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- Managing for Hardwood
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Benefits from hardwood forests include watershed protection, wildlife, timber, recreation, and aesthetics. Increased demand for hardwood, due to tighter controls on federal lands and the hardwood exports, has increased the need for management of existing hardwood stands.
- Assessing Construction Damage:Tree Damage Exposure Values and Recovery Time
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Tree-literacy is critical to living with and among trees in our built-up environments.
- Forest Roads
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A well-planned and constructed forest road system is important for the management of your forest, and is a vital link between people and the forest.
- Weed Control in Christmas Tree Plantations
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Weed control in Christmas tree plantations is one of the most important cultural practices during the early life of the plantation. Successful weed control helps the grower produce high quality trees and can result in a more rapid return on initial investments.
- US Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Page
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This is the home page for endangered species.
- Understanding Forest Certification
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Added: January 05, 2008 - Tree Seedling Availability, Planting, and Initial Care
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This publication explains the advantages and disadvantages of different types of seedlings, identifies seedling sources, suggests planting alternatives, and explains initial care requirements.
- Tree Planting Objectives and the Seedling Selection Process
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This publication discusses ways to increase seedling survival and achieve an established, well stocked forest stand.
- Track Identification of Common South Dakota Furbearers
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Track identification of cottontail rabbit, jackrabbit, squirrel, porcupine, beaver, mink, muskrat, river otter, weasel, raccoon, striped skunk, raccoon, striped skunk, badger, opossum, swift fox, red fox, coyote, bobcat, domestic dog, mountain lion, domestic cat
- The Shrinking and Swelling of Wood and Its Effect on Furniture
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The dimensional changes that accompany the shrinking and swelling of wood are major sources of both visual and structural problems in furniture.
- South Carolina Forestry Assocation Teacher's Corner
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This page provides links to various programs and resources for the classroom.
- Selecting and Caring For Your Cut Christmas Tree
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No matter where or how the tree is obtained, the Christmas tree experience will be more enjoyable if the tree selected is the appropriate species, is the proper size, is clean and fresh, and is provided the proper care during the holiday season and disposed of in an effective manner once the holiday is over.
- Safe Tree Harvesting
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This publication covers the fundamentals of safe tree harvesting with a chain saw.
- Rosette Bud Mite On Fraser Fir
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Rosette buds affect the quality of Fraser fir grown for Christmas trees. The more rosette buds that are on a tree and the more years the tree has rosette buds, the more the quality is affected.
- Renovating Poor Pine Stands: Putting Land Back to Work
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Several aspects of pine stand renovation are presented here. The primary management objective covered in this publication is pine timber production and marketing.
- 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.
- Recommended Trees for Urban Landscapes:Performers for Difficult Sites
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The following list of recommended trees includes a variety of plants that have demonstrated particular resistance to harsh growing conditions, diseases, and insects in North Carolina.
- Plant Trees - Save Energy
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Georgia Forestry Commission (GFC) provides information on trees and``energy effectiveness, and grows tree seedlings for purchase.``Visit gatrees.org for more information.
- Pine Land Rescue! Renovating Poor Quality Pine Stands
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Well managed stands of pine produce many values for a forest landowner. Poor pine stands produce few values and may be a liability to the landowner.
- Pest Alert: Black-headed Pine Sawfly
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In early November 1999, several reports were received about pine defoliation in Upshur, Smith, Angelina, Cherokee, and Houston counties. It has been determined that an insect, the blackheaded pine sawfly (Neodiprion excitans), is causing the defoliation.
- Off-centered Cavity Impact on Stem Strength
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Added: October 31, 2008One aspect of hollow stem assessments for strength loss involves various forms of stem crosssectional area damage. One of the scenarios often cited but seldom determined is a stem which has a cavity of a given diameter, but the cavity is not centered in the middle of the stem. This publication will look at one means of estimating relative strength of a stem with a closed, off-centered cavity. This publication is a simple theoretical review of complex and dynamic mechanisms associated with the tree, soil, and environment. This publication is intended to assist tree specialists better appreciate tree biomechanics.
- Newly Planted Trees: Strategies for Survival
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Hundreds of thousands of trees are planted along city and community streets and on other public property throughout the United States each year. Unfortunately, many of these trees, perhaps 50 percent or more, do not survive beyond one or two years.
- Mechanical Tree Planters
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Mechanical tree planters can speed seedling tree planting where several thousand trees are involved and where the terrain is not too steep nor too rough for mechanized equipment.
- Managing For Quail In Forested Habitats
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Georgias Stewardship Forests:``Managing for Quail in Forested Habitats
- 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.
- Kudzu Eradication Guidelines
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This report summarizes current guidelines for controlling kudzu with herbicides. It is based on research conducted by Dr. Jim Miller, a research forester for the USDA Forest Service, George W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama.
- Irrigation System Selection
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Several decisions must be made before an irrigation system is installed in a field. Some determinations are technical in nature, some economic, and others involve a close scrutiny of the operation and crop to be irrigated.
- Hurricanes, Trees and Forests: A Selected Bibliography
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Hurricanes and trees do not mix well. This publication cites recent publications and journal articles which deal with various aspects of hurricane impacts on trees and forests. This not a comprehensive review but selected to provide a broad view of work a...
- Forestry Situation and Outlook with Implications for Agriculture, 1998
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Added: October 20, 2008It is the objective that through this paper agricultural economists and others working in the forestry area will have the resource materials necessary to answer most questions concerning the major issues of the forestry situation and outlook in the United...
- Forest Landowners Assocation
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Added: September 17, 2008The mission of the Forest Landowners Assocation is: to support, through advocacy, education, and information, forest landowners' responsible management of their private property.
