Red Oaks and White Oaks: What’s The Difference?
People tend to use the terms white and red oaks as reference between two species, but this is actually not…
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Hack And Squirt: Killing Trees With A Hatchet
Removing trees from forest stands is essential to creating good cover and forage by reducing canopy cover and allowing light…
Fescue Control: A Quick and Cheap Habitat Improvement for Deer
Now is the time of year to complete one of the easiest and most economical habitat improvements available on many…
Sericea Lespedeza Control
In the history of land management, there have been countless species that have been planted that later became invasive. Perhaps…
Personal Protective Equipment For Chainsaw Use
Two years ago, while cutting down a small Virginia pine no larger than 4” in diameter, I was almost badly…
Edge Feathering
When making the jump from simply planting food plots to full-scale habitat management, one of the best places to start…
Methods For Controlling Woody Invasives
While it isn’t nearly as much fun as planting food plots or applying prescribed fire, one of the most important…
Explaining Basal Area
Basal area is a measurement used to express the area occupied by trees in a forest stand, and is a…
Sprayer Calibration: The Why and How
From invasive species control to food plots, our sprayer is used nearly every day that I work on habitat management…
Why You Should Use Prescribed Fire
If you spend much time perusing habitat management articles, channels, and blogs you likely have heard that prescribed fire is…