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Updated: February 20, 2024

Some changes in our neck of the woods

Read about some changes underway with the newsletter and more.
Black Hill Regional Park (Boyds, MD) in Winter. Adobe Stock photo by Sizhu.
Updated: February 20, 2024

USDA Encourages Producers Participating in CRP to Consider Forest Management Incentive

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering financial assistance to agricultural producers and private landowners enrolled in its Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to improve the health of their forests through the Forest Management Incentive.
Updated: February 20, 2024

Research to Help Private Forest Owners Manage Woodlands for Ecosystem Services

A team of forest ecologists and social scientists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, using a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will conduct research aimed at helping owners of small- to medium-sized forest tracts manage their woodlands for ecosystem services.
Dustin McClosky, left, an undergraduate student majoring in forest ecosystem management, and Erynn Maynard, a former postdoctoral scholar at Penn State, measure tree diameter to calculate aboveground forest carbon at Penn State's Stone Valley Experimental Forest. Credit: Margot Kaye/Penn State
Updated: February 2, 2024

Scientists Flood Forest Patches to Study Impacts of Storms: Researchers look for tipping point in creation of “ghost forests”

The expansion of so-called "ghost forests" along low-lying shores of the Chesapeake Bay bear witness to sea level rise. A team of scientists is working to discover the tipping point in the transition from green woodland to dead trees.
Scientist Anya Hopple looks at a probe inserted into a tree in a forested tract at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD. Photo by Dave Harp, Bay Journal
Updated: February 1, 2024

Branching Out - Fall 2023

In this issue: New grant funding sources available. Read about the recent Delmarva Woodland Stewards workshop and field trip, and about using the i-Tree app to create woodland assessments. One of our regular features, the "Woodland Wildlife Spotlight," looks at the North American river otter, and "Invasives in Your Woodlands" looks at the white mulberry tree. And don't forget the events calendar and the Brain Tickler challenge.
GPS plots of trees at Wye Research & Education Center
Updated: January 16, 2024

Natural Area Management Services Providers: A to Z

Entries in the Natural Area Management Services Directory are listed alphabetically.
Updated: November 27, 2023

Woodland Management: Finding a Forester & Marketing Forest Products

These publications will assist you to ensure that your plan is the best for both you and your woodlands.
Updated: November 16, 2023

Using i-Tree for Landscape Tree Assessment

This past summer, interns and staff used the i-Tree app to create woodland assessments at the Wye Research & Education Center.
Interns learning tree ID and necessary measurements.
Updated: November 16, 2023

University of Maryland Extension Forestry Completes Another Successful Woodland Stewards Program

The Delmarva Woodland Stewards Program wrapped up this October, training 31 volunteers in the fundamental arts and science of ecological forest management. The program focuses specifically on the types of forests found on the coastal plain of the eastern shore and serves those geographically located on the Delmarva Peninsula who are residents of Delaware and Virginia.
Luke Macaulay, UME (center), discusses the importance of early successional habitat for wildlife.
Updated: October 4, 2023

Natural Area Management Services webinar series

This webinar series, designed for green industry professionals, was held in two parts (fall 2020 and spring 2021).
A Maryland county forester talks with a landowner