When talking to a forester or logger, you may hear them refer to a "stand," but what exactly is a "stand?" A stand in forestry refers to a group of trees comparable in species composition, stem...

White pine shelterwood in Maine Shelterwood cutting is a multiple-entry method of timber harvesting focused on establishing regeneration. A shelterwood cut only partially harvests the canopy of a...

Paramount to any forester or timberland owner is the question of how fast forests grow. In the United States, an acre of forest land grows approximately .59 cords of wood per year. However, there is...

Foresters are professionals trained in scientific forest management, and they perform a wide array of tasks within the discipline of forestry, but exactly what does a forester do? The tasks and...

Sometimes, there are just too many trees on a given acre of forest. Excessive competition can choke out individuals and hamper timber growth for decades. Foresters and woodlot owners use...

If anything has become clear, it is that the 2020s is a decade for antifragile investing. Antifragility, as coined by Nassim Taleb in his book "Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder," refers to...