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- Disaster Relief: Safety Precautions With Snakes
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After a flood, storms, or hurricane, snakes are forced into places where they usually are not found. This publication provides a few precautions that should be taken in areas where poisonous snakes are common.
- Deciduous Trees for Oklahoma
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This fact sheet provides information on deciduous trees that should be helpful in guiding the homeowner in making informed plant selections.
- Giant Walkingsticks - Longest Insect in the USA
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Walkingsticks are unusual and striking insects that mimic sticks and twigs in a remarkable way. Texas can lay claim to the longest insect found in the United States a species of walkingstick that may reach seven inches in length.
- 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.
- USDA Forest Service Research Publications
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Category: Government Publications``The site contains information for obtaining paper copies of USDA Forest Service research publications, including subscription information for periodic announcements, website addresses, and email contacts.
- Maintaining Permanent CRP Wildlife Plantings
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One of the CRP options available to landowners was planting trees and shrubs for wildlife. Now time has passed and these plantings are beginning to bear fruit. They need care and maintenance to make them last a lifetime.
- Global Change
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It refers to large-scale changes in Earth's biological, geological, hydrological, and atmospheric systems. Agriculture is vulnerable to these environmental changes. Successfully adapting to change depends upon a quantitative and predictive understanding of the ways that agriculture and food supplies may be affected by climate change, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone levels, and increased UV-B radiation
- Nitrogen Mass Balance for an Urban Ecosystem
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One of our first projects has been to develop a detailed nitrogen balance for the CAP ecosystem, the first for an urban ecosystem.
- Growing Oak Trees From Seed
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This fact sheet describes the basic steps involved in growing oaks from seed.
- Commercial Rabbit Production
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Rabbits have been produced for 3,000 years. Today they are raised for meat, research, pets, show, and pelts.
- Wildlife and Foresty Landowner Cooperatives
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Many forest landowners have not capitalized on the wildlife and forest resources on their lands for a variety of reasons. One approach that forest landowners can take to capitalize on these resources is to form a cooperative with adjoining neighbors.
- Georgia Community Greenspace Program
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Senate Bill 399 (As Passed) establishes a framework within which developed and rapidly developing counties, and their municipalities, can preserve community greenspace. The bill became effective on July 1, 2000. For rulemaking purposes it became effective on April 16, 2000 when Governor Barnes signed it into law. It promotes the adoption, by such counties and cities, of policies and rules which will enable them to preserve at least 20 percent of their land
- Forest Management For Wild Turkeys BROKEN
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Brief discussion of Wild turkey management and life history.
- Community Forestry Resource Center
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The Community Forestry Resource Center established by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes responsible forest management by encouraging the long-term health and prosperity of small, privately owned woodlots, their owners, and their communities.
- Biology and Control of Christmas Tree Insects BROKEN
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This guide is divided into two sections. The first section presents information on pest biology, damage, cultural controls, and special application considerations; the second section lists recommended insecticides and rates for each pest.
- A Plain Little Bird: Attracting the Eastern Phoebe
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There is a little known bird that makes an interesting addition to your wild garden. You can attract it with some minor adjustments to your garden plan. This bird is not a gaudy dresser like the bluebird. He is plain, subtle dark gray above, light below.
- Using Local Woodlot Lumber
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Choosing the right wood.
- Thinning CRP Pines
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As the trees in these stands begin to reach pulpwood size, landowners should think about using one of the basic pine management tools, thinning.
- Tree Selection for Drought Resistance
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Added: October 20, 2008A fact of life in the Southeast is the mid-summer drought. In recent years drought periods have ventured into spring and fall. Drought has damaged many trees and landscapes. One means of drought-proofing your landscape is selection of drought resistant plants. No landscape can be made completely free of drought problems even under intensive irrigation. With more water shortages and drought periods ahead, planting trees and other plants that are drought resistant can be beneficial.
- Plant Berries for Birds
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Winter is when flocks of cedar waxwings and robins gorge themselves on winter berries. On the University of Georgia campus, these birds are now arriving en masse to feed on the black fruits of cherry laurel and red berries of American holly.
- 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.
- Forest Health Issues Affecting CRP Plantations Ten years and Beyond
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This publication contains a list of the most common diseases and insects that cause damage to CRP plantations, including fusiform rust, annosus root, and pitch canker. Insects listed are five species of Pine Bark Beetles.
- 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.
- Christmas Tree Management: Shearing and Pruning Safely with Hand Tools
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In managing a Christmas tree operation, shearing Christmas trees is one of the most important cultural activities for the grower.
- The Nature Conservancy Global Invasive Species Team
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Added: July 05, 2008This page includes links to all our resources specific to individual invasive species.
- Longleaf Pine (Pinus Palustris) Pests: A Selected Bibliography
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Longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) is stressed by a number of pests--some of them significant to the lifespan and utilization of the pine. Recent papers on longleaf pine pests are given in this publication.
- Estimating Returns from Forest Investments
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Added: October 20, 2008The tools reviewed in this publication can help landowners judge the consequences of investments and provide comparison with other alternatives.
- Timber Theft is A Crime, No Matter How You Cut It
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A guide to preventing timber theft.
- Qualifiers for Quagmires: Landscape Plants for Wet Sites
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Wet, poorly drained soils present one the most difficult challenges for growing plants in the landscape. Excessive moisture displaces oxygen in the soil and plant roots can suffocate as a result.
- Pine Land Rescue! Renovating Poor Quality Pine Stands
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Well managed stands of pine produce many values for a forest landowner. Poor pine stands produce few values and may be a liability to the landowner.
