A woman called the other day for advice about some ``wild land'' she and her husband had bought. They would be moving there from their house on a microscopic ...
Wildfire is a natural part of Earth's environment; sparked in most cases by lightning strikes and occasionally by volcanic eruptions. Wildfires consume a ...
Cities aren't just centers of commerce, industry, education, and culture. They are also living entities urban ecosystems with green spaces and waterways that ...
The solution to the urban sprawl is not to be found in more legislation, rules, and regulation, says Honachefsky, but in local communities and how they develop ...
Most people in the US live in cities but may not understand the ecological processes going on around them. People influence ecological conditions and at the ...
Leaning trees are difficult to assess for catastrophic risk management. In leaning trees, the strength in tension and compression of various portions of the ...
Estimating the forces and loads applied in tree systems requires the weight of different parts and portions be determined. One of the most difficult measures ...
Wind and gravity are the two primary forces acting upon tree crowns. The structural resistance to these forces by the tree require complex allocation ...
Leaf color formation is a natural process. Short, cool days of fall bring changes to trees. Green light-capture systems must be closed-down for winter. ...
Autumn tree colors grace our landscapes. The palette of potential colors are as diverse as the natural world. The climate-induced senescence process trees ...
Trees loose their leaves by design. When leaves become inefficient and unable to produce food and growth regulators, a process of shutting-down and sealing-off ...
This tree study manual has been prepared to aid 4-H Club members, teachers, youth group leaders, and others who want to identify or to know more about the ...
Tree and shrub fertilization is especially important in urban and suburban areas of Virginia where soils have been altered due to construction. These urban ...
In urban or suburban neighborhoods, trees and shrubs often need fertilizing. Modern home- building methods create adverse growing conditions for plants. Often, ...
The purpose of this report is to provide information on the properties of some common California landscaping plants that can be used to determine how a ...
More people are moving into Colorado's rural areas, increasing the chances of wildfire. ``"Defensible space" is the primary determinant of a structure's ...
Areas where homes meet the forest are called the wildland/urban interface. A home in a woodland setting is surrounded by flammable forest fuels - a real danger ...
The Firewise Home Page was created for people who live or vacation in fire prone areas of North America. The information contained here will help you to become ...
The 1993 floods along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries have caused tremendous losses in terms of human life, homes, businesses and ...
Everybody knows that blue birds nest in spring and summer. The rest of the year bird boxes are empty. Really? Ever thought of going out on a winter's day and ...
This map layer data set is a grid map of North America including the Caribbean and most of Mexico. The data set is an excerpt from a global assessment of ...
This publication provides basic information about forest health to land managers, extension personnel, students, educators, those involved in setting public ...
In some situations, injecting trees with fungicides is an effective treatment for the management of Dutch elm disease (DED). Several injection products are on ...
The Georgia Urban Forest Council is a non-profit organization offering educational and other opportunities to promote excellent community forestry policies, ...
Domestic Rabbits And Their Care
