Backyard Woods

This bulletin explains how woods provide food, water, shelter, and space.

This bulletin explains how to generate wood products for your own personal use.

This bulletin explains how to collect products generated from plants or fungi to harvest.

This bulletin explains how to select the right trees for wildlife, aesthetics, and products.

This bulletin explains how to prevent personal injury and property damage.

This bulletin explains how to help your woods resist pests.

This bulletin explains how to define your objectives for your woods.

Foresters often use prescribed burns as a management tool to improve the forest.

This bulletin explains how to plant trees to expand for the future.

This bulletin explains how to provide a living filter of water.

This bulletin explains how to prepare for wildfires.

This bulletin explains how often to prune your trees.

The program enables the U.S. Forest Service, working through state foresters, to help private landowners develop plans for the sustainable management of their forests.

Thinning can improve a forest in a number of ways.

This bulletin explains how to safely use a chainsaw for the good of trees.