Early growth of planted trees inside tree shelters. Photo by Jonathan Kays, University of Maryland Extension.
This 76-page full-color pocket field guide provides hands-on techniques to assist the user with implementing land-care practices to create and enhance natural areas for a variety of objectives. The quick reference format includes chapters on converting lawn to natural area, modifying or improving wildlife habitat, improving privacy, beauty, and recreational opportunities, and controlling undesirable plants and insects. If you want to learn how to improve woodland health, manage succession for wildlife, control invasive plants, or other skills and techniques, this field guide will not disappoint.
The publication draws from the knowledge and expertise of The Woods In Your Backyard Partnership, a coalition of forestry and natural resource experts from extension organization in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Department of Forestry, and Maryland Forest Service.