Columbia County’s forests are incredibly special. The county is home to a large, unbroken block of forest called the Mid-Hudson Wildlife Corridor, which stretches from the mid-Atlantic states to southern New England. This forest corridor that spans Columbia County is of global importance and each of us has a role in protecting it. Here are some resources for conserving your forest, managing it for wildlife, and sustainable timber harvesting.
Forests and Wildlife
- Audubon NY: Basic Forest Management for Birds
- Wildlife and Forestry in New York Northern Hardwoods
- Follow the Forest: Connecting Core Forests in the Eastern US
Forest Management
- Creating and Maintaining Hudson River Views
- Family Forest Carbon Project Webinar
- Management Recommendations for Landowners: Sustaining vibrant, healthy, lands for people and wildlife
- Agroforestry Research Center of Columbia and Greene Counties
- NYS DEC Private Forest Management
- The Place You Call Home: A Guide to Caring for Your Land in New York
- Tree Conservation Resource Center
Conserving Your Forest for the Future
- What To Do With Your Woods: A resource guide for landowners in New York State (a CLC publication)
- Protecting Your Legacy: A New York landowner’s guide to conservation-based estate planning
- Their Land, Their Legacy: A guide to helping inform landowners decisions about the future of their land
- Landowner Decisions Video (link to Vimeo.com)