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- Planning Tree Windbreaks in Missouri
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Your need for a windbreak is measured by the benefits you can receive from one. The properly placed windbreak also serves as an effective snow barrier and can improve the working conditions in farmstead areas where you perform winter chores.
- Managing Your Restored Wetland
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This publication discusses various wetland topics such as economic functions, restoration, and management.
- Forest Management Cost-Share Assistance Programs
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This paper describes the current incentive programs offered by the United States Department of Agriculture.
- Design of an Orifice and Weir Outlet for Poorly Drained Forested Watersheds
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Orifice-weir structures at ditch outlets are being used to reduce peak drainage rates and to store water during the growing season in poorly drained managed pine plantations. Earlier studies have shown their effectiveness on reducing drainage outflows while conserving water during the growing season. This study reports on criteria and preliminary guidelines for designing such outlets.
- Basic Ecological Renovation: Problems and Activities
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In ecological renovation, assessment is a critical first step. Once the assessment has been properly completed, a renovation program can be designed to restart, accelerate, or broaden ecological processes, enrich or maintain biological units, and conserve...
- Auburn University Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Extension
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Website providing technical information for forest landowners and management providers in Alabama. Work in progress--will cover all aspects of forest managment.
- 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.
- PRODUCING FIREWOOD FROM YOUR WOODLOT
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Learn how you might manage a small woodlot for firewood production.
- Getting the Most Return from Your Timber Sale
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If you are thinking about selling timber or if you are approached with an offer to buy some of your timber, don't "jump too quickly." Taking time to find out what you have to sell, then choosing the appropriate method of marketing will usually result in substantially more income and satisfaction for the seller.
- Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface
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Added: January 19, 2008One of the major issues in the southern wildland-urban interface``is the loss of homes to wildfire. While fire control agencies play an``important role in fire prevention and the protection of``homes, there are actions that individual homeowners can``take to reduce the vulnerability of their home to wildfire.
- Air Drying of Lumber
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This report describes how lumber can be air-dried most effectively under outdoor conditions and illustrates the principles and procedures of air-drying lumber that were developed through field investigations and observations of industrial practices.
- Agricultural Management Practices And Soil Quality: Measuring, Assessing, and Comparing Laboratory and Field Test Indicators of Soil Quality Attribute
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This publication describes: (1) some indicators of soil that can be measured with a simple test kit developed by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS); (2) directions for interpreting these measurements; (3) the effects of soil amendments on soil quality attributes; and (4) comparisons of field kit and laboratory results.
- Secondary Growth Anatomy and Tree Rings
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Trees attempt to occupy more space and control available resources through cell divisions and cell expansion. From the end of a shoot tip to the end of a root tip, trees elongate. Along this axis of growth, trees also expand radially, which is termed "sec...
- Turtles In Mississippi Farm Ponds
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Farm ponds and lakes scattered across the Mississippi landscape provide an excellent habitat for many species of turtles.
- Prescribed Burning Assistance
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WHY Do Good Forest Managers Burn the Woods?
- Planners Web
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Planning Commissioners Journal: Planners Web - City and Regional Planning Resources
- Managing Nuisance Animals and Associated Damage Around the Home
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If you have unwanted wild animals around your home or garden, you can be sure there is enough food, water and cover for them. The solution to the problem involves removing at least one of these.
- Biological Diversity: Is Variety the Spice of Life?
- Anthracnose - A Fungal Disease of Shade Trees
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Anthracnose is a name for a group of diseases caused by several closely related fungi that attack many of our finest shade trees. This publication describes common anthracnose fungus, its symptoms, and methods of controlling it.
- Lake States Woodlands: Measuring Trees and Estimating Volume
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Diameter at breast height (DBH) is the single most important tree measurement when cruising (inventorying) timber stands to determine value. Woodland owners and managers use DBH for estimating the tree's volume and weight, for assessing stand density, for determining merchantability, and for estimating tree height.
- Nitrogen Transformations in Soils
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Nitrogen is available for capture by a tree when an organism dies and decays, excretes nitrogen containing wastes, or sheds materials and parts.
- Timber Sale Contracts
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Added: March 21, 2001This factsheet focuses on the process of entering into a contract with a timber buyer.
- Managing For Quail In Forested Habitats
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Georgias Stewardship Forests:``Managing for Quail in Forested Habitats
- Exotic Pest Plants and Their Control
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The first line of defense against an alien plant takeover is a constant surveillance for new arrivals. Early detection and treatment will minimize efforts and costs that come with treating well-established plants or full-blown infestations. Much more effort is required for successful eradication of established infestations, but it``can still be accomplished with proper treatments described here.
- Crawfish Production BROKEN
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Added: May 04, 2001Learn site selection, site development, production, harvesting, troubleshooting, and marketing methods necessary for succesful crawfish production. From Maryland to Texas to Oregon, crawfish are considered a delicacy, and the demand is growing steadily.
- 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.
- Developing a Plan to Care For Your Forest
- Allelopathy in Trees
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Trees have developed in ecological systems filled with many other organisms. The environment, shared by all, contains limited resources and less-than-ideal growth conditions. Allelopathy is one strategy of life.
- South Carolina Forestry Assocation Teacher's Corner
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This page provides links to various programs and resources for the classroom.
- Interpreting Streamflow Forecasts
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Each month, five forecasts are issued for each forecast point and each forecast period. Unless otherwise specified, all streamflow forecasts are for streamflow volumes that would occur naturally without any upstream influences. Water users need to know what the different forecasts represent if they are to use the information correctly when making operational decisions. The following is an explanation of each of the forecasts
