Tree & Woodlot Information (FAQ's)
 

Glossary

• Terminology for Forest Landowners
• A Forest Products Glossary of Terms
• Sawmilling Terminology

 

Manitoba Trees

• Field Guide to Trees of Manitoba
• Tree Care Guide
• Aspen/Conifer Mixed Woods of Manitoba
• Basswood
• Bur Oak
• Green Ash
• Trembling Aspen

 

Tree & Volume Measurements

• Estimating Tree Volumes and When to Sell Timber (PDF)
• Log Volume and Board Feet (Imperial) (PDF)
• Log Volume (Metric) (PDF)
• Stacked Wood (Imperial) (PDF)
• Stacked Wood (Volume in Stacked Cubic Metres) (PDF)
• Tree Measurement (Imperial) (PDF)

 

Factsheets: Woodlot Management and Agroforestry

• Custom Bandsaw Mill Alignment Procedures
• General Harvesting Guidelines for Woodlots
• Landowner's Guide to Managing Riverbottom Forests in Southern Manitoba (PDF)
• Management Recommendations for Riverbottom Forests in Southern Manitoba (PDF)
• Silvopasture

 

Insect Pests

• Ash Plant Bug
• Dutch Elm Disease (PDF)
• Dutch Elm Disease Questions and Answers (PDF)
• Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)

• EAB Canada
• EAB US
• Map of EAB Spread

• Forest Tent Caterpillar (PDF)
• Gypsy Moth
• Jack Pine Budworm (PDF)
• Spruce Budworm (PDF)
• Twolined Chestnut Borer
• Ugly Nest Caterpillar

 

Disease Pests

• Black Knot of Prunus: What are Those Black Lumps on my Trees?
• Winter Sunscald and Frost Cracking: Tree Bark Damaged from Winter Bite
• Bronze Leaf Disease of Poplar
• Browning Leaves on Ash? Likely Ash Anthracnose
• Diseases of Trees: Fire Blight
• Dwarf Mistletoe in Conifers (PDF)
• Making it Tough to Straighten Out: Venturia Leaf and Shoot Blight in Poplar
• Oak Leaf Blister
• Rhizosphaera Needlecast of Spruce: One Possible Explanation for Browning Spruce Needles

 

How to?

• Selective Harvesting in Your Woodlot
• Adding Value to Local Trees
• What's Needed To Keep You Warm This Winter?
• Considerations for a Portable Sawmill
• Does Your Lumber Make the Grade?
• How to Minimize Log and Lumber Depreciation
• How to Treat Lumber Pests - CFIA Lumber Heat Treatment Guidelines
• Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in Manitoba (PDF)
• Making Maple Syrup in Manitoba (PDF)
  
   

Other Forestry Links

• The Wood Doctor: Gene Wengert
• WoodWebTimber Green Forestry
• Timber Growers Alliance – For Global Good Use Local Wood