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- Big Trees of the Midsouth Forest Survey
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Added: April 30, 2008Forestry agencies and associations across the country maintain registers of champion big trees.Listings of the biggest trees encountered on the USDA Forest Service's continuing survey of the forest lands of seven Midsouth States have been prepared.The listings report the biggest trees encountered by species for each State and the Midsouth region.These listings should supplement existing big tree registers.
- Tree Growth Velocity Estimator
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Added: October 20, 2008The radial width of individual seasonal growth increments (tree growth rings), can be used to estimate the historic acceleration / deceleration of tree growth rates. Decreasing growth increment (ring) width do not necessarily mean slowing growth within th...
- Tree Placement on Home Grounds
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Trees properly selected and placed can add more in livability and value to the home than any other single landscape feature. They grow continually and are ever-changing. You will never tire of looking at them.
- Oak Decline
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Periodic occurrences of decline and death of oaks over widespread areas have been recorded since 1900. These outbreaks, variously named oak decline, oak dieback, or oak mortality, are caused by a complex interaction of environmental stresses and pests and given the name oak decline.
- Forest Stewardship: Planning Your Forest's Future
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If you are a forest landowner, you should have a management plan that organizes your personal objectives into a comprehensive strategy for attaining what you want from your woods.
- SCFC-Timber Marketing Assistance
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Added: November 15, 2000Assistance includes advise concerning the marketing of forest products, the advantage of competitive bids, providing buyers list, sample sales announcement forms, and sample contract forms.
- Planting trees in landscapes
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Well managed tree planting projects start with appropriate site analysis, customer expectations, and tree selection. Site conditions and after care capabilities should dictate maximum tree size at planting, root ball characteristics, appropriate tree production method, and tree structure.
- 4-H Project Record Book: Fins & Scales
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Handbook explaining fish anatomy to 4-H students.
- Urban Wildlife and Wildlife Gardening Books
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Books about urban wildlife and wild gardens in general.
- Trends in Working Forest Conservation Easement Language
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The easement comparison study identified purposes, restrictions, and forest management requirements of a national sample of WFCEs over 1,000 acres in size, and organized this data into relevant themes (water, technology and extraction, development, forest management, ecosystem and rare species, and recreation).
- The Bagworm in Missouri
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The bagworm can be a constant threat to evergreen and deciduous shrubs used for landscaping. Attacked plants usually are partially defoliated, weakened and rendered unsightly. It is not uncommon for complete defoliation to occur.
- Real Property: Leasing Land for Hunting and Other Recreational Uses
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This publication provides landowners with information that they should consider before leasing their land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational uses.
- 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.
- Money CAN Grow on Trees
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This page contains a series of fact sheets designed to help you make the most of your West Virginia woodlands, with topics ranging from taxes to forest management.
- Marketing Your Timber: The Bidding Process
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Timber is a multi-million dollar business in Mississippi. Many landowners, however, do not receive the full value when they sell their timber, because selling timber properly is a complicated task.
- Hickory Horned Devil - A Regal Moth in the Making
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Added: February 23, 2001The hickory horned devil is the largest caterpillar that occurs in East Texas and looks like a small dragon. For some people who come across it unexpectedly, it can be very intimidating. In spite of its scary appearance, the hickory horned devil is completely harmless.
- Growth and Yield
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Predicting the future growth and yield of your forest stand(s) is an essential part of the planning process for your forest land. This page will provide you with a basic understanding of the concepts of growth and yield. A look at these concepts in the context of even- and uneven-age stand structure will also be provided.
- Frequently Used Forestry and Natural Resource Terms for Landowners of Oklahoma
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These pages provide definitions for terms that are frequently used in forestry and other natural resource management disciplines.
- Forestry BMP Implementation Costs for Virginia
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Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) are operational techniques used to protect water quality during timber harvesting operations. The implementation cost of BMPs is important to loggers, forest landowners, and the forest industry. This study provides an estimate of BMP implementation cost on a per harvested acre basis for the coastal plain, Piedmont, and mountains of Virginia.
- Forest Practice Guidelines for Tennessee
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This publication identifies appropriate forest management practices and informs the Tennessee forest landowner about making wise policy decisions and establishing long-range goals.
- Durability of Wood
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Added: October 25, 2008Some types of trees produce wood that is naturally resistant to decay. Wood may also be treated with preservatives for durability. This publication lists types of resistant wood and compares treatments. It also explains the reasons wood decays.
- Coyote Control in the Eastern United States BROKEN
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Coyote Control in the Eastern United States
- Basic Chain Saw Safety and Use
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Chain saws have become an everyday tool for a wide variety of individuals. Once the tool of the professional logger, today more than 25 makes of saws are available in a wide variety of sizes and configurations. However, in the hands of a careless, inexperienced or tired operator, the chain saw can be very hazardous.
- Aquaculture Development Plan
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The Aquaculture Development Commission was established by the Georgia General Assembly in 1988. The purpose of the Commission is to facilitate the development of the aquaculture industry in Georgia. This Development Plan represents one of the goals of the Commission.
- A Survival Model for Shortleaf Pine Tress Growing in Uneven-Aged Stands
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Added: April 30, 2008A survival model for shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) trees growing in uneven-aged stands was developed using data from permanently established plots maintained by an industrial forestry company in western Arkansas. The model was developed for use in an individual-tree growth simulator for uneven-aged shortleaf pine forests.
- Housing Crocodilians in Captivity: Considerations for Central America and Caribbean
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Attempts to develop and successfully operate facilities that commercially exploit crocodilians have always faced considerable challenges, especially in developing countries. However, there are guidelines that, if implemented, can increase chance of success and reduce crocodilian mortality. Combining captive breeding with ranching and tourism may be the best overall approach for linking conservation of crocodiles with economic benefits to local communities and governments. Crocodilian enclosures require careful planning and consideration of the aims of the facility. All enclosures must share similar minimal requirements of providing safe and secure confinement in a manner that also provides for the health and well being of crocodiles. The overall success of any facility holding crocodilians relies upon reducing amount of stress to individuals by providing and maintaining high water quality, adequate temperatures, appropriate cover, and a high standard of food quality and hygiene.
- Your Florida Dooryard Citrus Guide - Pruning
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Guide for the non-mechanical pruning of Dooryard Citrus
- University of Florida School of Forest Resources and Conservation Extension
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Information provided on forest management, natural resource education, forest plants, urban forests, and forest stewardship.
- UNBC Growth and Yield
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Growth & yield at the University of Northern British Columbia.
- Pruning Forest Trees
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Added: March 22, 2008The most common reasons for pruning trees in plantations or woodlands are to maintain a single central leader, repair storm damage, or promote clear trunks or boles for eventual production of high grade lumber or veneer logs.
