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- Marketing Timber
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Although timber marketing is a year-round activity in all areas of the state, it is still a rare activity for most individual landowners. And, for most of them it is a complicated, confusing transaction. It requires a special combination of skills and knowledge to be successful, and the landowner who does not possess them must take the time to acquire them, or employ someone who does.
- Introduction to the Snakes of Oklahoma
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This fact sheet introduces you to the biology of some of the snakes of Oklahoma and will provide a list of all known species in the state.
- Insect Defoliators of Missouri Trees: Web Producers
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Many important species of caterpillars feed on the foliage of shade, ornamental and forest trees. In addition to their feeding damage, some of these defoliators also produce silken webbing, often covering the leaves and branches.
- Individual Loblolly Pine Volumes by Tree Diameter and Height
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Estimating the merchantable volume of an individual tree stem is critical to calculating tree product values. The table in this publication presents specific volumes for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) in the lower Piedmont of Georgia.
- Fringed Champion (Silene polypetala)
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Showy, ground hugging perennial herb. Cultivars are found in the horticultural trade as a ground cover and used for color accents. Most stems recline along the soil surface and form new rootlets. Stems are hairy and can be up to 30 centimeters.
- Frequently Asked Questions About Timber Casualty Losses
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Generally this is a loss caused by a sudden, unexpected, and unusual event from natural or other external forces. It``is not a gradual or progressive loss, such as death caused by periods of low rainfall or natural competition. Examples``are losses from hurricanes, tornados, floods, plane crashes, wildfires, hail, ice storms, theft, etc.
- Forest Products Laboratory
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Research concentrates on pulp and paper products, housing and structural uses of wood, wood preservation, wood and fungi identification, and finishing and restoration of wood products. In addition to traditional lines of research, FPL is responding to environmental pressures on the forest resource by using cutting-edge techniques to study recycling, develop environmentally friendly technology, and understand ecosystem-based forest management.
- Finishing Exterior Wood Surfaces
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The durability of an exterior finish is affected by the characteristics of the wood. This publication explains ways of acquiring a satisfactory finish.
- Economic Importance of Wildlife
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We will examine the problem of``determining the value of wildlife. We will review six different kinds of wildlife values and learn how some``values can be measured while others cannot.
- Best Management Practices--Soil & Water Conservation
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Forestry activities, particularly harvesting, can have serious consequences on soil and water quality. Any good forester is concerned about these impacts. Measures can be taken to preserve soil and water quality and to prevent their undue mixing.
- Trees and Ice Storms: Ice Storm Resistant Urban Trees
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Susceptibility ratings of species commonly planted in urban areas are presented for use in developing and maintaining healthy urban tree populations. Includes information about what causes ice storms.
- Understanding Pesticide Labels
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Research has shown that consumers find reading and understanding the label to be the most difficult aspect of applying pesticides safely. However, an understanding of the label information is essential before work begins.
- Tennessee Division of Forestry
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The Tennessee Department of Agriculture serves Tennesseans in many ways. It protects forest lands from fire, educates loggers and landowners about integrating environmental protection into their timber harvesting operations and controls major insect outbreaks. TDA assists landowners in planning the management of their lands and advises them about marketing their timber
- South Carolina Forest Law Handbook
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A reference for law enforcement officers and forestry fire managers.
- Relative Fusiform Rust Resistance of Loblolly and Slash Pine Sources and...
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Research findings support the hypothesis that mixes of resistant families will limit fusiform rust infections more effectively than single family plantings.
- Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry
- National Project Learning Tree (PLT) Homepage
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PLT is an award-winning, interdisciplinary environmental education program for educators working with students in PreK through grade 12. PLT helps students gain awareness and knowledge of the natural and built environment, their place within it, as well as their responsibility for it.
- Management of Forested Landscapes: Simulations of three alternatives
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This article compares simulated consequences of three different opinions as if each were imposed on the same forested landscape in the southern Applalachian Mountains. One set of opinions would stop all harvest of timber, another would impose traditional forestry practices, and the third would impose landscape forestry.
- 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 Planning
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Forest management planning is a means of allowing you to practice good stewardship of your property and its resources. The planning helps you identify what resources and opportunities are available on your property and what you would like to realize from your propery in terms of financial gain and long-term enjoyment.
- Forest History Society
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The Forest History Society links the past to the future by identifying, collecting, preserving, interpreting, and disseminating information on the history of interactions between people, forests, and their related resources - timber, water, soil, forage, fish and wildlife, recreation, and scenic or spiritual values.
- Birds Survive the Snow
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What do little ground-feeding birds do when snow blankets the ground? They have a hard time finding food. Some die, but the majority of them can make do in the right kind of wild garden.
- Pine Webworm
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Pines grown for Christmas trees have a lower market value and are sometimes difficult to sell when they contain unsightly webworm nests. Infestations on ornamental pines around homes detract from the beauty of the trees.
- Identification of Common Trees of Iowa
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Added: July 19, 2008This interactive key was developed to help identify the most common trees in Iowa. The key is based on vegetative characteristics such as leaves, fruits, and bark. It is not a complete key. It does not include all trees grown in Iowa
- Timber and the Economy of Alabama
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Alabama's first residents called themselves "the thicket clearers," or "AlaBamas." The forest, once viewed as an impediment to agriculture, is now recognized as the backbone of the state economy. Trees from the forest feed an industry that directly employs more than 49,000 workers, indirectly provides employment for thousands more, and is the leading contributor to the gross state product.
- Quality Drying of Hardwood Lumber
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Easy to use tools to improve hardwood lumber drying operations
- Standards - Forest Stewardship Council
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Fscstandards.org is your gateway to sites on the Internet for Forestry! Browse our resources or just try the search.
- Urban biodiversity, urban sustainable environment
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Welcome to the Belgian Clearing-House Mechanism, the portal site set up by Belgium to promote technical and scientific cooperation in the field of biodiversity and to provide information on matters related to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
- NSA ONLINE
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National Sportsman Association (NSA) leases hunting rights from landowners who have properties in VA, MD and WVA. NSA has managed hunting leases since 1974 and conducts its activities in a manner which not only benefits wildlife but also provides a means of income to landowners and provides recreational opportunities to responsible sportsmen.
- Firewood for Home Heating
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The comfort of a wood fire on a cold night; the feeling of self-reliance that comes with cutting, splitting, and stacking a cord of wood; and a reduced conventional fuel bill have all been experienced by thousands of Virginia wood burners.
