What Will My Woods Look Like: Before and After Timber Harvesting

This looks like a great resource!

What Will My Woods Look Like: Before and After Timber Harvesting publication is now available. The Maine Forest Service, along with the Maine State Implementation Committee of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, is pleased to announce a new publication (careful this is a large document, will take a bit of time to download) and web page, entitled “What Will My Woods Look Like: Before and After Timber Harvesting.”

Before a timber harvest, there are many things to think about, questions to answer, details to consider. One important outcome that woodland owners often have a hard time imagining is “What will my woods look like after the job is done?”

The website and the associated booklet (PDF | 29.8 MB) show some typical forest stands before and after different kinds of logging operations. The pictures are intended to help start a pre-harvest discussion about post-harvest results. The forest scenes also help tell the story of woodland stewardship, forest management, and the professionals who make it happen.

We plan to expand the project with additional picture sets. If you have a series of photos that show woodland stewardship activities over time, we would love to see them. Please look at the section of the web site called “How To Submit Pictures” for more details.

Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry