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- North Carolina Extension Home Page
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A wealth of information on managing forest in the Southeast
- Heating With Wood Series
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This publication discusses the suitability of wood for residential heating, the types of heating units available and some of the the factors which must be considered to heat a home effectively with wood.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ecology and Management of Deer in Oklahoma
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This publication describes the life history and habitat of the deer, along with many management practices.
- Development and Implementation of Fisheries Bycatch Monitoring Programs...BROKEN
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Fishery resources are harvested from Gulf of Mexico waters using a variety of gears and methods. With few exceptions, most of the fisheries have an element of bycatch associated with them.
- Coyote Biology and Control in South Carolina
- Competition Control for Cottonwood Plantation Establishment
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This publication discusses recent developments in competition controls used in cottonwood plantations.
- Common Fraser Fir Insect Pests BROKEN
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This site contains pictures of common fraser fir insect pests.
- Catching and Trapping Armadillos
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Armadillos, since their successful invasion of the southeast, have become renowned as pests of lawns and gardens. It's their endless digging in search of their insect food that does the damage.
- Aquatic Plant Fact and Weed ID Sheets
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This site provides factual information on various invasive aquatic plants.
- Income Opportunites in Special Forest Products
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For many rural areas, the path to sustainable economic development will include innovative approaches to natural resource conservation, management, and utilization. This publication describes special forest products that represent``opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Silvics & Silviculture--The Agriculture of Trees
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This article discusses a few of the silvicultural harvest techniques applied most often in Appalachian hardwoods.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tree Improvement in Oklahoma Woodlands
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This fact sheet summarizes the methods landowners can use to improve the quality of forest trees.
- 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.
- 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.
- New Forest Inventory Statistics for Southeast Georgia
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Trees are complex reacting organisms which grow in dynamic, rapidly changing environments. Tree biology must provide for defense, reproduction, growth, and control of resources. This publication provides some simple ways of thinking about trees.
- Measuring Standing Trees and Logs
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Virginia's guide to measuring existing stands of trees and or logs.
- 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.
- Forestry Income Tax Series: Handling Reforestation Expenses
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Forest landowners who spend money on reforestation can take advantage of two federal income tax incentives.
- 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.
- Fertilization of Christmas Trees in Oklahoma
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Christmas trees, like any plant material, need nutrients to increase growth and maintain vigor.
- Definition of Conservation Practices in Kentucky, An Interagency...
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This publication provides definitions and descriptions for practices qualifying for financial assistance in Kentucky and is provided to assist in cost-share planning.
- Conifer Sawflies
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This publication describes eleven conifer sawflies by their distinctive markings, their hosts, the time of year they are present, and their distribution. Magnefied and to-scale drawings of each are also provided.
- Attract More Wildlife Through Timber Management
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Forest management will improve the forest environment for people, animals, and trees. Your forestland is valuable for the wildlife, timber, and other products and benefits produced there. Forest management will add to your pleasure and satisfaction from forest ownership as it increases your income.
- Applying Pesticides Safely
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Added: February 13, 2008Proper use of pesticides is essential for your safety and for that of the environment. And, pesticides must be properly used to be effective.
