White Oak Initiative’s - Landowners for Oaks Series

Laurie Thomas and Darren Morris

The White Oak Initiative continues to expand and grow, reaching across 22 states within the native range of white oak. Industries, universities, state and federal agencies, conservation organizations, private landowners and many others have rallied around the White Oak Initiative to help ensure healthy upland oak forests for generations to come. 

Since most of the forests within the white oak’s range are privately owned a series of publications were created to inform and assist those landowners with their white oak and upland oak forests. This Landowners for Oaks Series includes a total of 11 publications. Eight of the publications are factsheet that cover identifying characteristics, site characteristics and natural history information about white oak and seven other important upland oaks which include northern red, southern red, black, chinkapin, chestnut, scarlet and post oak. Authors for these include Laurie Thomas and Darren Morris. The remaining three publications are called Understanding the Importance of White Oak, Challenges of Upland Oak Regeneration, and Sustainable Oak Management Practices. Authors for these include Dr. Jeff Stringer and Darren Morris.