actions can be taken, which can be selected based on management objectives.

  • How the Climate Affects Forests

    Published on October 23, 2015
    Forests are affected by the local climate, in addition to being affected by short-term weather events. Michigan's climate has been changing over several decades, and continued climate change could result in many impacts to forests in our state.

  • Forest Adaption Glossary

    Published on October 19, 2015
    New terms are used in the discussions of climate change and forest adaptation. Having a working vocabulary helps to better understand many of the concepts and how they relate to each other.

  • Forest Vulnerability

    Published on October 19, 2015
    Climate change will affect different tree species and forest types in different ways. Forest impact models can be combined with manager expertise to assess which species and forest types are at risk and which may benefit from projected changes.

  • Woody Biomass for Energy in Michigan: So, You Want to Establish an Energy Plantation? (E3095)

    Published on August 20, 2015
    Find out what key elements go into establishing an energy plantation.

  • Woody Biomass for Energy in Michigan: So, You Want to Build a Pellet Mill? (E3094)

    Published on August 20, 2015
    Rising demand for wood pellets has sparked interest in pellet mills.