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- Need to Burn Debris?
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Added: November 05, 2008Throughout history, fire has been both a servant and an enemy of man. When under man’s control it provides light and heat, cooks food, and eliminates unwanted debris. Out of control, fire can damage or destroy valuable resources: forests needed for wood and fiber production; wildlife, its habitat and food sources; watersheds that produce high-quality water; soils; forage for domestic livestock; scenic beauty; man’s improvements to the land such as fences, outbuildings, homes, etc.; and sometimes human life itself.
- Income Opportunites in Special Forest Products
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For many rural areas, the path to sustainable economic development will include innovative approaches to natural resource conservation, management, and utilization. This publication describes special forest products that represent``opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes.
- Illinois Small Community Tree Programs: Attitude, Status and Needs
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In Illinois, 95% of the state's incorporated communities are classified as small (population less than 25,000), with approximately one-third of the state's citizens (3.6 million of 11.2 million) residing in these small communities. The objective of this survey was to obtain information on the status and needs of programs for managing public shade and street trees in the small communities of Illinois.
- Harbison Environmental Education Forest
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Harbison Environmental Education Forest's emphasis is on natural resource education, providing demonstrations of forestry practices as well as recreation. Visitors are encouraged to come, enjoy, and even volunteer to help with the development of this valuable urban forest.
- Wildland-Urban Fire Research Homepage
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Wildland-urban ignition research indicates that a home's characteristics and the area immediately surrounding a home within 100 to 200 feet principally determine a home's ignition potential during a severe wildland fire. I refer to this area that includes a home and its immediate surroundings as the home ignition zone.
- Guidelines for Prevention and Control of Forest Pests Affecting Pine...
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Trees may be impacted by different pests depending on the species, age, site, and condition of the tree. When a tree problem is correctly identified, appropriate action can be taken when necessary.
- Some Things You Should Know About Wildlife In Alabama
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Because of its geographic location; its high proportion and diversity of forest land; its short but fertile coastline; its abundance and favorable distribution of surface water; its generally productive soils; its mild climate; its diversity of land uses, farm enterprises, and land ownerships; its wide variety and abundance of plants; and other factors, Alabama supports a richness, a variety, and in many places an abundance of valuable wildlife.
- Measuring Standing Trees and Logs
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Virginia's guide to measuring existing stands of trees and or logs.
- Iowa Urban and Community Forestry Council
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Added: July 18, 2002Sixty-one percent of the roughly 2.7 million Iowa residents live in urban and community settings. Trees, whether growing along our community's streets, parks, riparian areas or within private properties, benefit climate, energy conservation, economics, social issues, landscape and aesthetics.
- How to Diagnose Black Walnut Damage
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Black walnut trees, like all other plants, are susceptible to a variety of injuries that reduce or destroy their usefulness. The first step in preventing or controlling these injuries is to identify their cause. Most damage is caused by disease, insects, birds, mammals, or weather.
- American Forest and Paper Association
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Added: May 28, 2008Sustainable forestry is a dynamic concept that will evolve with experience and new knowledge provided through research. AF&PA views these Principles and Implementation Guidelines as the latest of many steps in a progressive evolution of United States industrial forestry practices.
- Casuarina cunninghamianaMiq. (River sheoak) in Florida and its Potential as a Windbreak Plant for Citrus Groves
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Details the bacterial disease Casuarina cunninghamiana and its affect on citrus trees
- Guide To Using Perennial Peanut As A Cover Crop In Citrus
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details the benefits of using the perennial peanut as a cover crop between citrus rows
- Tree Selection Guide for South Carolina
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This site includes a list of considerations necessary to be made before selecting a tree, including use, site, and aesthetics.
- Planting Trees In Your Landscape
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Good landscape plants can increase property value, save energy, and provide privacy and beauty around your home. This publications provides helpful information on planting, watering, and fertilizing your new trees.
- Federally Listed Endangered Species in Georgia
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Endangered and threatened species of animals and plants are given federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Federal protection includes individuals of a listed species, habitats essential for their survival, and limitations on pesticide use. Th...
- Federal Listing: Candidate Species in Georgia
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Candidate species are identified for listing as a federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act. These species are not currently under federal protection but are being considered for inclusion if the scientific data supports listing. Some o...
- Urban Trees for Use Under Utility Lines
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Selecting trees for use under utility lines presents a unique challenge. It is often desirable to have trees that are large enough to provide shade, architectural effects, and ornamental features, all without interfering with overhead utility lines. Below we have listed trees that have a typical mature height of less than 30 ft. In most cases the mature height listed is very optimistic.
- Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Plant and Animal Communities
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Loss of native riparian vegetation can result in a loss of habitat for many animals. Therefore, the restoration of riparian forest buffers along Virginia's streams and lakes is important to maintaining and restoring Virginia's fish and wildlife populations.
- Tree Protection from Construction Damage
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Trees can be damaged or killed by a wide variety of construction activities. It's not always easy to save trees, but your efforts will help. This document describes measures to minimize construction impact.
- Sustainability Foresty: A Guide for Virginia Forest Landowners
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This publication provides some basic information about forest management and specifics on how timber harvesting should be conducted to ensure the sustainability of your forest resources.
- Prescribed Burning for Timber and Wildlife
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This publication examines how various species benefit from prescribed burning.
- Marketing Specialty Forest Products
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This fact sheet outlines successful strategies for marketing SFPs.
- Forest Stewardship: Watershed Management
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This publication describes practices that a forest landowner can use to maintain or improve water resources in ways that are compatible with other management objectives.
- 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.
- 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
- Reforestation as an Investment: Does It Pay?
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Many investment analysts consider reforestation one of the best long-term investment opportunities available to landowners.
- Estimating Wind Forces on Tree Crowns
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Wind and gravity are the two primary forces acting upon tree crowns. The structural resistance to these forces by the tree require complex allocation ``processes and dedication of limited resources. Assessing the shear scale of both wind and gravity forces,...
