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- Lake States Woodlands: Measuring Trees and Estimating Volume
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Diameter at breast height (DBH) is the single most important tree measurement when cruising (inventorying) timber stands to determine value. Woodland owners and managers use DBH for estimating the tree's volume and weight, for assessing stand density, for determining merchantability, and for estimating tree height.
- 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.
- Responses of Wildlife to Clearcutting and Associated Treatments in the Eastern United States
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Added: February 09, 2008The clearcutting controversy is not confined to its relationship to economics or human perceptions of beauty; the controversy extends to environmental concerns as well. In this report, we examine published scientific literature regarding the effects of clearcutting on wildlife populations and their habitat in the eastern United States.
- Forest Stewardship: Earning Income From Your Forestland
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This publication provides an overview of the planning process for startingup a nontimber secondary or small-scale enterprise.
- Use of Sterile Grass Carp to Control Aquatic Weeds
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Added: October 20, 2008Aquatic weeds are a serious problem for pond owners throughout Georgia. They restrict access to fishing areas, reduce fish harvest and decrease the usefulness, attractiveness and value of a pond. Herbicides, mechanical removal, water level changes, dyes, fertilization, proper pond construction, pond renovation and biological methods successfully control unwanted aquatic weed growth. The physical and chemical characteristics of the pond and the pond owner's objectives dictate which method is most appropriate. Pond owners are familiar with the traditional methods of aquatic weed control but not with the recently available option of biological control by using sterile triploid grass carp.
- Freshwater Mussels On Georgia's List of Federally Protected Species
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Added: October 20, 2008On April 16, 1993 eleven species of freshwater mussels were given protection under the Endangered Species Act. Nine of these mussel species have ranges that extend into northwest Georgia.
- Flathead Borers on Hardwoods
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Flatheaded borers are some of the most common of wood borer in the United States. They occur throughout the United States and Canada. There are more than 150 species and varieties of flatheaded borers east of the Mississippi.
- Environmental Kids Club
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Learn more about the environment when you explore the art room, game room and science room.
- Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners in the Southern United States
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Martha Monroe, faculty member; Ludie Ehlers and Anna Behm, graduate students,``in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, contributed``repeated reviews, creative ideas, and a lot of hard work on a survey of over 170``southern fire professionals.``Forty fire prevention and management specialists, from nine states, responded to the survey``and an early draft of the Guidelines with valuable suggestions about format, use and content.
- Trees of Christmas Past: A Brief History of Holiday Tree Traditions
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Added: October 20, 2008The farther we march into a technological, silicon-and-plastic future, the more important simple tradition become. Many family or cultural traditions help us maintain contact with our pasts and perspective for our future. Since the beginning, humans have been emotionally and economically tied with forests and trees. During holidays, trees play an important part in our social and private traditions.
- Treated Wood Products Available in Missouri
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Builders and home craftsmen should be aware of the advantages of the many new treated wood products increasingly available to them at more reasonable costs than before. Broader use of treated wood, where appropriate, would increase the durability and quality of structures.
- 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.
- Retail Merchandising of North Carolina Fraser Fir
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The purpose of the following information is to provide retailers with the latest update of experience and research so they can provide customers with fresh trees that will remain serviceable throughout the holiday season.
- Land Use When CRP Payments End: What History Tells Us in Georgia
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Keeping lands planted in trees will reduce soil erosion while increasing the future supply of timber in Georgia.
- KY Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
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KENTUCKY SPORTSMEN AND WOMEN PAY FOR CONSERVATION````The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is funded through the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. It receives no general fund tax dollars.
- Home Landscape Practices for Water Quality Protection
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Minimizing polluted runoff from your landscape as well as reusing rain water will not "just happen." It requires planning and some knowledge of plants and landscape design.
- Handling Stewardship Incentive Program Cost-share Payments for Income Tax
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This paper addresses a selection of questions that landowners frequently asked about the income tax aspects of SIP cost-share payments.
- Factors Affecting Pesticide Behavior and Breakdown
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This publication describes the combination of ingredients in pesticides and how that factors into its applications and effectiveness.
- 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
- Crow Fact Sheet
- Control Methods For Aquatic Plants in Ponds and Lakes
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Aquatic plants growing in ponds and lakes are beneficial for fish and wildlife. However, dense growths (over 25% of the surface area) of algae and other water plants can seriously interfere with pond recreation and threaten aquatic life.
- 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.
- 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.
- Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
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Perennial, showy orchid 15-25 centimeters (6-10in) tall. Growing from the top of the stem is a single whorl of five to six pale, dusty green, drooping, wide leaves about 5-8 centimeters (2-3.2in) long and 3-5 centimeters (1.2-2in) wide. The leaf stalk and...
- Land Planner's Environmental Handbook
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Technical reference manual brings together technical information from published texts, reports, and manuals as well as hindsight dramatization of many of the negative impacts of the nation's past and present land use planning efforts. Most of the nation's pressing environmental issues are covered, including landfilling, incineration, composting, leaking underground tanks, AIDS, radon, Lyme disease, medical waste, ocean pollution, and wildlife protection.
- Insect and Plant Disease Control Manual
- Conifer Sawflies
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This publication describes eleven conifer sawflies by their distinctive markings, their hosts, the time of year they are present, and their distribution. Magnefied and to-scale drawings of each are also provided.
- American Ginseng Production in Woodlots
- A Technical Guide to Urban and Community Forestry
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The Technical Guide to Urban Forestry was produced to help communities develop, manage and protect their urban forest resources. The purpose of this publication is to provide technical information about growing trees in the relatively adverse urban environment.
- 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.
