Handbooks and Guides

• NEW for 2020! The Woods in Your Backyard - Second Edition
• Field Manual for Managing Eastern White Pine Health in New England (PDF | 9.25 MB)
• What Will My Woods Look Like? Before and After Timber Harvesting
• The Forestry Rules of Maine 2017: A Practical Guide for Foresters, Loggers and Woodlot Owners - 2nd Edition
• Best Management Practices for Forestry: Protecting Maine's Water Quality

• Maine Forest Service Rule Chapter 25: Standards for Placing Wood Into Stream Channels to Enhance Cold Water Fisheries Habitat
  
  File Format: PDF | 902 KB
  Dated: January 2, 2023
• Maine Register of Big Trees - 2020
  
  File Format: PDF | 1.9 MB
  Dated: September 2020
• The Forestry Rules of Maine 2014: A Practical Guide for Foresters, Loggers and Woodlot Owners
  
  File Format: PDF | 4.8 MB
  Dated: June 2014
• Maine Register of Big Trees - 2009
  
  File Format: PDF | 321 KB
  Dated: February 26, 2009
• Forestry Habitat Management Guidelines for Vernal Pool Wildlife
  A cooperative publication of the University of Maine, Maine Audubon, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Maine Department of Conservation, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.
  File Format: PDF | 1.2 MB
  Dated: January 19, 2004

• Forest Trees of Maine Centennial Edition - 1908 to 2008
  File Format: pdf
  Dated: January 1, 2008