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Useful and relevant links

• Atlantic Forestry Centre - The Atlantic Forestry Centre is one of five Canadian Forest Service research centres. It plays a vital role in regional and national forestry research programs. It´s located in both Fredericton, New Brunswick and Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.
• Department Natural Resources And Energy New Brunswick Annual Report - .- website contains Government report on Forest Managent.
• Department Natural Resources New Brunswick Forests - Government resource providing contacts, information and related links to forests in New Brunswick
• Forest Health and Biodiversity News .com - Atlantic Canadian Forest Service Newpaper in PDF format
• Choosing a Silviculture System for White Pine
• This 6-page Extension Notes publication provides a framework for deciding on a silvicultural system for your woodland. It also describes the selection, clearcut, and shelterwood silvicultural systems.
• Crop Tree Management in Eastern Hardwoods
• This 44-page (8.2 mb) Forest Service Agriculture Handbook was written in 1968 for practicing foresters and focuses intently on efficient timber production. It includes a detailed nine-page key to silvicultural prescriptions. Forest Finance: Sustainable Forest Harvesting: An Economic Perspective
• This 5-page publication from Penn State compares crown thinning and diameter-limit cuts using Net Present Value calculations within the framework of ecologically and economically sustainable forestry. Forest Succession
• This website provides access to a 43-page handbook. The handbook consists of charts, tables and decision keys relating to forest management in Nova Scotia. Some examples include a harvest restrictions key, growth projections for plantation red spruce, and a shelterwood -- seed tree key. Growing Black Walnut
• This webpage provides a good summary of walnut management. The discussion includes walnut site preferences, and management for timber, nuts, and in agroforestry systems. There are numerous links to supporting illustrations and images Guide to Wildlife Tree Management in New England Northern Hardwoods
• This 34-page Technical Report includes a description of wildlife habitat, mast production, and the growing and managing of trees of value to wildlife. Included are tables that relate tree types/species to wildlife species, and a key that relates stand conditions to management recommendations sensitive to wildlife habitat. May be slow to download. How to Manage Aspen
• This 4-page Forest Facts publication looks at quaking aspen and bigtooth aspen. Topics include managing mature and young stands, regeneration, and wildlife. Also provided are site index curves for both species, and aspen management recommendations for poor, medium, and good sites.