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Newsletter Archives
These past issues of Forestland Steward contain many articles of interest to landowners and those interested in good forest stewardship. For the most current issue, see newsletter.
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Summer 2002--(PDF 444k)
- Encourage wildlife in your forest
- What is "wildlife" and why is it important to the forest?
- In Memoriam: Francis A. ÒFritzÓ Riddell (1921-2002) (unabridged version)
- The Rodney Dangerfield of the animal kingdom
- Build boxes/houses for bats and birds
- RCD provides support for wildlife restoration
- Information for the 2002 Fire Season
- 10 simple things you can do to increase your fire safety
- Good stewards of the range
- Looking for solutions to forest loss
Spring 2002--(PDF 372k)
- Friend and foe: the paradox of fire
- Forest Pest Detection report can help identify problems
- How to burn piles properly
- FAQs about defensible space
- Numerous options for fuels management
- Meet the masticator
- How to select a tree service
- Farm and Ranch Cleanup Grant Program
- Look to the past to understand the present
- I-Zone research from the Forest Products Lab
- For homeowners
- A brief look at coho
Winter 2002--(PDF 296k)
- Maps, photos, and data for all your needs
- Map, photo, and data sources
- Forestland Incentives
- Bioengineering to control stream bank erosion
- Prune trees for better health and higher value
- Willow family has many uses
- National Timber Tax website has it all
- Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual
- Plant It Right
- Aquatic Restoration Guiding Principles
Fall 2001--(PDF 616K)
- Coast live oak woodland study offers management tips for landowners
- Cost share funding on hold
- Time to order seeds, make plans for planting
- It's cone season at the nursery
- Get ready to winterize your roads
- Getting a handle on broom (part II)
- Burning Issues CD-ROM teaches fire ecology
- Species commonly grown at the L.A. Moran Center
- King of the pines/Queen of the Sierras
Summer 2001--(PDF 548K)
- Weed Management Areas offer a cooperative approach to noxious weed control
- Attack your weeds like a wildfire
- Getting a handle on broom: Scotch, French, and Spanish brooms in California
- What is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF)?
- How to choose a competent professional
- Watershed training for resource managers
- Develop an Integrated Weed Management Plan
- More on weeds
- Steps being taken to isolate Sudden Oak Death
Spring 2001--(PDF 760K)
- Fire safe projects: from chippers to chats
- New voice on the Forest Stewardship Helpline
- Forming your own Fire Safe Council
- Road rights and responsibilities: what every landowner should know
- North Coast Watershed Assessment Program to provide information for better management
- Cost-share opportunities
- Bigleaf Maple: for tree-houses, fine furniture, and beauty
- Forestry Institute for Teachers helps teachers bring forestry to the classroom
- California Fire Safe Council website: comprehensive, engaging, and helpful
Winter 2001--(PDF 468K)
- California Forest Legacy Program expands statewide
- Help California get through the energy crisis
- Why the big deal about forests next to streams?
- Some functions of large woody debris
- Red alder: part of the streamside forest
- One landowner's exerience with a conservation easement
- Thinning for increased forest health and profit
- Get ready--it's that time of year again
- Farewell from Claralynn
Fall 2000--(PDF 1MB)
- Pest management in perspective
- Let me introduce myself
- State nurseries provide seedlings for landowners
- Plan for the coming winter
- Pathogen found, more questions remain
- Pitch canker continues to be a threat
- Become familiar with the California State Board of Forestry & Fire Protection
- Meet the members of the Board
- New Logging Regulations
- Call the Helpline for local contacts
- FRAP website: a treasure trove of information
- Tree Notes can assist landowners
Summer 2000--(PDF 2.5 MB)
- Ranch Fire highlights value of pre-fire planning
- Changes ahead for Forest Stewardship
- Danger spots around your home
- Fire protection and resource management: a necessary alliance
- Salvage timber harvesting considerations
- Restoring the land after the Pendola Fire
- CFIP can provide assistance
- New publication can help after fire
- Hardwood Product Directory
- Fire Cycles
- Spirit moving in all things
Spring 2000--(PDF 904K)
- Doerksens work to create "the best forest in the whole world"
- Landowner objectives and the managment plan
- Forest Stewardship workshops for family forest landowners
- Protect your forest from wildfire
- Silviculture: applied forestry
- Intermediate treatments
- Conservation easement FAQs
- The language of silviculture
Winter 2000--(PDF 420K)
- Hardwoods coming into their own
- Tanoak dieback affecting coast live oaks too
- Protect your seedlings after planting
- Utilization opportunities and challenges
- Consider the future of your forestland
- Questions to ask when choosing an estate planning lawyer
- Tax tips for forest landowners
- Guidelines provide a thoughtful discussion of hardwood management
- Want more information on hardwoods?
- Minimize wildlife disturbance when cutting firewood in oak woodlands
Fall 1999--(PDF 776K)
- What is a healthy watershed?
