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- California Urban Forests Council
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The mission of the California Urban Forests Council is to be a leader in developing and promoting the proper planning, care, and management, as well as the perpetuation of sustainable urban and community forests that maximize the quality of life for every Californian by:
- Managing Wildlife Damage: Moles
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For commercial agricultural producers, elimination of moles over large areas is difficult, if not impossible. For the homeowner, problems with moles usually can be managed with minimal effort and persistence.
- Pine Bark Beetles
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Pine bark beetles are small insects that kill pines by boring beneath the bark. Five species are common throughout Georgia. These are southern pine beetle black turpentine beetle and three species of Ips engraver beetles.
- Flathead Borers on Hardwoods
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Flatheaded borers are some of the most common of wood borer in the United States. They occur throughout the United States and Canada. There are more than 150 species and varieties of flatheaded borers east of the Mississippi.
- Timber Theft is A Crime, No Matter How You Cut It
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A guide to preventing timber theft.
- 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.
- Qualifiers for Quagmires: Landscape Plants for Wet Sites
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Wet, poorly drained soils present one the most difficult challenges for growing plants in the landscape. Excessive moisture displaces oxygen in the soil and plant roots can suffocate as a result.
- How to Diagnose Black Walnut Damage
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Black walnut trees, like all other plants, are susceptible to a variety of injuries that reduce or destroy their usefulness. The first step in preventing or controlling these injuries is to identify their cause. Most damage is caused by disease, insects, birds, mammals, or weather.
- Hazards of the Outdoors
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Foresters, of all people, know quite well how insects can devastate a forest. However, this guide is not about those insects that kill trees. It's about insects and their kin that can make life miserable for foresters and other people who spend a lot of time outdoors. It is important for persons to know about those species that are medically significant and how to avoid a potentially dangerous encounter with a sting or bite.
- Calculating Lease Value Ranges for CRP Trees
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A lease value based on the income potential of the established tree crop uses the estimated tree growing costs and incomes to calculate an annual rental rate.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control BROKEN
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Added: October 05, 2008This publication provides information on controlling various types of algae.
- American Ginseng Production in Woodlots
- Application of Poultry Litter to Pine Forests
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This publication reports on some preliminary research``into the application of poultry litter to a pine plantation and``attempts to answer the following questions:`` What is the potential for poultry litter applications on``forest land to harm surface or groundwater?`` What is the effect of poultry litter applications on pine tree``growth?`` What are other practical concerns which may limit the use``of poultry litter as a fertilizer on forest lands?
- Building Freshwater Fish Attractors
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Freshwater fish attractors concentrate fish by providing cover, structure, spawning habitat and an attachment surface for many fish food organisms.
- An Ecosystems Approach to Natural Resources Management
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Our nationand especially Kentuckyhas an abundance of renewable natural resources, including timber, wildlife, and water. As the nation grows and prospers, we extract natural resources through agriculture, forestry, mining, urban or industrial expansion, and other developments. Ultimately, we affect the amount of wild lands that native plants and animals need for survival.
- Wide-space Injection with Arsenal AC Herbicide For Control of Undesirable Hardwood Stems
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In the first growing season after treatment, the most susceptible species (such as sweetgum) may die, but other species will lose foliage, produce a new flush of leaves which may exhibit``abnormal leaf shapes, color, and clusters of small leaves or buds at branch and terminal tips. These trees will die in the second growing season following treatment. Arsenal/Chopper is a soil active material. Do not spray the herbicide solution on the soil near desirable tree/crop species.
- Land Planner's Environmental Handbook
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Technical reference manual brings together technical information from published texts, reports, and manuals as well as hindsight dramatization of many of the negative impacts of the nation's past and present land use planning efforts. Most of the nation's pressing environmental issues are covered, including landfilling, incineration, composting, leaking underground tanks, AIDS, radon, Lyme disease, medical waste, ocean pollution, and wildlife protection.
- Controlled mass pollination in loblolly pine to increase genetic gains
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Added: October 20, 2008Controlled mass pollination (CMP) is one way to increase genetic gains from traditional wind-pollinated seed orchards. Methodology is under development by several forestry companies in the southern USA. Costs of CMP depend on the efficient installation, pollination, and removal of inexpensive paper bags.
- Forest Landowner's Guide to The Measurement of Timber and Logs
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Added: February 12, 2008Methods of measuring timber and the units of measurement often differ between buyers, and, as a seller, you should have an understanding of these methods, the units of measurement, and an idea as to a reasonable price for your timber.
- Understanding Water Quality Parameters for Citrus Irrigation and Drainage Systems
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Explains basic water management knowledge, such as how to obtain a water sample, units used in water analysis, and water quality parameters
- 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.
- Why Do Trees Die?
- Small Diameter Timber Symposium Proceedings
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Proceedings of a 2002 conference on utilizing small diameter trees
- 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.
- Pondering a Trend
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A backyard pond is a most relaxing place to enjoy watching fish, frogs, birds and other wildlife. Shallow aquatic environments are far more productive of wildlife than dry land habitats.
- Planning for Stewardship: A Desk Guide
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This guide offers assistance to writers of plans and includes instructions, requirements and excerpts from well written plans.
- Attracting and Feeding Songbirds
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Added: September 10, 2008A primer in backyard songbird conservation.
- Reducing your Taxes with Conservation Easements
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Interest in conservation easements has grown with the extreme increases in property values in many parts of the country. The resulting increased tax burden created some rather valuable estates that are "cash poor, but land rich." This shortage of cash sometimes means that even landowners who wish to preserve undeveloped land may have to sell or subdivide their land to pay the taxes. In addition to the payment of property taxes, estate taxes can be of particular concern.
- Mourning Dove
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Mourning Dove management.
- Urban Trees for Use Under Utility Lines
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Selecting trees for use under utility lines presents a unique challenge. It is often desirable to have trees that are large enough to provide shade, architectural effects, and ornamental features, all without interfering with overhead utility lines. Below we have listed trees that have a typical mature height of less than 30 ft. In most cases the mature height listed is very optimistic.
