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- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Urban Trees for Wildlife
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Viewing wildlife on your property is educational and``fun.The kinds and numbers of wildlife that visit your back-``yard regularly depends on your location,size of area,vari-``ety of vegetation and amount f habitat development.Clatterbuck
- 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
- West Virginia's Managed Timberland Tax Incentive Program
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Recognizing the impact of forestry as a renewable natural resource on West Virginia's economy, the state has allowed it to be appraised under the Managed Timberland Program, which serves as a tax incentive for owners of properly managed property.
- 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.
- 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.
- Quality Drying of Softwood Lumber
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Easy to use tools a kiln operator can use to maintain an efficient and profitable operation
- Natural Resources and Environmental Management: A Program Focus of Virginia Cooperative Extension
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This bulletin describes a few of the pressing natural resource and environmental issues common in Virginia, and how the Virginia Cooperative Extension is addressing them through education.
- 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.
- Forestry Terms for Mississippi Landowners
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This publication is meant to help you better understand special terms and abbreviations commonly used in forestry.
- Forestry AgNIC
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Links to forestry-related web sites; part of the National Agricultural Library's Agriculture Network Information Center.
- FAO Forestry Department
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United nations forest and forestry portal
- CRP Alternative: Christmas Tree Production
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Christmas tree production can be a profitable option for CRP land. This publication examines the costs to consider when producing Christmas trees.
- Arboriculture Association
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The Arboriculture Association seeks to advance the science of arboriculture for the public benefit.
- Chemigation Equipment and Techniques for Citrus
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Details using an irrigation system to deliver chemicals to citrus plants, its safety, management, and tips.
- Timber Theft! (How to avoid it and what to do if it happens)
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Timber theft, or timber trespass, is common throughout the Southeast. Each year numerous private forest landowners discover their timber has been stolen or inadvertently harvested.
- 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.
- Salvage Removal: A Method for Controlling Southern Pine Beetle Infestations
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The Southern Pine Beetle (SPB) is the most destructive pine bark beetle in the South. SPB infestations commonly originate in poorly managed or overstocked stands. Once underway, outbreaks can spread rapidly, killing trees over hundreds of acres, and move into managed stands.
- Cage Culture: Cage Culture Problems BROKEN
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Cage culture is one of the most intense forms of aquaculture. Due to its intense nature, cage culture can have problems.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: White Waterlily and American Lotus BROKEN
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Added: October 05, 2008Although the white waterlily and American lotus are attractive, they can both become serious pests. This publication provides information on controlling their growth.
- Cultural Aspects of Trees: Traditions and Myths
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From the earliest human writings and myths, trees have represented the power and mystery of nature. Large, ancient trees seemed immortal, demanding respect and reverence. They could bare huge crops of seed and grow forests full of their own offspring. Whe...
- Timber Losses Through Casualty, Theft or Condemnation--Tax Treatment
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As a woodland owner, if part or all of your timber` is damaged, condemned, destroyed or stolen, you may be entitled to claim a deduction on your federal income tax return.
- Black Turpentine Beetle
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Added: September 25, 2005The black turpentine beetle is an insect that lives in the inner bark of pine trees. Removal of the outer bark will reveal a vertical gallery or tunnel up to 18 inches long or a D-shaped to fan-like gallery up to 12 inches across. Generally, its activity h confined to the lower three to eight feet of trees.
- A Murderer Visits the Wild Garden
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On May 13 a mystery creature broke into Leslie Sprando's duck pen. The animal had apparently climbed up the door and had forced its way in where the door was loose at the top.
- 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.
