Increase Woodland Products Through Timber Stand Improvement
http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/forestry/g05150.htm
Many options are open to woodland owners. They may use a TSI program to increase the woodland's value for timber products, water, recreation, forage, wildlife, natural beauty, or for special products. Fortunately, work done to improve one use also benefits others in most cases.
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Intermediate Cuttings in Forest Management
http://cecommerce.uwex.edu/pdf/G3398.PDF
This publication discusses the most important intermediate cut for many stands--thinning.
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Intermediate-Aged Stand Management: Between Planting and Harvest
http://www.forestry.uga.edu/warnell/service/library/index.php3?docID=257
Many forest stands in Georgia suffer from three common problems of middle-aged forests: Poor management, if any at all; no planning for regeneration; and stands that are too dense.
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Management of Forested Landscapes: Simulations of three alternatives
http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/pubs/ja/ja_boyce001.pdf
This article compares simulated consequences of three different opinions as if each were imposed on the same forested landscape in the southern Applalachian Mountains. One set of opinions would stop all harvest of timber, another would impose traditional forestry practices, and the third would impose landscape forestry.
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Managing the Family Forest in the South
http://sref.info/publications/online_pubs/family_forest.pdf
Many of our forefathers came to this country because it
offered an opportunity to own land. This desire is still inherent
in many farmers and other private individuals who own 67
percent of the 182,164,000 acres of commercial forest land in
the South. The practice of forestry on these holdings offers
individuals something that can be both financially and
spiritually rewarding and, at the same time, contribute to the
local and national economies.
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Money CAN Grow on Trees
http://www.wvu.edu/~exten/depts/af/ahc/monygrow.htm
This page contains a series of fact sheets designed to help you make the most of your West Virginia woodlands, with topics ranging from taxes to forest management.
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Plan On It! Woodland Stewardship
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/naturalresources/DD5697.html
Become a woodland steward by actively managing your land for personal benefits, while protecting the quality of its natural resources (soil, water, wildlife, trees and other plants) for future generations.
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Planning Your Forest's Future
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh079.pdf
If you are a forest landowner, you should have a management plan that organizes your personal objectives into a comprehensive strategy for attaining what you want from your woods.
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Private Forest Management Team
http://www.pfmt.org
Website providing technical information for forest landowners and management providers in Alabama. Work in progress--will cover all aspects of forest managment.
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Silvics & Silviculture--The Agriculture of Trees
http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/forestry/silvics.htm
This article discusses a few of the silvicultural harvest techniques applied most often in Appalachian hardwoods.
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