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- Developing Land in Florida with Fire in Mind
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Because fire is an essential ingredient in maintaining Florida's natural landscapes, it is critical to design developments that enable prescribed burning of natural areas while protecting the community from wildfire.
- Forestry/Wildlife Myths and Misconceptions
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Many forestry/wildlife myths and misconceptions have been passed down through the years from misinformed individuals. Forestry myths and misconceptions can cause forest landowners to be hesitant about managing their forest land properly, and they are damaging to Mississippi's timber industry.
- Planning Tree Windbreaks in Missouri
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Your need for a windbreak is measured by the benefits you can receive from one. The properly placed windbreak also serves as an effective snow barrier and can improve the working conditions in farmstead areas where you perform winter chores.
- Mechanical Tree Planters
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Mechanical tree planters can speed seedling tree planting where several thousand trees are involved and where the terrain is not too steep nor too rough for mechanized equipment.
- Managing Your Restored Wetland
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This publication discusses various wetland topics such as economic functions, restoration, and management.
- Identifying and Measuring Forest Products
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Before making a timber sale, you should know what you have to sell: how much you have and about what it is worth.
- Forest Stewardship: Planning for Beauty and Enjoyment
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This publication presents a brief overview of scenic forest values and how they can be enhanced as you manage for other forestland objectives, such as wildlife, recreation, and timber.
- Forest Management Facts
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U.S. Forestry Facts
- Fertilizer Choices
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There are a large number of fertilizers available today. Sometimes it is difficult to choose what type of fertilizer to use, what formulation should be used, and how it should be applied. The number of alternatives are confusing.
- Ecologically Based Municipal Land Use Planning
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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 their municipal master plans. His strategies include restoring the municipal master plan as the dominant planning document, incorporating recent scientific research studies, applying geographic information systems, and designating the protection of the community's ecological infrastructure as the premier priority
- Developing a Marketing Plan for Hardwood Bark Landscaping Mulch
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Added: February 12, 2008A viable alternative for dealing with hardwood bark residue is to market the bark as hardwood bark mulch. This paper provides a succinct overview of the hardwood bark mulch industry and discusses considerations of developing a marketing plan for this product.
- Auburn University Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Extension
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Website providing technical information for forest landowners and management providers in Alabama. Work in progress--will cover all aspects of forest managment.
- Endangered Plant Species of the Georgia Piedmont
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This fact sheet is to help build awareness of our natural heritage and legal responsibilities.
- Diversified Urban Plantings
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This publication discusses ways of diversifying urban landscape through the selection of various tree species.
- Fertilizing Landscape Trees and Shrubs
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Tree and shrub fertilization is especially important in urban and suburban areas of Virginia where soils have been altered due to construction. These urban soils tend to be heavily compacted, poorly aerated, poorly drained, and low in organic matter. Even where soils have not been affected, fertilization may be needed as part of a maintenance program to increase plant vigor or to improve root or top growth.
- Best management practices for riparian areas
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This chapter will describe the management issues of concern, water bodies that are addressed by traditional BMPs, RMZ options, and approaches to the development of RMZ guidelines that move beyond BMPs and address issues other than the protection of water quality.
- Gray and Fox Squirrels BROKEN
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This publication identifies suitable habitats for the gray and fox squirrel, and it discusses management techniques.
- Crawfish Production BROKEN
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Added: May 04, 2001Learn site selection, site development, production, harvesting, troubleshooting, and marketing methods necessary for succesful crawfish production. From Maryland to Texas to Oregon, crawfish are considered a delicacy, and the demand is growing steadily.
- TREE PLANTING: Success or Failure Depends on You
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Successful tree planting does not happen by chance -- it requires thought, planning and attention to detail. From the first seed planted at the nursery to the last seedling planted in the field, all persons involved must accept responsibility for tree planting success or failure.
- South Carolina Forestry Commission Wildfire in S.C.
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A comprehensive site on wildfires with topics including causes, wildland firefighting, safety, fire protection laws, and prevention.
- Real Property: Leasing Land for Hunting and Other Recreational Uses
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This publication provides landowners with information that they should consider before leasing their land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational uses.
- Some Facts About Soil Basics
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This publication is an introduction to the origins of soils and how they influence capabilities and uses of soils.
- Forest Practice Guidelines for Tennessee
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This publication identifies appropriate forest management practices and informs the Tennessee forest landowner about making wise policy decisions and establishing long-range goals.
- SC Forestry Commission Services
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If you are a forest landowner, chances are you need the technical assistance of a forestry professional.
- An Ecosystems Approach to Natural Resources Management
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Our nationand especially Kentuckyhas an abundance of renewable natural resources, including timber, wildlife, and water. As the nation grows and prospers, we extract natural resources through agriculture, forestry, mining, urban or industrial expansion, and other developments. Ultimately, we affect the amount of wild lands that native plants and animals need for survival.
- Trout Unlimited
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Trout Unlimted's mission is to conserve, protect and restore North America's trout and salmon fisheries and their watersheds.
- Protecting Honey Bees From Pesticides
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Added: November 16, 2011Details the importance of honey bees in crop production and suggests ways to avoid their elimination through pesticide use
- Winter Drawdown: A Useful Management Tool for Mississippi Farm Ponds
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One of the most useful and most inexpensive pond management practices is called a "winter drawdown." This practice is the reduction of water levels in a pond to some predetermined level.
- Understanding Log Scales and Log Rules
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This publication describes common methods of log scaling and log rules used in Tennessee.
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Forestry: Urban forestry
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This service is provided by the Library Information Services and Information Systems Services at the Finnish Forest Research Institute. It is part of the international World Wide Web Virtual Library of subject oriented link collections.
