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- Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum)
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Found on and around wet sand bars, shoals, seeps, fast-flowing clear rocky streams, wet savanna meadows, shallow depressions in flatwoods, shallow pineland pools and ditches. Grows well under open canopies of oak, hickory, and pine. Short duration, annual...
- Careers in Forestry
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Is a forestry career right for you?
- Log Homes May Be Where the "Heart-wood" May Be
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Log homes were the homes of choice for earliest settlers. Some of those homes still stand today, evidence they can be durable. Wood is an excellent building material, too often taken for granted.
- Forestry on a Budget
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The term "forestry on a budget" as used here describes forestry scenarios extending between natural stands with little direct capital investment and plantations with intensive forest management requiring relatively large capital investments. Forestry on a budget bridges between capitalizing on what nature offers and intensive timber management to maximize wood-flow and financial returns.
- Trees Identification Links - Dendrology On-line
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ON-LINE FOREST Dendrology RESOURCES
- Natural Resource Skills Introduction to Tree Identification
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When you feel that you are ready, simply click here for a practice leaf test, or on the word twigs for a practice winter i.d. test. You can also go to the introduction to tree identification lecture to review terminology or just to visit.
- Measuring Standing Sawtimber
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Added: March 29, 2004 - Homeowner's Guide to Gypsy Moth Management
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Added: February 26, 2001Because it is difficult to predict where the gypsy moth might strike next, there is a need for close monitoring and planning by regulatory agencies, you, and your neighbor.
- Forestry Images
- Fertilizing Honeysuckle For Deer
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Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) is a woody evergreen vine that is very nutritious for deer. It can constitute a major portion of the seasonal diet and in some cases the year-round diet of white-tailed deer in the Southeast. The leaves and seeds also are eaten by cottontail rabbits, northern bobwhites, and eastern wild turkeys.
- Alabama Forestry Commission
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The Mission of the Alabama Forestry Commission is three- fold: to Protect the Forests from all harmful agents; to Service and Help Landowners to carry out responsible forest management on their property, using professional technical assistance so as to benefit themselves, their land and society; and to Educate the General Public about the value of our forests in insuring both a healthy economy and environment.
- Citrus Tree Stresses: Effects on Growth and Yield
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Although Florida is known for its plentiful sunshine and rainfall, commercial citrus can experience stress at certain times of the year whenever growth conditions are not optimal. For example, drought stress can occur whenever soil water is not adequate or whenever the evaporative demand of the air is high. Drought is one of the most formidable stresses. It alters a tree's ability to take up nutrients from soil and changes the way the tree produces roots, shoots, leaves and fruit. To strive for consistently high commercial yields, grove managers must incorporate strategies to minimize the negative effects of drought. The objectives of this document are to: a)Explain how citrus trees respond to changes in availability of water and nutrients; b)Discuss plant-stress situations and their effects on citrus growth and productivity; and c)Discuss the balance between roots and shoots. The target audience for this document dealing with citrus responses to drought conditions includes: Certified Crop Advisers, citrus producers, agrochemical and equipment industry representatives, and other parties interested in citrus management practices.
- What Is My Timber Worth?
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This publication notes some of the variables that make estimating the value of timber difficult.
- 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."
- 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.
- Georgia Forest Facts
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Georgia Forestry Assocation Georgia Forest Facts.
- Timber Sales for Landowners
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The purpose of this publication is to guide the landowner through the steps to ensure receiving a fair price, encontering no legal difficulties, avoiding damage to the environment or to the future stand, and conducting the timber sale as smoothly as possible.
- Tennessee Urban Forestry Council
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The Tennessee Urban Forestry Council, established in 1991, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to public awareness, understanding and improving Tennessee's urban forests. The Council serves as a resource, catalyst and liaison concerning urban forestry issues within the state, region and nation.
- Temporary Stream Crossing Options
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Timber harvesting and hauling equipment can damage water quality by stirring up sediment and harming fish and other aquatic organisms when crossing streams. However, operators can use special stream crossing options to minimize the impact. Many of these options are temporary and can be reused at another crossing.
- Recycling Municipal Trees
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Added: July 18, 2008The purpose of this guide is to make officials of municipalities aware of an alternative strategy for using their street tree removals; a "recycling" strategy which can potentially turn a cost-burden scenario into an income-generating opportunity. The strategy involves merchandising sawmill-size logs from street tree removals to sawmills or other companies that have unique uses for street tree logs.
- Practice and Potential of Agroforestry in the Southeastern United States
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The purpose of the following instructional documentofficially called a white paperis to help farmers, landowners, extension professionals and policymakers develop solutions to some of the problems they or their clients face, using agroforestry as a land management tool.
- PESTICIDES --Benefits and Risks
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Added: September 01, 2008Introduction to forest pest control with use of pesticides.
- Overview of Wood-Fired Boiler Use in West Virginia
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The objective of this fact sheet is to provide an overview of the amount of wood residue used for fuel in wood-fired boilers and of changes in the use of wood residue for process heat and steam generation between 1992 and 1997.
- Needle Cast Diseases In Christmas Trees
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Needle cast diseases of conifer needles are caused by fungi. They can cause Christmas tree growers considerable losses when trees are tagged in the summer to be sold, only to be defoliated by fall.
- Managing Your Land for Wildlife
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Whether you manage a full-time cropping operation or maintain a hobby farm, modest landscape and production-related changeslike those made by Minnesota landowners profiled in this publicationcan provide wildlife food and cover.
- Manage Your CRP Pine Plantations for Wildlife
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If you manage your CRP pines for wildlife, you will, in general, have better hunting and more of certain kinds of wildlife than if you manage it exclusively for timber.
- Major Tree Insect Pests
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Added: September 05, 2008Forestry.about.com's forest insect and health section.
- 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.
- Kentucky Watershed Management
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This website answers all of the who, what, where, how, and why watershed management questions.
- Forest Landowners - Guide to the Federal Income Tax
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Added: April 30, 2008This publication is the latest in a series of income tax handbooks for nonindustrial private forest owners that extends back over 45 years. It represents a major revision of Agriculture Handbook No. 708, Forest Owners? Guide to the Federal Income Tax. It updates that publication to include tax legislation passed after 1994 and administrative changes promulgated through 2000.
