Introduction - Getting More from Your Woodlot

SUMMARY

Good planning is the key to practising integrated resource management on woodlots. The basic steps required to practice IRM include:

1. setting goals and objectives for your woodlot
2. identifying resourcese available to you
3. establishing priorities based on available resources, complementary goals, and conflicting goals
4. working with neighbouring landowners
5. learning and following basic sound ecological principles
6. developing a management plan with realistic operating plans.
   

Following these steps will increase your level of satisfaction, allow you to achieve multiple goals and objectives, help you make better decisions, and should result in ecologically sustainable practices. They will help ensure you get what you want from your woodlot while ensuring that your children will have the same opportunities. The landowners discussed on pages 18-21 are excellent examples of how this can be done.

SUGGESTED OUTLINE FOR PREPARING YOUR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT PLAN

INTRODUCTION
WOODLOT HISTORY, BACKGROUND, LOCATION, ETC.

 OBJECTIVES

WOODLOT DESCRIPTION RESOURCES