The S&W Library - Feature Articles

The S&W Library contains an array of articles featured in past editions of the S&W Report - the newsletter of the Ontario Woodlot Association. The newsletter is published quarterly and a subscription is available through membership in the OWA.
Forest Pests and Diseases
· Asian Longhorned Beetle
· Butternut Cancer
· Controlling Invasive Plants
· Emerald Ash Borer
· Emerald Ash Borer Spreads Its Wings - New Publication
· Invasive Exotic Species in Your Woodlot
· Pine Shoot Beetle
· Rodent Bait Stations
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Logging - Saw Milling - Forest Products
· Air Drying Lumber
· Birdseye Maple
· Constructing a Biltmore Stick
· Converting Hardwood Logs to Kiln Dried Lumber
· Getting the More from Your Bandsaw
· Hardwood Lumber Grades
· Lalonde Sugarbush Sap Sweetness
· Log Scaling - Ontario Log Rule
·
Maple Sugarbush Mangement
Part 1: Planning and Management Options
Part 2: Sugar Bush Health
Part 3: Sugar Bush Safety and Liability
Part 4: Maple Facts
· Protecting Watercourses During Logging Operations
·
Sawmill Concepts
Part 1: Lumber Sawing Techniques
Part 2: Sawing Lumber Using the Quarter Scales
Part 3: Blade Theory and Terminology
Part 4: Introduction to Drying Lumber
Part 5: Wood Drying Defects and Warpage
Part 6: Kiln Drying Lumber
· Small Scale Logging
· Tree Marking, An Introduction
· Tips on Winching
· What is Scale Ruling?
· Woodlot Marketplace
· Working Safely in the Woodlot: Chainsaw Safety
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Wildlife & Other Forest Values
· Bats - Ontario's Flying Mammal
· Canada Yew
· Cavity Trees in Your Woodlot
· Cavity Trees - Nature's Refuge
· Fishers, The Spotlight On
· Managing Ginseng in Your Woodlot
· Managing for Mast Trees
·
Mushrooms in Your Woodlot
Mushrooms: Part 1
Mushrooms: Part 2
Mushrooms: Part 3
· Non-fibre Values - An Exotic Food Web
· Non-Fibre Values - Trapping Nutrients - Bloodroot
· Non-fibre Values - Red Skies
· Ontario Natural Selections - Because Seed Source Matters
· Shiitake Mushroom Production in Southern Ontario Woodlots
· Spring Planting - Plants for Wildlife
· Turtles in Ontario
· Vernal Pools
· Wild Apple Trees - Pruning for Wildlife
· Wildlife Habitat - Creating Forest Openings
· Woodland Plants - Trillium
· Woodland Plants - Red, White and Blue (berries)
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Woodlot Management
· Allowing Crop Trees Room to Grow in Young Hardwood Stands
· The Art of Timber Cruising, Part I - Point Sampling
· The Art of Timber Cruising, Part II - Fixed Area Plots
· The Basics of Forest Soil
· Careful Logging Extension Note
· Careful Logging Practices, Part I - Bark Abrasion
· Careful Logging Practices, Part II - Logging Damage Criteria
· Careful Logging Practices, Part III - Physical Site Damage
· Cooperative Approach to Woodlot Management
· Creating a Management Plan
· Ecological Restoration of Red Spruce
· Group Selection: Managing for Mid-Tolerant Species
· Healthy Woodlot Includes Cavity Trees
· Innovative Tree Mulch
· Regenerating Red Oak
· Sample Contract - Selling Standing Timber
· To Cut of Not to Cut
· Tree Planting - Using Certified Seed
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Other Articles of Interest
· Appealing Your Property Assessment
· Climate Change - How Will it Affect our Forests
· Conservation Easements
· Densified Wood Products
· Estate Planning for Woodlot Owners
· Mining and Surface Rights
· Managed Forest Property Assessment 101
· The Role of Forests in the Kyoto Protocol
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Additional feature articles about woodlot management can also be found on the OWA’s sister Web site <ontariowoodlot.com> on the On-line Publication page.
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