Forestry Best Management Practices | University of Maryland Extension

Updated: September 21, 2023

Natural Area Management Services Providers Directory listings

This directory is developed by the Woods in Your Backyard Partnership and the University of Maryland Extension's Woodland Stewardship Education program. This directory serves as a way to connect land owners and managers to green industry services providers. The directory has been organized by service and alphabetically. Click or tap on the icons below to access the listings.

Updated: August 24, 2023

Maryland Consulting & Industrial Foresters Directory - University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet #1059 (revised February 2023)

The Maryland Consulting and Industrial Foresters Directory lists licensed professional foresters who offer a wide range of services to woodland property owners. Services include forest stewardship plans, timber stand and wildlife habitat improvement, and much more. The Directory is for reference only and is not an endorsement of any forester listed.

Updated: June 28, 2023

Woodland Management: Managing your Woodlands

Publications to help you better manage your woodlands.

Updated: May 24, 2023

Woodland Management: "The Woods in Your Backyard"

The land care practices in "The Woods in Your Backyard" has helped hundreds of property owners and land managers. Our new publications, "Woodland Health Practices Handbook" and "Woodland Health Assessment Checklist," help green industry professionals apply these practices to their business services.

Updated: May 16, 2023

Invasives in Your Woodland: Chinese and Japanese Wisteria

Chinese and Japanese Wisterias arrived in the U.S. in the early 1800s and have since spread to habitats across much of the eastern states. These twining and climbing vines can not only strangle and shade out trees, but can form dense thickets that suppress other native species.

Chinese Wisteria. Photo by Rebekah D. Wallace, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Updated: December 20, 2022

Developing a Forest Stewardship Plan: The Key to Forest Management (FS-625)

Forest stewardship is the management of forest resources in a way that meets the needs of the current owners, but does not adversely affect use by future generations. A forest stewardship plan is a working guide that allows the landowner to maximize the wildlife, timber, recreation, aesthetic value, and other benefits of owning woodland. A good plan combines the characteristics of the woodlot with the interests and objectives of the owner to produce a set of forest management recommendations.

Updated: August 10, 2022

Maryland-Delaware Master Logger of the Year: Billy Singleton

Billy Singleton, a self-driven young logger based out of Wicomico County, Maryland, is most deserving of this year's Logger of the Year award.

Updated: July 18, 2022

Natural Area Management Services Directory: Trail Construction and Maintenance

Creating and maintaining a trail on your property helps improve access for natural area management and for recreational enjoyment. Providers of trail construction and maintenance are listed here.

Updated: July 18, 2022

Natural Area Management Services Directory: Small Woodlot Tree Harvesting

Harvesting selected trees from your small woodland can provide firewood, enable chosen trees to thrive, help to control insects and diseases, and more. Small woodlot tree harvesting providers are listed here.

Updated: May 4, 2022

Branching Out - Winter 2020

Learn how Marylanders view forestry and its impact on the state's economy. Our regular features include profiles of the North American porcupine and mile-a-minute.