The Forest Society's mission includes perpetuating New Hampshire's forests through their 'wise use', or sustainable forestry. Working forests--those managed to provide a renewable wood resource--are more likely to remain as forests rather than being lost to development. Visit this page to explore stories and projects related to working forests.
By their nature, and by the nature of their work, foresters oftimes spend their days alone and in the woods. That’s not a problem; foresters like wandering and either talking to themselves or to the trees. There isn’t much need of a loud voice unless some absent-minded bear lopes by or they’re …
An upset caller told me recently that we had “destroyed” a particular piece of forest. Statements like this aren’t easy to hear, but they are opportunities to try to clear up some misunderstandings about forestry.
Change isn’t always pretty. Maybe I should say new change in the woods is …
In the early days of my forestry career it was called Multiple Use Management (MUM). I’m not sure what it’s called these days, because I never left MUM behind. It’s what we do at the Forest Society; we try to figure out what the resources are that can be managed for and then develop a plan …
The Society of American Foresters held their annual convention in Spokane Washington last October. Always an interesting and educational event, this year's conference was entitled Resilient Forests. For my part, I picked up some rather useful information that relates directly with our current …
As a representative of the Forest Society, I was recently invited to take part in a Forestry Roundtable organized by UNH Cooperative Extension. The discussion centered on forestry operations (timber sales) in a large watershed and the potential threats to the quality of water in a central New …
