Table of Contents

Preface; Chapter 1 Your Land's Ecology; (What Have You Got and How Does It Fit?); Chapter 2 How To Improve Your Woods; Inventory and Planning; What Do You Want? How Do You Get It? Old Growth; Cutting Strategy; Evergreen Cover; Wolf Trees; Mast Trees; Apple Trees; Woodlot Borders and Other Brushy Areas; Brush Piles; Rock Piles; Living Brush Piles; Snake Hibernacula; Dead Wood; Openings; Logging Roads and Trails; Daylighting; Dusting Areas; Water; Corridors

About the Author

Neil F. Payne is professor emeritus of wildlife, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he taught full time and conducted research. Neil worked in Canada and the United States, including the University of Washington in Seattle, and the Newfoundland Wildlife Service. He grew up in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, and obtained a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Ph.D. from Utah State University. He was a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam. He spends his retirement in Plover, WI, Campbellton, Nfld. and Sanibel Island, FL. Neil is a certified Wildlife Biologist. He has received various awards and recognition's. He is listed in Contemporary Authors and The Writers Directory.