These chapters were written by Bryon W. Loucks, retired forester and small forest landowner, who wanted to share his 50 years of experience with other small forest landowners who are interested in learning more about managing their forest land. They are focused on management of Douglas-fir in western Washington, but many of the chapters contain information that is useful with other species and in other locations. If you have questions or want to make comments, he can be contacted at bryonloucks@gmail.com
The chapters can be downloaded at no charge.
If you find the chapters useful and don’t want to print 300+ pages, you may wish to purchase a bound paperback book from Amazon for $25.
The printed book contains all of the chapters, but not the Contracts in the Appendix.
Chapter 8 – Diseases and Insect Damage
Chapter 12 – Marketing and Final Harvest
Chapter 13 – Growing Douglas-fir
Chapter 15 – Growing Western Redcedar
Chapter 17- Surveying Corners and Property Lines
Appendix: Samples of Contracts. Word versions are provided so you can modify them for your own use.