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- Management of Georgia Sportfishing Ponds
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The over one million ponds in the United States are a significant and valuable sportfishing resource. Forty percent of the recreational fishing in Georgia is on the estimated 100,000 ponds across the state. Some ponds are used solely for fishing, while ot...
- How to Recognize and Reduce Tree Hazards in Recreation Sites
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An understanding of the many factors affecting tree hazards in recreation sites will help predict which trees are most likely to fail. Hazard tree management deals with probabilities of failure. This guide, written for anyone involved in management or maintenance of public use areas that contain trees, is intended to help minimize the risk associated with hazard trees by presenting information on their identification and treatment
- Dealing with Nuisance Wildlife
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Citizens can protect property from wildlife committing or about to commit damage. Few people obtain permits to trap house mice because, as an exotic species, they are not protected. Consider lethal measures as a last resort, however. Most homeowners can deal quite effectively with wildlife using safe, non-lethal means.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: Water Pennywort and Mosquito Fern BROKEN
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This publication provides information on biological and chemical treatments for water pennywort and mosquito fern.
- Aquaculture Newsletter 5.1
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This newsletter contains four articles: "Aquaculture predicted to be a 'Major Growth Industry in the 21st Century'" "Marketing Catfish Means Making a Sale," "HCG and FDA," and "Sportfish Pond Fertilizers"
- Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute
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The Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute (UFEI) was developed by the Natural Resources Management Department faculty to address the increasing need for improved management of the urban forests in California.
- Tree planting
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Each year trees are planted on several thousand acres of Michigan land. Most are planted on cutover forest land or abandoned agricultural fields, and more recently onhighly erodible agricultural land covered under theConservation Reserve Program.
- The Spruce Spider Mite In Fraser Fir
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If you have Fraser fir Christmas trees with off-color or chlorotic foliage, especially after a dry spell in the summer or fall, chances are you have damage from the spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis) (SSM).
- Stem Strength with Closed / Centered Cavity
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Added: October 31, 2008The structural integrity of tree stems, roots and branches are dependent upon a number of very conservative allocation and building processes. Mechanical injuries, growth faults, and decay processes all significantly impact how dynamic loads are resisted within the tree. One form of tree response to decay and mechanical load changes is a boundary setting process which under some conditions lead to a cavity. Hollow trees can be found everywhere tree-forms exist.
- How Much Herbicide Do I Need?
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This factsheet outlines procedures that can be followed to determine the amount of herbicide needed to spray a particular planting.
- Woodland Management: Understanding Trees and Woodlands
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This pamphlet offers recommendations on woodland management.
- Snakes After a Disaster
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Many snakes, like other residents in the path of a major storm, have been displaced and left homeless. As a result, it is common to find these animals seeking shelter and food in areas close to people.
- Mat-forming Quillwort (Isoetes tegitiformans)
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Aquatic plant 3-8 centimeters (1.2-3.2in) tall that reproduces by spores. Has five to 10 pointed, stiff and needle-like leaves, about 5-7 centimeters (2-2.8 in) long and 1 millimeter (0.04 in) wide. Leaves have light green tops that yellow toward the base.
- Tree Decline - What Is It?
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Added: February 26, 2008This publication focuses on what takes place in the process of "tree decline" and how it is distinguished from "tree death." Understanding the reasons for decline may help you prevent, reduce or sometimes reverse decline of your yard or woodland trees.
- Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta)
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A large-headed turtle with an elongated, heart-shaped shell, the loggerhead has a reddish-brown to brown upper side and yellow to cream underside. Loggerheads are carnivorous, preferring horseshoe crabs, but also eat snails, barnacles, starfish.
- Tree Plantings Tips
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Added: November 05, 2008So you want to plant a tree...tips for choosing the right tree for the site to getting it in the ground.
- Why Leaves Change Color
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Added: July 26, 2008If you are lucky, you live in one of those parts of the world where Nature has one last fling before settling down into winter's sleep. In those lucky places, as days shorten and temperatures become crisp, the quiet green palette of summer foliage is transformed into the vivid autumn palette of reds, oranges, golds, and browns before the leaves fall off the trees. On special years, the colors are truly breathtaking.
- Wellhead Protection
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Because of the importance of groundwater to Mississippi, protecting the underground water supplies, or aquifers, is critically important. Wellhead protection, or well protection, is also important to all well owners in the state.
- Weed Management in Small Ponds
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The presence of some vegetation in small ponds is desirable for appearance and to enhance the habitat for fish, but it is important to maintain a good balance between vegetation and other aquatic life. Selecting a good pond site, designing the pond properly, and keeping nutrients in runoff water from reaching the pond are the most important ways to prevent excessive growth of aquatic weeds.
- Water Resources in Urban Ecosystems
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Water Resource in Urban Ecosystems
- SPOT Image
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Added: February 22, 2008Spot Image distributes satellite imagery received from optical and radar remote sensing satellites. This earth observation raster imagery is compatible with all GIS and used for example in land mapping or vegetation monitoring.
- Planting
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Educational materials containing planting information
- Gathering, Preparing, and Storing Firewood
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When gathering firewood for your own use you may be faced with several options. Trees may be felled and bucked (cut into pieces that fit your fireplace) already, so that all you would need to do is haul, split, and stack. In other cases, you may need to do your own limbing and bucking, or perhaps even fell your own trees.
- Falling Tree Leaves: Leaf Abscission
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Trees loose their leaves by design. When leaves become inefficient and unable to produce food and growth regulators, a process of shutting-down and sealing-off begins. Trees shed many parts besides leaves, including fruit, flowers, bud scales, trichomes,
- Autumn Colors
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The spectacular parade of colors associated with the "Indian Summer" days of autumn is created by a complicated series of interactions involving pigments, sunlight, moisture, chemicals, hormones, temperature, length of daylight, growing location and genetic traits.
- Hurricanes and the Harvesting Decisions
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This paper addresses the generic question of whether a crop should be harvested after sustaining significant loss. This paper provides a citrus grower with a roadmap to determine the economic criteria for harvesting the remaining crop. Conversely, when is it in the best economic interest for a grower to abandon the remaining crop? While the hurricanes of 2004 motivated this paper, the analysis is applicable to any situation arising from natural disasters, pest infestations, or collapsing market prices.
- Smart Communities Network: Land Use Codes/Ordinances
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Community sustainability requires a transition from poorly-managed sprawl to land use planning practices that create and maintain efficient infrastructure, ensure close-knit neighborhoods and sense of community, and preserve natural systems. This section provides an introduction to key planning principles as well as resources for strategies, tools, and civic participation to help your community with sustainable land use planning.
- Tree Pages
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This page is full of interactive adventures! You'll discover why trees have different shapes, how squirrels help oak trees to survive, how trees spread their seeds and more!
- Florida's Outdoor Burning and Forest Fire Laws
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Details basic outdoor burning laws to help prevent forest fire
- Pesticide Application Best Management Practices for the Citrus Grove Worker
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details different pest control methods, safety, and application processes and tips