- CFIP funding now available
- Updated Cost Share Directory
- Stream alterations under Section 1603
- New studies add pieces to the puzzle
- Put unneeded roads to bed
- Stream care guide for landowners
- Keeping current
- What did they say?
Summer 1999--(PDF 1.4 MB)
- Welcome to the I-Zone
- Programs and Opportunities for forestland owners
- CFIP funds
- Battling the Kudzu of the West
- Ecological Principles Help Predict Forest Changes
- Breaking Up Fuel Continuity and Fuel Ladders
- Prepare for Fire Season, Fall Projects
- RC&D or RCD: What's the Difference?
- An Inventory of Weed Control Projects
- Learn More About the I-Zone
- Brush Piles Can Provide Vital Cover
Spring 1999--(PDF 440 K)
- Habitat sweet habitat (managing for wildlife)
- An inside look at the 1996 Fire Plan
- Steps to a firewise home
- Good news! Grant funds available
- Firewise landscaping
- Fire resistant trees and shrubs
- Stewards of the past
- Archaeological Rules and the THP
- Hot issues in forest planning
- Cost-share for prescribed burns
- Firewise websites
- What is a "fire hazard"
Winter 1999--(PDF 704 K)
- Funding assists landowners in fire recovery
- Tree harvest in cases of emergency
- Certification of wood offered through several organizations
- Prune correctly for healthy trees
- Storm repair tips
- Use the proper tools for the job
- A primer on income taxes for forestland owners
- Recordkeeping vital to good tax planning
- Estate planning: integral part of good land stewardship
- Sources of California natives
- Need tax information?
- Exotic pest plants a growing concern
Fall 1998--(PDF 710 K)
- Proper road design minimizes stream impacts
- Meet Claralynn: the woman behind the Helpline
- An ounce of prevention...
- Storm damage safety tips
- Follow these steps for planting success
- How many seedlings do you need?
- Keeping track of TMDLs in California
- How can you help the fish?
- Alphabet soup
- The five-county salmon conservation plan
- Watercourse classification for forestry purposes
- The best road book around
- CD-ROM available: Working in the Woods Landowner Curriculum
- Oldie but goodie: planting booklet
- A Conversation with Gerald Ahlstrom, Staff Chief for Forest Practice Program, CDF
Summer 1998 --(PDF 1.1 MB)
- Shingletown community success story
- First El Nino, now El Fuego
- Seven steps to creating a defensible space
- Types of dead fuels and recommended practice
- A brief history of Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs)
- Follow the discussion on salmon listings
- Bureaucratic Alphabet Soup
- Biomass in California: is it a valuable resource?
- Planting: site preparation and species selection
- Resource: The Defensible Space and Healthy Forest Handbook
- Salmon websites
- Chain saw safety is common sense
Spring 1998 --(PDF 968 K)
- Watersheds: should you care?
- New landowner curriculum is ready
- Planting success requires careful planning
- Where can you go for seedlings?
- What is the right thing to do on my property?
- Estimating distances
- Help for wetlands restoration
- Forest Stewardship grants available
- Rural residents learning that beauty and safety are compatible
- A healthy forest needs bugs
- California Oak Disease and Arthropod (CODA Database now free
- Resource: How Can We Live with Wild Land Fire?
- Visit your state forests for tips on good management practices
Winter 1998 --(PDF 774K)
- Dead and dying trees: part of a healthy forest
- Tips for creating snags
- California Stewardship Program...new directions
- After the storm
- Taxpayer Relief Act offers potential benefits for California forest landowners
- Conservation easements on working forestland?
- Tax information for forestland owners
- Develop your Stewardship Plan
- Writing the Plan: a suggested format
- Encourage wildlife on your forestland
Fall 1997 --(PDF 710K)
- Landowners can aid in coho recovery
- New Alliance committed to prefire management
- El Nino expected...prepare for rain
- Quincy Library Group pilot plan to begin
- Pine pitch canker update and infestation map
- Monitoring restoration effectiveness: a case study
Summer 1997 --(PDF 903K)
- New Year's Flood of 1997: How should a landowner respond?
- It's Deja Vu all over again
- Fire safe in Descanso
- Three ways to create defensible space
- Learn about pine pitch canker disease
Spring 1997-- (PDF 1.3 MB)
- State Fire Plan tackles complex issues
- Nevada-Yuba-Placer Ranger Unit working out the bugs in the Fire Plan
- Prefire planning benefits landowners
- 1996 Tax tips for forest landowners
- Name change reflects recognition of Native stewardship
Fall 1996-- (PDF 774K)
- New challenges, new directions
- Management strategies for ecosystem sustainability
- A Parable: The Blind People and the Watershed
For more information on the California Forest Stewardship Program, contact Jeffrey Calvert, Forestry Assistance, California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, PO Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244-2460. (916) 653-8286.
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