A woodlot is a segment of a woodland or forest capable of small-scale production of forest products such as wood fuel , sap for maple syrup, sawlogs, as well as recreational uses like bird watching, bushwalking, and wildflower appreciation. Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ... Eucalyptus Forest at Swifts Creek in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. ... Wood burning is the largest current use of biomass derived energy. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... People participating in summer luge as a form of recreation, in the Vosges. ... Birding or birdwatching is a hobby concerned with the observation and study of birds (the study proper is termed American origin; birdwatching is (or more correctly, was) the commonly-used word in Great Britain and Ireland and by non-birders in the United States. ... Beautiful natural scenes are common hiking destinations Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ... Five wildflower species Penstemon strictus A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. ...

Many woodlots occur as part of a larger farm or as buffers and undevelopable land between these and other property types such as housing subdivisions, industrial forests, or public properties (highways, parks, watersheds, etc). Very small woodlots can occur where a subdivision has not met its development potential, or where terrain does not easily permit other uses. Very large woodlots (hundreds of acres) might emerge where profitable wood species have been depleted by commercial logging practices or compromised by diseases, leaving little choice but to divide and liquidate the real estate for other purposes. A typical North American grain farm with farmstead in Ontario, Canada A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ... An Australian park A park is any of a number of geographic features. ... Watershed has more than one meaning: Look up watershed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Loggers on break, c. ...

One distinguishing characteristic of a woodlot is that the parcel size or quality of wood on the parcel does not generally justify full-scale commercial harvesting, leaving many woodlots as private investments by individuals. On the other hand, good forest management practices, even on a small scale, may create a sustainable source of products, which can significantly contribute to the aggregate inventory available to forest-product consumers. Forest management includes a range of human interventions that affect forest ecosystems. ...

Woodlot economics

A woodlot of a generally non-commercial nature, may make it difficult to justify the expense of ownership, capital equipment, management and harvesting, unless some revenue can be added to the intangible benefits.

Some jurisdictions encourage woodlots (over subdivisions) by providing property tax reductions (see, e.g., Current use) or by subsidized consulting and management plans. For example, a state or provincial government may recognize the important contributions that small, non-industrial land owners make to conservation of natural resources, and provide administrative tools, information and even funding. Property tax, millage tax is an ad valorem tax that an owner of real estate or other property pays on the value of the property being taxed. ...

There may also be income tax advantages for those who are able to operate their woodlot as a small business, or even as a passive investment (e.g., capital equipment depreciation, inventory depletion and operating expense deductions). An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons, corporations, or other legal entities. ...

Depending on soils, aspect, parcel size and plant species and age, a properly managed woodlot might provide sufficient firewood annually for heating a number of local homes, as well as sawlogs and poles for periodic constuction or repair of out-buildings. In fact, some states (including New Hampshire) grant woodlot owners an exemption from harvest "yield taxes" otherwise payable on limited quantities taken for personal use. A suitably capable and equipped woodlot owner may enjoy doing the work himself (simple forestry, road-building, selective logging, firewood processing, etc). Others might prefer sharing the costs with similarly situated neighbors to have several adjacent parcels managed simultaneously by local loggers. Otherwise, hiring professionals to reap small quantities of firewood may be too expensive to be cost-effective. SOiL is a five-piece hard rock/metal music group from Chicago, Illinois. ... In geography, aspect generally refers to the direction to which a mountain slope faces. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A logger is someone who is employed in the logging industry to cut down and transport trees to market. ...

With the relatively high cost of fossil fuels for heating, a personal woodlot may be held as a biomass energy "savings account". When fuel prices go up, the woodlot pays for itself by providing firewood. When fuel prices go down, the woodlot can be left to mature, or managed for improved output of other products with an eventual higher profit. Fossil fuels are hydrocarbon-containing natural resources such as coal, petroleum and natural gas. ... |0. ...

However, because of the slow nature of tree growth (for most valuable firewood trees), the profitability of many woodlots must be viewed as a long-term investment, with 20 to 50 years of management necessary before harvesting at a profit. Furthermore, in areas undergoing development, market pressures may ultimately result in poorly managed woodlots being sold and subdivided, often merely because property taxes become unbearable.

See also

• Woodland management
• Forest protection
• Urban rural fringe
• Conservation development
• Sustainable forest management