There are several reasons to practice forest management on your property. Forest management is the planning and applying practices to reach the objectives you set for your timberlands. The first thing you, as a landowner, must figure out. Is what do you want from your forest? As professional foresters we will discuss what you want […]

Like all trees in the temperate regions of the world. Hardwood species put on an annual ring of growth. These rings can be easily seen in a cross section of a log or limb. Each spring as trees break dormancy a new growth ring starts to form; these new cells are also called early wood. […]

The center of this yellow poplar rotted out due to damage. If you look close you can see the area in grew over to encapsulate the wound. Trees don’t “heal” like we do. They wall off the area and grow over the dead wood.

Sapwood is the lighter colored outer wood of a tree. The living area of a tree is the cambium layer which is located at the outermost edge of the sapwood, just under the bark. This is where trees grow in girth. The cambium forms the xylem and phloem, which carry water (xylem) and food (phloem) […]