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Eight Easy Ways to do Right by My Land

Eight Easy Ways to do Right by My Land. Your Name Title Contact info. Agenda. Why do I need to do anything? Eight Easy Things to do Where I can go for help. Why do I need to do anything?. 1. Protect your Property from Trespassers. Regularly walk your property Mark your boundaries

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Eight Easy Ways to do Right by My Land

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  1. Eight Easy Ways to do Right by My Land

  2. Your Name • Title • Contact info

  3. Agenda • Why do I need to do anything? • Eight Easy Things to do • Where I can go for help

  4. Why do I need to do anything?

  5. 1. Protect your Property from Trespassers • Regularly walk your property • Mark your boundaries • Control access • Meet your neighbors • Don’t be afraid to ask for help

  6. 2. Protect Wildlife Habitat • Plan management activities carefully • Leave deadwood and brush piles • Plant food trees • Create good edge habitats • Provide sources of water

  7. 3. Protect your Special Sites • Get to know your woods • Keep track of your treasures • Get connected • When planning, reconsidered standard practices Photos: Arrowhead- Billy Humphries, Forest Resource Consultants, Inc., Bugwood.org; geological site - Kenneth M. Gale, Bugwood.org

  8. 4. Protect Your Waterbodies • Create Riparian Buffers • Maintain your roads • Implement your state’s Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs)

  9. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: harmful and exotic pests • Keep your woods healthy • Maintain a diverse woods • Don’t move firewood • Use Pesticides appropriately Photo: US Forest Service

  10. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: harmful and exotic pests • Monitor for pests and signs of disease • If you suspect something, collect samples • Contact a professional Photo: US Forest Service

  11. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: Tornadoes and Hurricanes • Plant the right trees • Plant in the right place • Manage the structure of your woods

  12. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: Drought • Select drought and disease resistant species • Thin your woods • Control non-native and invasive plants • Monitor and control invasive insects

  13. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: Wildfire • Keep it thin • Fight fire with fires

  14. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: Ice Storms • Plant the right trees • Plant in the right place • Manage the structure of your woods

  15. 5. Protecting your woods from natural disasters: Floods • Plant the right trees • Plant in the right place • Manage the structure of your woods

  16. 6. Call before you Cut • Know your objectives • Inventory your woods • Keep your woods healthy • Select the trees you cut carefully • Protect your interests • Comply with federal/state and local laws

  17. 7. Plan for the Legacy of your Woods • Build your families connection to your woods • Start to plan for the future of you land • Share that plan with your family • Find the right professionals to help you • Consider trusts and conservation easements

  18. 8. Work with a Professional

  19. Where to go for help? • A consulting forester • Local state forestry agency • Extension forestry • www.mylandplan.org

  20. Questions?

  21. Thank you • Include your contact information

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