Holistic Forest Management

User: adwilcox06@googlemail.com

Vendor: Drive Green - Green Energy Consumers Alliance

Action: 2586 - Ecological Landscaping

We manage our land for multiple objectives, mainly environmental impact/ecological quality, our aesthetic enjoyment and nature education, and the minor production of firewood and food for our own usage.  We divided our property into “zones” where the terrain, soils, water features and previous land use make a distinct plant community with distinct management needs to achieve our objectives.  We made a plant inventory and documented over 200 species across the zones.  We manage very lightly, removing invasives, favoring natives that are present, and seeding/transplanting a selected number of native plants.  We enjoy the process and believe that it generates some modest positive impacts on the climate, biodiversity and society through carbon storage, habitat creation and water protection.