Informational Links
This list of external links gives additional contact information for many other organizations and agencies that can offer specific help and information.
- Annual Events
- Equipment
- Extension Services
- Forestry and Trees
- Government/Environmental Sites
- Maps and Surveying
- Miscellaneous Information
- Safety
- Taxes
- Trail Design
Annual Events
January
- Agriculural Trade Show, Augusta
Swoam Annual Meeting
2011 Presentation: Small Woodland Owners Role in Maine’s Energy Wood Market
2011 Presentation: Future Uses of Wood –What Every Woodland Owner Should Know 2011 Presentation: Putting Public Roads to Bed in Maine: Abandonment vs. Discontinuance – Can the laws be improved?
April
August
September
October
November
Equipment
Chainsaws:
- Oregon Chain's Chainsaw Safety Page
- Oregon Chain's FAQs
- UMaine Chainsaw Safety
- Safety, Operation, Felling Techniques
- British Columbia Falling and Bucking Safety
Equipment:
- Aazel Corporation
- Aazel Corporation, Inc. of California has been supplying quality hand pole saws and pruners for over 60 years. They sell professional quality equipment through major distributors.
- Antique Tractor's Home Page
- There are many resources for antique tractor enthusiasts on this page, including parts for antique tractors.
- Small Tractor FAQ
- Very good tractor resource.
- Union Farm Equipment
- We feature a Tips section for general tractor knowledge and we have a newsletter for our readers to stay up to date. Our product lines include Echo Chain Saws, Vintage Ford Tractor parts, Kubota and New Holland tractors as well as winches, log arches and safety apparel.
Tractors:
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Extension Services
- Michigan State University Extension (search "forest")
- Tremendous references for forest, farm and family. You could spend all day reading here.
- Taking Care of Your Forest
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension has put together this helpful site to assist small woodland owners.
- UMaine Cooperative Extension
- UNH Cooperative Extension Forestry Publications
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Forestry and Trees
- Crop Trees
- Last fall in a joint Mid Coast and Penobscot chapter meeting on the land of Brooks Mills the group was treated to viewing a forest managed for high value crop trees. The following link will take you to an article written by Roger Monthey USDA Forest Service-State and Private Forestry. The article covers in a few minutes what it has taken a lifetime to achieve and it's well worth reading.
- Forest Stewardship: Planning for beauty and diversity
- From N.C. State U. Forestry Department.
- Forestry Field Handbook
- From the Nova Scotia government. Complete technical handbook.
- Forestry Home at About.com.
- Worth the trip!
- How to Identify a Tree
- From about.com
- Know Your Trees Test
- From TreeLink.org
- Maine Forest Service
- Michigan Apples
- Ohio's Trees
- Brief descriptions of the Buckeye state's trees.
- Steve Nix's Alabama Forestry Links
- Some good stuff.
Forest Products:
- Independent Sawmill & Woodlot Magazine
- A magazine for woodlot owners and sawmill operators.
- Logging and Sawmilling Journal
- An online magazine of logging and sawmilling.
- Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station
- Maine Forest Products Council Forest and Paper Industry Lobbying Group
- Maine Wood Products Association Home Page
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Government/Environmental Sites
Government Sites:
- Maine Association of (Soil and Water) Conservation Districts
- Maine State Home Page
- Maine State Legislature
- Maine Department of Conservation
- Maine Forest Service
- Maine Forest Service District Foresters
- Maine Forest Service - What is Ailing My Tree/Shrub/Forest
- Maine Geological Survey
- Maine GIS & Mapping Data
- Maine Landowner Relations Program
- Maine Legislative Session Page
- Maine Natural Areas Program
- University of Maine Cooperative Extension
- US Forest Service Durham, NH
- US Forest Service: Woodland Owners Guide to Internet Resources: States of the Northeast"
- US Forest Service Northeast region
