UCCE Forest Research and Management has developed the videos below to aid private forest landowners with creating and implementing a forest management plan. You will find that the videos are grouped by the following topics: Introduction to Forest Management, Forest Management Operations, and Environmental Considerations for Forest Management.
Introduction to Forest Management
Starting Your Forest Management Plan: Introduction to Managing Your Forest - Learn about the importance of developing a forest management plan for your property.
Your Family Forest: Working with a Forester - Learn about how your family forest goals can be enhanced by working with a registered professional forester.
Your Family Forest: Tailoring Management for Your Needs - Describes the types of forest management plans and how to implement these to help guide your property.
Your Family Forest: A Family Heritage - Successful family forest management spans many generations.
Blodgett Forest Research Station - UC Berkeley’s Blodgett Forest Research Station, in the Central Sierra Nevada, provides a place for forestry research for California’s forest owners and managers.
Forest Management Operations
The videos below cover the operational side of forest management, such as grant programs, legacy planning strategies, and income protections.
Assessing Forest Properties - Income and Growth - When managing your family forest, getting good information on your forest, the tree growth, and income projections, are key to making informed decisions.
Conservation Easements: A Tool for Working Forest Conservation - Learn about how conservation easements can be an important economic and conservation tool for family forest owners.
Your Family Forest: Cost Share Programs - California forest owners have an opportunity to develop management plans in order to qualify for cost-share funds to help manage their lands.
Forest Management Plans as Part of a Ranch Strategy - Learn how forest management can be integrated with overall ranch management in a multi-generational family enterprise.
Environmental Considerations for Forest Management
The videos below explain environmental factors that could affect your forest management plan: from protecting against wildfire, identifying threats to your forestland, reforestation practices, and more.
Your Family Forest: Protecting Your Land Against Wildfire - Protecting your family forest from catastrophic wildfire takes active management.
Developing a Reforestation Plan - This outlines the steps for family forest owners to follow in the development of a successful tree planting program on their property.
Forest Health and Management: Drought and Infestation - Learn about the effects of the drought on Sierra Nevada forests and how family forest owners are dealing with its impacts.
Your Family Forest: Threats and Issues - Fire, insects, disease, climate and weather, endangered species, and water quality are just some of the factors a family forest owner needs to consider when managing their lands.