Northwinds Forestry
Resource Lynx
Programs for Landowners
Videos
MN Stewardship Program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iL7WjFJM4&feature=related
TN Stewardship Program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-Xn6DRQliU&feature=related
Virginia Stewardship Program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrgay2KvN8o&feature=related
Partners for Wildlife Program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5czu931yU
Leopold and NRCS SD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YsWjpD_SDo
NRCS Wildlife http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlq-m8e4XWI
Native Prairie http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/prairierestoration/index.html
Wildlife
Landowner Habitat Guide
Wildlife on the Land Series https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/WildlifeHabitat/yourland.html
Cornell: All About Birds http://www.allaboutbirds.org/Page.aspx?pid=1189&ac=ac
Prevent Bird Collisions http://www.flap.org/
Bird Songs https://www.bird-sounds.net/
Audubon Birds http://birds.audubon.org/species
MN DNR Nature https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/nr/index.html
Forestry
Northwinds Forestry Tree and Shrub Planting Guide http://northwindsforestry.com/Tree_and_Shrubv2.pdf
Match Trees to Soils http://www.gmushrooms.com/Greenwood/Guide.htm
Native Plants and Native Prairie Tax Exemption
Restoration and MN Native Prairie Tax Exemption http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/prairierestoration/index.html
Michigan Native Plant Producers Association mnppa.org
Plant Guide for Uplands and Wetlands http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/restoreyourshore/pg/index.html
Wild Ones wildones.org (not the biker gang)
Invasive Species
USFS Fire Effects and Invasives Control https://www..feis-crs.org/feis
Aquatic and Terrestrial http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/index.html
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) http://www.emeraldashborer.info/news.cfm
Images
Forest Images http://www.forestryimages.org/
Google Images http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Insect Pests and Disease
Emerald Ash Borer (EAB ) http://www.emeraldashborer.info/news.cfm
MN DNR Forest Insect and Disease Newsletter http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fid/index.html
Pest Tracker http://pest.ceris.purdue.edu/index.php
What’s Wrong With My Plant https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/
Cornell Plant Disease http://plantclinic.cornell.edu/
MN DNR Forest Health http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/treecare/forest_health/index.html
Mushrooms
Tom Volk’s Fungi http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/
Roger’s Mushrooms http://www.rogersmushrooms.com/
Dave Fischer’s American Mushrooms http://americanmushrooms.com/basics.htm
MykoWeb http://www.mykoweb.com/
Mushroom Expert http://www.mushroomexpert.com/
Edible Wild Mushrooms http://www.ediblewildmushrooms.com/
Taxes
National Timber Tax http://www.timbertax.org/
Webinars
ForestConnect at Cornell http://cornellforestconnect.ning.com/notes/About_ForestConnect
All You Wanted To Know About Ticks ( and possibly more)
MN Dept. of Health Tick Diseases https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/lyme/index.html
Expose on Lyme Disease https://www.originsofthealth.com/get-educated-about-lyme-disease/
Agencies and Associations
Recreation.gov www.recreation.gov/
Waterfowl Production Areas https://www.fws.gov/refuges/about/public-lands-waters/wetlands-management-districts-and-waterfowl-production-areas
US Forest Service www.fs.usda.gov
National Park Service www.nps.gov
Stewardship
MN Stewardship video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iL7WjFJM4&feature=related
MN DNR Stewardship in your Backyard http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/backyard/index.html
Wildland Fire Prevention and Fire Effects
USFS Firewise www.nfpa.org
MN DNR Firewise https://dnr.state.mn.us/firewise/index.html
USFS Fire Effects and Invasives Control https://www.feis-crs/feis
Soils
NRCS Web Soil Survey websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov
Match Trees to Soils http://www.gmushrooms.com/Greenwood/Guide.htm
Mapping
Compass Declination www.ngdc.noaa.gov/geomag/declination.shtml
Geomac Fire Mapping https://maps.nwcg.gov/sa#%3F/39.8212/-96.270s://maps.nwcg.gov/sa#%3F/39.8212/-96.2709/4.
Google Earth https//www.google.com/earth/index.html
MI Wetlands Map Viewer www.mcgi.state.mi.us/wetlands/
Hardiness Zones https://[planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/
Mapquest mapquest.com/
MN DNR Lakefinder http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lakefind/index.html
MN DNR Airphotos http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/airphotos/index.html
MN DNR Maps http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/index.html
Orchards and Gardens
Lost Nation Orchard http://www.groworganicapples.com/
Garden Watchdog http://davesgarden.com/products/gwd/
NAFEX http://www.nafex.org/
MN What’s Wrong With My Plant https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/
Cornell Growing Guide http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/fruit/homefruit.html
Employment and Just About Everything Else
Marci Johnson http://www.pherkad.com/
My Commitment to Conservation (and good food)
“Out of the Closet” by Kathleen Preece, editor of BetterForests magazine. An article on a Northwinds Stewardship Plan in the Spring 2012 issue, page 2 http://northwindsforestry.com/Out_of_the_Closet_v2.pdf
Managing Michigan’s Wildlife: A landowner's guide. Contributing member of the private lands working group that wrote the guide http://www.midnr.com/Publications/pdfs/HuntingWildlifeHabitat/Landowners_Guide/Resource_Dir/Acrobat/Introduction.pdf
“Double Time” the second conservation easement on my family’s land, page 3 of the newsletter
Original conservation easement protecting wildlife habitat on our family land, page 6 http://landtrust.org/Newsletters/Winter2003-04Newsletter.pdf
More than Mushrooms by Sue Doeden Mushroom Club-1.pdf
Northwinds Forestry Lynx
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