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- Farm Pond Management Calendar BROKEN
- Your Home in the Line of Fire
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Precautions you can take to protect your home.
- Trees to Reconsider Before Planting
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This publication outlines a few trees and the associated problems that homeowners should consider before planting.
- The Trust for Public Land
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Land conservation is central to TPL's mission. Founded in 1972, the Trust for Public Land is the only national nonprofit working exclusively to protect land for human enjoyment and well-being. TPL helps conserve land for recreation and spiritual nourishment and to improve the health and quality of life of American communities.
- Soil Damage from Compaction
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Having reviewed the primary means by which soils become compacted, the results of compaction can be estimated for tree and soil health.
- Nurseries and Tree Improvement
- Natural Regeneration Using Seed Trees
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Seed-tree regeneration presents an excellent opportunity for most of the forestland owners in Mississippi who want to grow pine or other light-seeded species, but regeneration is not free and landowners should not try to use this method if they currently do not have a good quality stand of trees.
- Natural Landscaping Toolkit: Chapter 1
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This Source Book will: Explain the basic principles and benefits of natural landscaping; Demonstrate the feasibility of using natural landscaping successfully in the region; Provide information regarding the ways that local officials as community leaders can encourage the use of natural landscaping; Identify ways to avoid pitfalls that could result in poorly implemented natural landscaping or cause problems for local government;
- Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
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I've got my leaf, let's get started!
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
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At 19.5 inches (50 cm), the ivory-billed woodpecker is the largest of the North American woodpeckers -- about the size of a crow. A red crest marks the male; females have a black crest. Both have a white stripe on the side of the head.
- Herbicide Spray Drift
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Herbicide spray drift is the movement of herbicide from the target area to areas where herbicide application was not intended. While the number of acres damaged and the annual economic loss from spray drift is not large, individuals who are affected can suffer substantial losses.
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochlys imbricata)
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The hawksbill turtle's shell is covered with glossy brown and tan overlapping scutes, or horny plates. It reaches 2 feet (65 cm) long and weighs an average of 90 pounds (40 kg). The scales of the hawksbill were once used to make combs and curious.
- Felling, Bucking and Limbing Trees
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Whether you are using your chain saw to cut firewood, trim trees or harvest large timber, you will be performing three basic operations felling, bucking and limbing of trees. This article describes each of those three practices.
- Earth Observatory: Natural Hazards
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Wildfire is a natural part of Earth's environment; sparked in most cases by lightning strikes and occasionally by volcanic eruptions. Wildfires consume a million or more square kilometers per year.
- Brown Blood Disease BROKEN
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Brown blood disease occurs in fish when water contains high nitrite concentrations. Nitrite enters the bloodstream through the gills and turns the blood to a chocolate-brown color.
- Behind the Wall of Green: A Close Look at the Forest
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This publication is an introduction to forest conservation biology in Tennessee with a focus on trees, forests, and forest management and conservation.
- Assessing Extent and Severity of Mechanical Injuries in Trees
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Added: November 05, 2008Assessing new mechanical injuries present in a tree using visual, non-invasive observations is difficult and prone to wild variability, inaccuracy, and assessor subjectivity. Assessment of relative damage levels is valuable when precision allows for comparisons across one site and over many sites. Judging recent mechanical injuries from visual criteria, although imperfect, can help gauge the relative amount of damaged tissue visible and estimate the total amount of damaged tissue present.
- A Field Guide for Ground Checking Southern Pine Beetle Spots
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Added: February 14, 2008This handbook shows how to recognize various stages of SPB attack, how to decide if control is needed, and how to mark buffer strips for control crews.
- Mississippi Forestry Commission
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The Mississippi Forestry Commission (MFC) is a public service agency created by the Mississippi Legislature. In compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, our mission is to provide leadership in forest protection, forest management & information about the forest of Mississippi, through a fully informed, well-trained work force and support staff, reflecting the needs of the public and employees.
- Minimizing Wildfire Risk - A forest landowner's guide
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A management guide for landowners who wish to assess and reduce the risk of wildfire.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: Burreed and Bulrush BROKEN
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Added: February 20, 2001Although burreed and bulrush are seldom a problem, this publication provides treatments that can easily be used to control them if necessary.
- Urban Forestry Center
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One of New Hampshires most unique resources is not found on a majestic mountain top... or in the states many lakes, rivers, and streams... or even within its wooded forests. Its actually located on a quiet road on the outskirts of Portsmouth, just waiting to be discovered by anyone who values New Hampshires woodlands and natural resources.
- Southern Forestry Situation and Outlook
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The forestry situation and outlook in the Southern U.S. is examined with respect to the major items of concern in forestry today. These items are: forestry resources, timber income and employment, current and projected timber supply and demand, imports, e...
- Pruning Effects on Tree Growth: Growth Regulation Consequences
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Added: November 05, 2008This publication is a synthesis of the tree growth regulation and correlation literature. General processes and systems presented here represent educational models which professionals can use to better appreciate and understand basic tree functions. These models do not represent actual physiological mechanisms, but simple theoretical means of explaining tree reactions within the environment.
- Tree Foundation: 50 Careers in Trees
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A compendium of information and inspiration assembled with love for present and future stewards of our urban forests.
- Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera): An American Traveler
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Added: October 25, 2008Osage-orange (Maclura pomifera) is a small tree in which people have found great value. Once discovered by early European settlers, it was carried and tended across the continent. Because of its attributes, it was prized anywhere agriculture and grazing animals were found. It is now considered escaped from cultivation and has naturalized in many areas. Solitary trees or small family groups can be found on old home sites, in alleys, and along roadways.
- Fertilizer Application Best Management Practices for Citrus Grove Workers
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Details how to analyze for best fertilization application/use, safety, essential elements information, and possible environmental issues. Sections include quizzes over given information.
- Herbicide Application Best Management Practices for Citrus Grove Workers
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describes safety practices and application techniques
- Southern Rural Development Center
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The Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) has served the twenty-nine land-grant institutions of the thirteen Southern states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands since 1974. SRDC is one of four regional rural development centers supporting research and extension efforts to improve the lives of people living in nonmetropolitan areas of the United States.
- Farm Service Agency Programs
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Added: September 25, 2008If your farming or ranching operation has suffered a loss due to a natural disaster, you may be eligible for assistance under one or more of the following FSA programs: - The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - The Noninsured Crop Disaster - Assistance Program (NAP) - Emergency Loan (EM) Assistance - Emergency Haying and Grazing Assistance. This document tells you what kind of help is available, who may be eligible for it, and how to go about applying for FSA emergency assistance.
