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- Woodlands Protection
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This publication discusses the importance of recognizing dangers to woodland health and suggests ways of protecting it.
- Wildfire Risk Assessment Guide for Homeowners in the Southern United States
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Martha Monroe, faculty member; Ludie Ehlers and Anna Behm, graduate students,``in the School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, contributed``repeated reviews, creative ideas, and a lot of hard work on a survey of over 170``southern fire professionals.``Forty fire prevention and management specialists, from nine states, responded to the survey``and an early draft of the Guidelines with valuable suggestions about format, use and content.
- Urban and Community Forestry Achievements in 1998
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Fiscal Year (FY) 1998 produced advances in integrating ecological issues with growth management to improve the environment and the quality of life of urban residents. Computer modeling tools like American Forest's CITYGreen are becoming available to local units of government to assist with better land use planning and management.
- Skunk Management
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This publication offers solutions to make lawn/landscape unattractive to skunks.
- Protecting Your Home From Forest Fires
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Thousands of people live in rural forested areas across the state, and although the setting is idyllic for much of the year, each spring and fall brings a period of little rain and the threat of wildfire. In order to live in Florida's forests, people must adapt to fire, too. By following these guidelines for building design and landscaping, individuals can help protect their homes during the next fire season.
- Prescribed Burning for Timber and Wildlife
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This publication examines how various species benefit from prescribed burning.
- Planning for Commercial Aquaculture
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Establishing a commercial aquacultural enterprise involves a four-step process that should be strictly followed by the prospective aquaculturist.
- Pests That Affect Human Health: Poisonous Spiders and Scorpions
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Spiders and scorpions have long been looked upon with fear as loathsome and venomous creatures, but in their natural habitats, spiders and scorpions are beneficial to humans.
- National Association of State Foresters (NASF)
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WHO WE ARE: The National Association of State Foresters is a non-profit organization that represents the directors of the State Forestry agencies from all fifty states, eight U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the District of Columbia.
- Management Practices for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat
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This publication briefly describes the most common habitat management practices for wildlife.
- Make a Frog Pond for Your Wildlife Garden
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Every wildlife garden has room for a backyard frog pond. Six kinds of frogs have found my little mini ponds that I made especially for them. I like seeing them and hearing their calls at night.
- Littleleaf Disease on Loblolly Pine: A Selected Bibliography
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Because of loblolly pine's importance as a commercial timber species and its role as a landscape shade tree, this literature review was prepared to help the resource manager and plant health care specialist.
- Landscape Plantings for Energy Savings
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The high cost of home heating and air conditioning prompts efforts to reduce home energy consumption. Although outdoor landscape plants are pleasing in themselves, they can also play a large part in controlling energy use indoors.
- Direct Control Methods for the Southern Pine Beetle
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This handbook describes currently recommended direct control practices. These measures will minimize timber losses during outbreak periods.
- Conservation Easements
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An introduction to conservation easements.
- Sustainable or Certified Forestry?
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In the past two years, "Sustainability", "Stewardship" and "Certification" have emerged as keywords in forest industry literature and media releases. The majority of forest industry 2000 Annual Reports contain at least one of these terms. At Timber Mart-South, we ask how this trend affects timber markets and what forces work to drive it.
- What Happened to the Southern Pine Beetle?
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For the first time in 17 years, no infestations of the southern pine beetle were reported on state and private lands in East Texas in 1998.
- Pesticides and Aquatic Animals: A Guide to Reducing Impacts on Aquatic Systems
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The purpose of this publication is to serve as a general guide for those who may use pesticides in or around natural wetlands, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams. In this publication, information is provided about the toxicity and safe use of pesticides that have the potential to enter aquatic systems.
- Wood Moisture Calculations
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This publication contains definitions of the most important wood-moisture terms and methods of calculating their numerical values.
- Aquatic Weed Management in Citrus Canals and Ditches
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Aquatic plants are necessary for maintaining the balance of nature and offering food, protection, oxygen, and shelter to aquatic species. One reality of growing citrus in Florida flatwoods areas is that nearly every citrus grower will sooner or later experience aquatic weed control problems. Maintaining a balance in the aquatic system while sustaining crop success and avoiding loss of income can be a challenge. Over-abundant aquatic weed growth can also lower drainage rates following heavy rains, resulting in severe root pruning, increased disease incidence, and fruit drop. Therefore management of aquatic vegetation species should be an essential component of the overall water management strategy for most Flatwoods citrus groves.
- US Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Page
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This is the home page for endangered species.
- Urban Forestry Issues
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The U.S. population has grown increasingly urban each decade. In the Chesapeake watershed alone, residential development is predicted to consume 800,000 acres between 2003 and 2030, nearly 90 percent of it replacing farmland (Boesch and Greer, 2003). As urban communities grow larger and faster than ever before, natural resource management in these areas becomes crucial for achieving sustainable development and maintaining and enhancing the quality of life and the environment.
- Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: An Overview
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The riparian area is that area of land located immediately adjacent to streams, lakes, or other surface waters. Through the interaction of their soils, hydrology, and biotic communities, riparian forests maintain many important physical, biological, and ecological functions and important social benefits.
- Forest Management Planning
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Added: October 05, 2008This page provides the basic ingredients needed for preparing a sound forest management plan.
- A Landowners Guide to Working with Recreationists
- A Landowner's Guide to Building Foesty Access Roads
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Added: July 26, 2002Roads provide needed access to small woodlots; however, high costs, land disturbance, degradation of water quality, and destruction of fish habitat can all result from poor development, construction, and maintenance of forest roads. This guide was developed to give private owners of small woodlots the basic information needed to avoid these problems and protect valued natural resources.
- Determining the Value of an Orchard Tree
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Determining the value of an orchard tree that has been destroyed by natural or unnatural causes is required for tax and insurance purposes and for Federal/State agricultural assistance programs. Coming up with reliable estimates is not simple and can be very expensive when hiring consultants. The purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions for using the agecon-trec software program to estimate the value of a tree that has been destroyed.
- Tax Deductions and Depreciation
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Landowners who can demonstrate a profit motive``can deduct 1) capital costs (which form the cost``basis of the property); 2) currently deductible``expenditures for man agement and protection; 3)``costs of sale.``expenses can be recovered when the timber is sold.
- Glossary of Legal and Property Terms
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This glossary contains many useful terms related to legality and property.
- Common Pests of Mimosa
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Mimosa trees have two major enemies in the United States, namely mimosa wilt and mimosa webworm.
