A wonderful site that links to various SFP information
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/fp/fpntfp/fpntfp.htm Crafting Classes
http://www.northhouse.org Global Perspectives on SFP
http://www.agroforester.com/overstory/overstory55.html MN-DNR's SFP Harvest to Market Directory
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/forestry/um/sfp_htm_directory.pdf Silviculture Journal
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/silvics_manual/table_of_contents.htm The Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station and the Top of the Ozarks RC&D in Missouri, through the initial support of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry Economic Action Programs, are collaborating to develop and operate this first web site devoted to gathering information on products and markets. We seek to provide information in simple formats and serve as a national clearing house that is useful by NTFP harvesters and growers, marketers, processors, and end-users.
http://www.sfp.forprod.vt.edu/ This website contains conservation and development information on commercial, recreational, and subsistence extraction of non-timber forest products (NTFP).
http://ifcae.org/ntfp/ US NTFP Species Database
http://www.ifcae.org/cgibin/ntfp/db/dbsql/db.cgi?db=prod&uid=default
Boreal Culturescapes" is an occasional newsletter of the Taiga
Institute for Land, Culture & Economy. E-mail: them at Taiga-institute@voyageur.ca
If you are interested in how to culture native plants in a natural
to semi-natural forest environment you will be interested in two
books by Norma Phillips. Titles are "Adventures of a 'Wild'
Plant Woman" and "The Root Book--How to Plant Wild Flowers".
The first book is full of valuable information about native plants
and how to plant and cultivate them. It is a marvelous book that
shows true expertise and knowledge about some of our loveliest and
most interesting northwoods plants.
The "Root Book" describes the underground parts of many
native wildflowers. Roots, rhizomes, bulbs, and other underground
parts are described for each species with recommendations on how
to remove them from the soil and transplant them to new places.
An important theme through both books is how to use these plants
yet not destroy or eliminate them from our forests. These books
are a "must read" for all interested in the plants and
ecology of the northwoods. Check out a local/regional bookstore
for availability. We have found them at the Village Bookstore in
Grand Rapids, Minnesota (201 NW 4th Street, Grand Rapids, MN 55744.
Phone 218-326-9458)
What the ‘experts’ are saying
Harvest of balsam boughs and princess pine for wreathes is a thriving
business in northern Minnesota. The Balsam Bough Partnership is
a group concerned about good harvesting practices for these materials.
Boughs are a renewable resource but only if harvested correctly.
Guidelines for harvest are available at US Forest Service, Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources and County Land offices in northern
Minnesota.
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