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- Make a Frog Pond for Your Wildlife Garden
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Every wildlife garden has room for a backyard frog pond. Six kinds of frogs have found my little mini ponds that I made especially for them. I like seeing them and hearing their calls at night.
- Littleleaf Disease on Loblolly Pine: A Selected Bibliography
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Because of loblolly pine's importance as a commercial timber species and its role as a landscape shade tree, this literature review was prepared to help the resource manager and plant health care specialist.
- Elm Leaf Beetle
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The elm leaf beetle attacks all species of elm, it may also become a household nuisance by migrating into homes and buildings during the fall months.
- Earth on Edge: Urban Ecosystems
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Cities aren't just centers of commerce, industry, education, and culture. They are also living entities urban ecosystems with green spaces and waterways that bring together nature and human habitat.
- Direct Control Methods for the Southern Pine Beetle
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This handbook describes currently recommended direct control practices. These measures will minimize timber losses during outbreak periods.
- Choosing A Safety Consultant
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Added: February 15, 2008This publication provides the reader with simple guidelines that may be useful in selecting an effective consultant.
- Cener for Urban Forestry Research
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The Pacific Southwest Research Station for the USDA Forest Service
- Hickory Horned Devil - A Regal Moth in the Making
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Added: February 23, 2001The hickory horned devil is the largest caterpillar that occurs in East Texas and looks like a small dragon. For some people who come across it unexpectedly, it can be very intimidating. In spite of its scary appearance, the hickory horned devil is completely harmless.
- Coyote Control in the Eastern United States BROKEN
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Coyote Control in the Eastern United States
- Oaks n Folks Newsletter
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Oaks 'n Folks is the regular newsletter of the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program.
- The Storm-Damaged Landscape After a Disaster
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This check list provides suggestions as to how an owner can assess and repair damaged landscape after a storm.
- PRODUCING FIREWOOD FROM YOUR WOODLOT
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Learn how you might manage a small woodlot for firewood production.
- Nest Boxes for Cavity-Nesting Birds in Oklahoma
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This paper describes how to build simple boxes for cavity-nesting birds and where to place the boxes for best results.
- Natural and Artificial Regeneration of Loblolly Pine
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Landowners frequently ask professional foresters how to manage their timberlands. The answers they get always vary according to the different situations and purposes of the landowners. Management begins with regeneration. Unfortunately, many acres harvested in Alabama are not regenerated adequately by natural means, by planting, or by seeding.
- Make a Tree-frog Pond
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Added: October 20, 2008One summer day a few years ago I improvised a bird bath out of a large plant pot about a foot tall and a foot wide. I put a little branch in it so the birds could walk down the branch to reach the water.
- Insects and Diseases
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Surveys and current ID problems plaguing the forests.
- Getting the Most Return from Your Timber Sale
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If you are thinking about selling timber or if you are approached with an offer to buy some of your timber, don't "jump too quickly." Taking time to find out what you have to sell, then choosing the appropriate method of marketing will usually result in substantially more income and satisfaction for the seller.
- Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface
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Added: January 19, 2008One of the major issues in the southern wildland-urban interface``is the loss of homes to wildfire. While fire control agencies play an``important role in fire prevention and the protection of``homes, there are actions that individual homeowners can``take to reduce the vulnerability of their home to wildfire.
- County Timber Harvesting Regulations and Ordinances in Georgia
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Find which counties in Georgia have timber harvesting ordinances or regulations, and what they are.
- Christmas Tree Pest Manual
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This manual can help you identify and control damaging Christmas tree pests in the North Central region of the United States. Most of the information also applies to the northeastern states and to the southern portions of the Canadian Provinces that border these states.
- Christmas Tree Marketing
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Youve grown Christmas trees for some eight to 10 years, and now you are ready to reap the benefits of your harvest. Sell the trees to savor the profits. Is it that easy? Well no, not exactly.
- Channel Catfish Production in Ponds
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This publication briefly outlines the basic requirements for successful catfish farming in Georgia.
- Building Design and Construction Guidelines
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These Guidelines provide designers and builders with guidance on "Green Building" Design. The City of Santa Monica has adopted a set of guidelines to facilitate the development of "green" buildings in Santa Monica without forcing excessive costs or other burdens upon developers, building owners or occupants.
- Bob-White Quail
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This publication identifies habitat requirements for the bob-white and discusses quail management techniques.
- Air Drying of Lumber
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This report describes how lumber can be air-dried most effectively under outdoor conditions and illustrates the principles and procedures of air-drying lumber that were developed through field investigations and observations of industrial practices.
- Agricultural Management Practices And Soil Quality: Measuring, Assessing, and Comparing Laboratory and Field Test Indicators of Soil Quality Attribute
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This publication describes: (1) some indicators of soil that can be measured with a simple test kit developed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS); (2) directions for interpreting these measurements; (3) the effects of soil amendments on soil quality attributes; and (4) comparisons of field kit and laboratory results.
- Even and Un-Even Forest Management (PDF)
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An explanation of two basic forest management regimes.
- Pollination of Citrus Hybrids
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explains and details in a chart common citrus hybrids and their pollination
- The Southern Pine Beetle
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This publication helps landowners by explaining the symptoms of a Southern Pine Beetle attack, what to do about it, and how to prevent it.
- Put a Fruit Feeder in the Wild Garden
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I have a special persimmon tree in my garden. An old Japanese variety called Jiro, it holds its fruit well into the winter and is a favorite food of our mockingbird.
