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- Major Watersheds of Georgia
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The direct or indirect source of water for irrigation, power, industry, domestic use, navigation, and recreation comes from water falling over and flowing down forested watersheds in Georgia. Watersheds are areas where one major river system drains the la...
- Trunk Shaker Mechanical Harvesting Systems
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profiles the different designs of Trunk Shakers and their basic use and operation
- Wildland Resources Center-Links to Resources
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The Wildland Resources Center is a systemwide multicampus research unit. The Center is charged to relate not only to research but also to the extension and continuation of activities concerned with terrestrial natural resources.
- University of Idaho Extension Forestry
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This site includes information about all apsects of forest management, publications and articles covering timely natural resource topics and issues, workshops, web links, where to find help, and more.
- Timber Tax Definitions
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This factsheet defines terminology often used when discussing the taxation of timber.
- The National Park System
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"...to promote and regulate the use of the...national parks...which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations."
- Scientific Classification of Trees: An Introduction for Wood Workers
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Those who work with wood should be able to distinguish between different woods and be familiar with features that make different kinds of wood react differently to cutting, surfacing, finishing, etc. An obvious first step in accomplishing these tasks is to be able to properly identify and name an unknown wood.
- Controlling Rats and Mice Around Your Home
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Added: September 10, 1997Rats and mice may cause harm by transmitting disease, destroying property, and biting. While rats and mice maybe an economic threat in agricultural settings, this publication focuses on controlling these rodents in and around buildings where people live.
- Building Homes for Squirrels
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When natural cavities are hard to find, squirrels will readily use man-made dens--sometimes they even prefer them. This preference may be because the dens are dry and protect the squirrels from most of their enemies.
- Agroforestry in Minnesota: A Guide to Resource & Demonstration Sites
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This guide is designed to provide information on the concepts and practices of agroforestry.
- A Landowner's Guide to Wildlife Abundance Through Forestry
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The satisfaction of working with nature to increase wildlife abundance, and at the same time, of leaving to the next generation property of increasing economic and esthetic values can be yours through careful but decisive management.
- Online Silviculture Quantitative Tools
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Added: October 25, 2008Great website with links to online modeling and quantitative tools.
- Managing Trees and Turfgrasses
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Trees and turfgrasses commonly share the same landscape. Both require space, light, water, air, essential nutrients, and the appropriate temperature for growth, but there is often a stuggle to maintian quality turf under healthy trees.
- Anthracnose of acacia in Florida: occurrence and fungicidal control
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Describes the Anthracnose fungus of Acacia trees in Florida and its prevention and management.
- The University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Added: October 25, 2008The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources offers rewarding degrees in Forestry, Fish & Wildlife, Soil and Water Resources, and Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism.
- Tree Squirrels in Mississippi
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This publication discusses the proper habitats for fox and gray squirrels.
- Your Trees Trouble May Be You
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Added: July 26, 2002"Your Tree's Trouble May Be You!" is a companion to "A Tree Hurts, Too". They are part of a Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture program designed to provide information on the wise use and care of trees...some of our most versatile and renewable natural resources.
- Understanding the Effects of Flooding on Trees
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An understanding of soil, tree, and flood characteristics will help tree managers cope with the problem of tree injury and prepare for future floods.
- Tree-ring Porosity Forms in Hardwoods
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Added: October 25, 2008One growth increment of a tree, commonly called a “growth ring,” is composed of structural, conducting, and defensive components. In a cross-section, the largest conducting vessels can be visible to the unaided eye or can be minutely small. Due to shoot growth rates and timing, and leaf expansion periods, different growth conditions affect vessel size and xylem composition.
- Southern Pine Beetle Fact Sheet
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Southern Pine Beetle Biology, Prevention, and Restoration.
- Soil Compaction Impacts on Tree Roots
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Added: October 31, 2008Compaction impacts trees in many ways. Generally, compaction associated physiological dysfunctions cause systemic damage and decline, as well as failures in dealing with additional environ- mental changes. Physical / mechanical constraints negatively modify responses in the tree resulting in inefficient use of essential resources. The symptoms we see in trees under compacted soil conditions have causes stemming from disruptions of the internal sense, communication, and response process.
- Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
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The shortnose sturgeon is brown to gray or black on the back, paling to gold or yellow on the sides and to white under-neath. In the Southeast, adults are commonly 16 to 38 inches long (38 - 96 cm) and weigh 8 to 15 pounds (3.6 - 6.75 kg). Small sturgeon
- Relative Tolerance of Tree Species to Construction Damage
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Added: November 05, 2008Each tree species, and each unique individual, will respond to the stress and strain of construction activities in different ways. Some species vary widely in their response to mechanical injury, pest attack, soil modifications, and micro-climatic changes associated with construction. As more tree tissues, physical space and essential resources are disrupted, the more a tree must effectively react to these changes to insure survival.
- Pond Fertilization and Liming
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Proper fertilization and liming can increase three to four times the pounds of fish a pond will support. Unfertilized ponds stocked with bream, bass and catfish usually have about 100 pounds of fish per surface acre. Ponds receiving adequate amounts of fe...
- National Fire Plan
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Welcome to the National Fire Plan website--a cooperative, long-term effort of the USDA Forest Service, Department of the Interior, and the National Association of State Foresters. As you visit this site, you will see how the federal government and state partners are managing impacts of wildland fire to our Nation's communities.
- Measuring Woodland Timber
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Forest products, like other agricultural commodities, must be measured before they are sold. Few woodland owners, however,understand the reasons for or the methods of measuring woodland timber.
- Live Oak: State Tree of Georgia
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Live oak is a beautiful, spreading, medium-sized to large tree 45-65 feet tall and 3-4 feet in diameter. It was named for its evergreen foliage. The largest registered live oak now living is 11 feet in diameter, 55 feet tall, with a crown spread of 132 fe...
- Lease Hunting Opportunities for Oklahoma Landowners
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Several hundred landowners already profit from hunting leases. With proper management, many rural landowners could increase their income with these enterprises.
- Bobwhite Quail Management
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Added: October 05, 2008This publication provides management techniques to increase quail populations.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: Water Primrose and Smartweed BROKEN
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This publication offers treatments for controlling these two aquatic weeds which grow abundantly in Mississippi.
