USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service

A well-marked trail leads to young forest and shrubland habitat that provides food and cover for golden-winged and cerulean warblers, and a host of other wild animals, too.

Working with their woodland, a family uses different timber harvest practices to promote forest health and wildlife habitat, along with recreation, education, and a financial return.

Cutting trees, ousting invasive shrubs, and prescribed burning are some of the techniques conservationists are using to restore a heath ecosystem on a central Massachusetts farm.

Carefully creating young forest and shrubland on this 613-acre private club helps wildlife while linking members to broader state and regional conservation efforts.