Forest Management for Wildlife Habitat

• Habitat Connectivity Fact Sheet (2025)
• Early Successional Habitat Fact Sheet (2025)
• Landscape Mosaic Fact Sheet (2025)
• Timber Harvesting Fact Sheet (2025)
• Prescribed Fire Fact Sheet (2025)
• Invasive Species Fact Sheet (2025)

Forest Health and Invasive Species

• Good Green: Homeowner's Guide to Managing Invasive Plants
• Good Green: Land Manager's Guide to Managing Invasive Plants
• Asian Longhorned Beetle Fact Sheet (2021)
• Bamboo Fact Sheet (2021)
• English Ivy Fact Sheet (2021)
• Japanese Stiltgrass Fact Sheet (2021)
• Kudzu Fact Sheet (2021)
• Mile-a-Minute Fact Sheet (2021)
• Multiflora Rose Fact Sheet (2021)
• Oriental Bittersweet Fact Sheet (2021)
• Spongy Moth Fact Sheet (2021)

Woodland Stewardship and Landowner Guidance

• Building a Backyard Forest
• Directory of Consulting Foresters (updated April 2025)
• Directory of Small Acreage Professional Foresters (revised July 2021)
• Shelter and Seedling Maintenance Guide (2024)
• Riparian Buffer Care Calendar
• Agroforestry Species Reference (2026)

State Forest Planning and Certification

• Maryland Forest Action Plan (2020)
• SFI Audit Report (2025)

State Forest Sustainable Management Plans

• Savage River State Forest Sustainable Forest Management Plan (2023)
• Pocomoke State Forest Sustainable Forest Management Plan (2023)

State Forest Annual Work Plans

Annual work plans are developed 18 months before implementation and presented for public comment.

• Chesapeake Forest and Pocomoke State Forest Annual Work Plan (FY2027 Draft)
• Green Ridge State Forest Annual Work Plan (FY2026)
• Potomac-Garrett State Forest Annual Work Plan (FY2026)

Other Reference

• Forest Conservation Act Technical Manual (2024, 4th Edition)
• Maryland's Four Timbersheds: Regional Comparison (2026)