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- Growing Black Walnut
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This bulletin will help woodland owners grow black walnut trees in natural stands and plantations for timber, nuts, and agroforestry.
- Understanding Water Quality Parameters for Citrus Irrigation and Drainage Systems
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Explains basic water management knowledge, such as how to obtain a water sample, units used in water analysis, and water quality parameters
- Woodland Wildlife Management
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This publication offers suggestions of management practices that provide valuable wildlife habitat while serving useful timber or land management functions such as soil erosion control or seedling regeneration.
- Why Do Trees Die?
- What is Forest Fragmentation and Why is it Important?
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Forest fragmentation occurs when large, continuous forests are divided into smaller blocks, either by roads, clearing for agriculture, urbanization, or other human development. Ornithologists suspect that fragmentation harms many woodland birds by increasing their susceptibility to predation and nest parasitism.
- Oak Wilt
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Oak wilt, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, kills oak trees. It has been found in 21 States, with considerable damage occurring in the Midwest. It was first recognized as an important disease in 1944 in Wisconsin (fig. 1) where, in localized areas (less than 100 acres (40.4 ha)), over half the oaks have been killed. Surveys in eight Wisconsin counties showed that about 11 percent of the annual growth increase of oak forests was offset by mortality caused by oak wilt.
- Income Taxes and Private Forest Landowners
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This paper focuses on income tax concerns, although landowner decisions may also be influenced by property and sales taxes. It is divided into three major sections that address recordkeeping, land acquisition and timber sales, and tax requirements for other forest management activities.
- Field Guide to BMP for Timber Harvesting in Kentucky
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This guide was designed as a field reference for timber harvesting operations. It contains minimum requirements ans specifications of Best Management Pracatices appropriate for timber harvesting operations in Kentucky.
- Citrus BMP Implementation in Florida's Gulf Citrus Production Area: Water, Sediment, and Aquatic Weeds
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Added: November 16, 2011In 2005 we conducted a survey in cooperation with the Gulf Citrus Growers Association (GCGA) and FDACS to quantify the current level of BMP implementation and to identify BMPs that might be adopted if a cost-share program was available. This publication describes the survey and discusses the findings regarding water, sediment, and aquatic weed BMPs.
- 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.
- Factors Affecting Fertilizer Uptake
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There are numerous factors that affect how easily and well trees and shrubs will take up fertilizers. The most important of these is fertilizer form.
- Wood Identification for Hardwood and Softwood Species Native to Tennessee
- Sampling and Measuring Timber in the Private Woodland
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Added: March 22, 2008This publication presents guidelines for sampling and measuring trees in a woodland. It will help you understand and implement proper procedures for sampling and measuring trees.
- Sample Timber Sale Contract
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A written timber sale contract is essential to all timber sales. Both buyer and seller need the protection that only a well-written contract can provide. Oral agreements are subject to misunderstanding and misinterpretation and are simply not adequate.
- Tips for Planning a Successful Timber Sale
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This PDF is a great guide to timber sales contracts.
- North Carolina Project Learning Tree
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Home for North Carolina's Project Learning Tree Program, including upcoming workshop information
- Economics of Agroforestry
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This article discusses the economic benefits and criticisms of agroforestry.
- 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.
- Planning for Stewardship: A Desk Guide
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This guide offers assistance to writers of plans and includes instructions, requirements and excerpts from well written plans.
- Farmstead Windbreaks: Planning
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Windbreaks can slow, direct, and block winter winds, resulting in many benefits to the landowner. A windbreak is permanent, so think and plan carefully before planting trees or shrubs.
- Wild Turkey Management In Alabama
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This publication provides information on the wild turkey relating to its life history, habitat needs, and habitat management.
- Habitat Appraisal Guide for Bobwhite Quail
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This appraisal guide provides a means to systematically evaluate the suitability of prairie, shrubland, or forest for bobwhite quail.
- Using Local Woodlot Lumber
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Choosing the right wood.
- 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.
- Verticillium Wilt of Shade Trees
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Verticillium wilt is a serious vascular wilt disease that affects a broad array of shade tree species. This publication describes the symptoms of this disease, along with methods of controlling it.
- New Papers on Nitrogen Fertilization of Trees: A Selected Bibliography
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Added: October 20, 2008Reference List.
- Native tress and shrubs
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0ver 100 native trees and shrubs of the south east; growing instructions and images.
- Pine Wilt: A Fatal Disease of Exotic Pines In the Midwest
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This bulletin explains how pine wilt is caused, how it spreads in the landscape, and measures that can be taken to manage the disease.
- Locating the Larger Wood-using Companies in Georgia
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Added: October 25, 2008This publication is a map that shows the approximate locations of large, wood using companies in the state of Georgia, and is divided into the types of wood that these companies use.
- Why Plant A Windbreak?
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This publication discusses how to effectively design a windbreak.
