Information for Landowners

One of the goals of the Forest Stewardship Program is to provide information to help forestland owners become better stewards of their land. If there are specific topics you would like to see addressed here, please contact us.

Assistance

Forestland Incentives
Cost share funding on hold
Cost-share for prescribed burns
Help for wetlands restoration
Programs and Opportunities for forestland owners
Brief history of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs)
RC&D or RCD: What--s the Difference?
Where to go for technical assistance
Call the Helpline for local contacts
Cost-share opportunities

Conservation Easements

Conservation easement FAQs
California Forest Legacy Program expands statewide
One landowner's exerience with a conservation easement

Fire Info

Breaking Up Fuel Continuity and Fuel Ladders
Danger spots around your home
Fire Safety Tips
Fire Cycles
Firewise Home Page
Firewise landscaping
Fire protection and resource management: a necessary alliance
An inside look at the 1996 Fire Plan
Ranch Fire highlights value of pre-fire planning
New publication can help after fire
Protect your forest from wildfire
Resource: How Can We Live with Wild Land Fire?
Resource: The Defensible Space and Healthy Forest Handbook
Restoring the land after the Pendola Fire
Seven steps to creating a defensible space
Shingletown community success story
Steps to a firewise home
Types of dead fuels and recommended practice
Welcome to the I-Zone
What is a "fire hazard"
Fire safe projects: from chippers to chats
Forming your own Fire Safe Council

General Interest to Forestland Owners

Become familiar with the California State Board of Forestry & Fire Protection
Meet the members of the Board
New Logging Regulations
Changes ahead for Forest Stewardship
Hardwoods coming into their own
Utilization opportunities and challenges
Biomass in California: is it a valuable resource?
Ecological Principles Help Predict Forest Changes
Estimating distances
Income opportunities in special forest products (PDF format)
Stewards of the past
Archaeological Rules and the THP
Reports: "How Do Forest Landowners Learn" and "Promoting Community Action"
What is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)?
How to choose a competent professional
Watershed training for resource managers
North Coast Watershed Assessment Program to provide information for better management

Management Practices

Bioengineering to control stream bank erosion
Prune trees for better health and higher value
Salvage timber harvesting considerations
Coast live oak woodland study offers management tips for landowners
Why the big deal about forests next to streams?
Some functions of large woody debris
After the storm
An ounce of prevention...
Chain saw safety is common sense
Storm damage safety tips
Thinning for increased forest health and profit
Visit your state forests for tips on good management practices
What is the right thing to do on my property?
Silviculture: applied forestry
Intermediate treatments
The language of silviculture

Noxious Weeds

Battling the Kudzu of the West
Weed Management Areas offer a cooperative approach to noxious weed control
Attack your weeds like a wildfire
Develop an Integrated Weed Management Plan
More on weeds

Pest Management

Tree Notes can assist landowners
Pest management in perspective
A healthy forest needs bugs
Pathogen found, more questions remain
Tanoak dieback affecting coast live oaks too
Pitch canker continues to be a threat
Pine Pitch Canker Disease and Update
Steps being taken to isolate Sudden Oak Death

Planning

Develop your Stewardship Plan
Landowner objectives and the managment plan
What is the right thing to do on my property?
New landowner curriculum is ready
Stewardship planning workshops in Humboldt, Plumas, and Sierra counties
Writing the Plan: a suggested format
Consider the future of your forestland
Questions to ask when choosing an estate planning lawyer
Develop an Integrated Weed Management Plan

Planting

Plant It Right
Time to order seeds, make plans for planting
It's cone season at the nursery
Species commonly grown at the L.A. Moran Center
Protect your seedlings after planting
Follow these steps for planting success
How many seedlings do you need?
Planting: site preparation and species selection
Planting success requires careful planning
Where can you go for seedlings?
Oldie but goodie: planting booklet

Resources

Maps, photos, and data for all your needs
Map, photo, and data sources
An Inventory of Weed Control Projects
Best road book around
CD-ROM available: Working in the Woods Landowner Curriculum
California Oak Disease and Arthropod (CODA Database now free
Defensible Space and Healthy Forest Handbook
Guidelines provide a thoughtful discussion of hardwood management
Hardwood Product Directory
Learn More About the I-Zone
Resource: How Can We Live with Wildland Fire?
Stream care guide for landowners
What did they say?
FRAP website: a treasure trove of information
New publication can help after fire
California Fire Safe Council website: comprehensive, engaging, and helpful

Roads

Get ready to winterize your roads
Prepare roads for rain
Proper road design minimizes stream impacts
Put unneeded roads to bed
Best road book around
Road rights and responsibilities: what every landowner should know

Species Spotlight

Willow family has many uses
King of the pines/Queen of the Sierras
Red alder: part of the streamside forest
Getting a handle on broom: Scotch, French, and Spanish brooms in California
Getting a handle on broom (part II)
Bigleaf Maple: for tree-houses, fine furniture, and beauty

Taxes

National Timber Tax Website
Agricultural Handbook #714: Forest Landowner's guide to the Federal income tax.
Get ready--it's that time of year again
Estate planning for forest landowners: what will become of your timberland? (PDF format)
Frequently asked questions on handling the Stewardship Incentive Program (SIP) payments for income tax purposes
Taxpayer Relief Act offers potential benefits for California forest landowners
Conservation easements on working forestland?

Watersheds

Aquatic Restoration Guiding Principles
Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual
How can you help the fish?
The five-county salmon conservation plan
Keeping track of TMDLs in California
Proper road design minimizes stream impacts
Watersheds: should you care?
Watercourse classification for forestry purposes
Follow the discussion on salmon listings
Bureaucratic Alphabet Soup
Salmon websites
What is a healthy watershed?
Stream alterations under Section 1603
Landowners can aid in coho recovery

Wildlife

Minimize wildlife disturbance when cutting firewood in oak woodlands
Brush Piles Can Provide Vital Cover
Dead and dying trees: part of a healthy forest
Tips for creating snags
Encourage wildlife on your forestland
Habitat sweet habitat (managing for wildlife)
Landowners can aid in coho recovery

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