Online Resources
Forestry Factsheets
- Shaping and Pruning Your Ornamental Trees
- Hand Planting Container and Bare-root Tree Seedlings
- Wildfire Severity Photo-guide for Assessing Damage and Aiding Recovery of Trees and Forests Across the Northern Rockies
- Do Burn Piles Need Rehabilitation?
- Burning Slash Piles: What’s the Best Way to go About It?
- The Difference Between Planning and Doing Forest Management
- Forestland Grazing: Understory Forage Management
- Managing Your Timber Resource: Which Trees to Cut, which Trees to Leave?
- Using Alternative Slash Management Systems in Western Montana
- After the Storm: Caring for Your Trees
- Developing a Wildfire Hazard Reduction Plan for Your Property
- Alternative Forest Management
- Managing Bark Beetles
- Forest Soil – How does it Function?
- What is a Tree – Biology and Growth
- Pruning Trees
- Trees and Shelterbelts
- Photo Guide for Assessing Wildfire Severity
- A 13 Year Case Study of the Impacts of the Fridley Fire Across Land Ownerships and Management Responses in the Northern Rockies
Other Publications
- 2018 MSU Extension Southern Bitterroot Wildfire Recovery Tour – Sula State Forest
- Climatic Influences on Forests Across Montana – Strategies for Conservation and Functional Retention
- Management Practices for Forest Health and Catastrophic Wildfire Resistance
- Growing Trees on Montana’s Prairie
- Call Before You Cut – A Resource Guide to Forest Management
- Biodiversity Guide for Montana Forest and Woodlot Owners
- Timber Sale Planning and Forest Products Marketing
- Guide to Forest Aesthetics in Montana
- Identifying Montana’s Forest Invasive Weeds
- Watersheds in Montana
- E3A: Exploring Energy Efficiency and Alternatives
Instructional Videos
RESTORATION AND UTILIZATION
- Bioenergy in Northwest Montana, Bioenergy Day 2017
- Restoration Renaissance: A New Paradigm in John Day, OR. When the town’s remaining lumber mill threatened to close, environmentalists and local leaders stepped in to save it.
- From the Ground Up: A Story of Stewardship in Lake County, OR. A remote rural community becomes a national leader in collaboration, redefining the idea of stewardship.
- Living with Fire: Black is the New Green in Trinity County, CA. Local leaders and forest managers are discovering how living with fire keeps communities safe and creates new local businesses.
- Forest Biomass Diversion in the Sierra Nevada: Energy, Economics and Emissions. Highlights the benefits and challenges associated with managing forest biomass and transforming it into a source for renewable energy.
FOREST STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM
- The Big Picture (public land survey system, topographic maps and photos)
- Northern Rockies Forest Ecology and Management (5-part series)
EXTENSION FORESTRY VIDEO RESOURCES
- Rocky Mountain Forest Processes
- YouTube Channel
PRESCRIBED PILE BURNING
- Prescribed Pile Burning for Landowners Webinar (November 19, 2020)
FOREST MANAGEMENT
- Northern Rockies Forest Ecology and Management (5-part series)
- Timber Harvesting for Private Landowners (produced by F.H. Stoltze Land and Lumber with other sponsors)
CHAINSAW SAFETY AWARENESS
- Chainsaw Safety Awareness (2-part series)
- How to Fell or Cut Down a Tree Using a Chainsaw
Additional information is available at montana.edu/extension/forestry/publications