Category Archives: Habitat Management

To the beginner, prescribed fire can appear scary, making it difficult for managers to adopt this as a new habitat…

Last fall, I wrote a blog about converting tall fescue pastures on my family farm into a native early successional…

The world of herbicides is overwhelming and somewhat confusing, making it difficult for landowners to determine what herbicides they should…

People tend to use the terms white and red oaks as reference between two species, but this is actually not…

Removing trees from forest stands is essential to creating good cover and forage by reducing canopy cover and allowing light…

Now is the time of year to complete one of the easiest and most economical habitat improvements available on many…

In the history of land management, there have been countless species that have been planted that later became invasive. Perhaps…

Two years ago, while cutting down a small Virginia pine no larger than 4” in diameter, I was almost badly…

When making the jump from simply planting food plots to full-scale habitat management, one of the best places to start…

While it isn’t nearly as much fun as planting food plots or applying prescribed fire, one of the most important…