As a landowner you can conduct management activities that improve the health and quality of your forest. These activities focus on improving the quality of the trees by improving soil quality, reducing the number of trees competing for resources and other factors. These publications and resources are available for you to gain a better understanding of the activities that one may carry out related to forest productivity.

• Accomplishing Forest Stewardship with Hand-Applied Herbicides (AG-530)
• Crop Tree Management in North Carolina (WON-33)
• Forests as an Alternative for Poultry Manure Application (AG-739)
• Forests as an Alternative for Swine Manure Application (AG-740W)
• Forest Land Enhancement Practices for North Carolina
• Forest Soils and Site Index (WON-7)
• Nutrition Management for Longleaf Pinestraw (WON-30)
• Pruning Woodland Trees (WON-34)
• Thinning Pine Stands (WON-13)
• Using Animal Manures in Forest Fertilization (AG-738)

OTHER LINKS

• NC State University Forest Productivity Cooperative
• NC State University Tree Improvement Program
• NC Forest Service Nursery & Tree Improvement Program