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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Attracting and Feeding Songbirds
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Added: September 10, 2008A primer in backyard songbird conservation.
- 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.
- Wood Stork (Myctera americana)
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Added: October 20, 2008This fact sheet is not for official taxonomic identification or species location purposes. It is inteded to help landowners become aware of federally designated and protected species. The list of federally protected species categorized as endangered or threatened is always changing. What is endangered in one geographic location may not be endangered in another. For more information, contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered Species, 452 ARLSQ, Washington, DC 20240. Your state natural resource organization also maintains lists of state protected species.
- White-Tailed Deer Management
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White-tailed deer are "browsing" animals. They eat a wide variety of foods and the food selected will depend on its availability, abundance, and the season of the year. No one food is eaten in great amounts throughout the year. These facts must be considered when attempting to improve or manage deer habitat. Food studies indicate a marked change in feeding habits from summer to winter. Management should be directed toward insuring adequate food supplies during all seasons of the year.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Glossary of Legal and Property Terms
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This glossary contains many useful terms related to legality and property.
- GIS Data Depot
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Added: February 09, 2007GIS Data Depot provides a collection of free GIS data among many other useful resources like news, helpful guides and much more.
- Forest Stewardship: Wildlife
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This publication will provide the landowner with the basic knowledge necessary to begin wildlife stewardship on his or her property.
- Flooding and its Effects on Trees
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The 1993 floods along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers and their tributaries have caused tremendous losses in terms of human life, homes, businesses and crop production. Bottomland areas have been under water for many weeks. Landowners, homeowners, foresters, park managers, and others are concerned about the long-term effect of the flooding on the forests of the Midwest and the Great Plains.
- 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.
- A Guide to Cost-Share Assistance Requirements for Forestry Practices
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Added: October 20, 2008This brochure provides information on requirements for participation in cost-share programs, along with a list of landowner and contractor responsibilities.
- 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.
- 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.
- Pollination of Citrus by Honey Bees
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This paper will address the current thinking on pollination research in general and in specifics about citrus culture. In addition, it will examine some of the present and future possibilities about the value of the honey bee to this valuable crop.
- 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.
- ARM! For the future: adaptive resource management in the wildlife...
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This essay advocates a general philosophy and protocol for wildlife research and management.The central issue is the application of sound scientific principles to solve problems.
- New Tax Law Could Enhance the Attractiveness of Conservation Easements
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This article provides a brief overview of the new provisions in which properly drafted conservation easements qualify for a charitable contribution deduction, allowing the donor to take a deduction for income tax purposes.
- Investing in Forestry
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Added: August 18, 2006The basic considerations for investing in timber and forestry.
- 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.
- Forest Regeneration Methods
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Planning for regeneration begins with the landowner examining the land and then defining the objectives for regeneration and management.
- EstatePlanningLinks.com
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A site dedicated to estate planning.
- Cogongrass
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Cogongrass has become a major problem for landowners, land managers, foresters, and governmental agencies since its introduction into the southeast.
- 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.
- ALN No. 42: Kuchelmeister: Urban trees in arid landscapes
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The human habitat is rapidly urbanizing. By 2030, the urban population globally will be twice as large as the rural population (World Bank n.d.). Especially in developing countries, this rapid urbanization is exacerbating serious problems such as availability of food, fuel, water, employment, and shelter. The enormous toll in terms of losses to human health and quality of life, natural resources, and economic productivity, makes a compelling case for action
