Stewardship weblinks
Below are the links that were provided by speakers in the Forest Stewardship webinar series.
Soil Resources: Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Survey
Water resources:
- Identify your Watershed: EPA's Surf Your Watershed
- Identify Watershed Impairments: EPA's My Waters Mapper
- Water Quality and other Environmental Info: EnviroMapper for Water
County Zoning and Ordinances
Aerial Photographs
Topographic maps
Topographic maps
GIS Viewers
Photos and Maps
- UCCE pamphlet on Farm Maps
- UCCE pamphlet on Photo-Monitoring
Forest Planning
- UCCE Forest Stewardship Series 18: Stewardship Objectives and Planning
- CalFire's California Forest Improvement Program
- Cal Fire's California Cooperative Forest Management Plan Template
Carbon and Climate Change
- Journal of Forestry special supplement on carbon
- Climate Change information online at Cal-Adapt.org
Financial aspects
- Rick Standiford's forest economic analysis spreadsheets
- Evaluating Investments in Natural Resource Management publication
- California Board of Equalization Timber Tax Schedule
- California Board of Equalization Harvest Value Schedule
Biomass and Timber Markets
- UCCE biomass website http://ucanr.org/WoodyBiomass
- UCCE biomass site's 10 biomass to energy feasibility studies funded by USFS and CARC&DC
- UCCE biomass site's Hardwood utilization information
- UCCE biomass site's California Biomass power plant map
Finding Technical Assistance
- UC Cooperative Extension Local Offices
- Forest Stewardship Helpline 1- 800?738?TREE
- Forestland Steward Newsletter
- Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
- CalFIRE Forestry Assistance program
- CalFIRE forestry specialists in each area
- CalFIRE's Find a Registered Professional Forester directory
- CalFIRE's Find a Licensed Timber Operator directory