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- West Virginia's Managed Timberland Tax Incentive Program
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Recognizing the impact of forestry as a renewable natural resource on West Virginia's economy, the state has allowed it to be appraised under the Managed Timberland Program, which serves as a tax incentive for owners of properly managed property.
- Forest Stewardship: Timber Harvesting: An Essential Management Tool
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This bulletin discusses the benefits of harvesting timber and its importance in woodland stewardship.
- Fertigation Nutrient Sources and Application Considerations for Citrus
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Details the application of various fertilizers though irrigation systems
- USEPA Great Lakes Ecosystems - Green Landscaping: Greenacres Index Page
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Landscaping with native wildflowers and grasses improves the environment. Natural landscaping brings a taste of wilderness to urban, suburban, and corporate settings by attracting a variety of birds, butterflies and other animals. Once established, native plants do not need fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides or watering, thus benefiting the environment and reducing maintenance costs. Gardeners and admirers enjoy the variety of colors, shapes, and seasonal beauty of these plants
- Individual Slash Pine Volumes by Tree Diameter and Height
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Estimating the merchantable volume of an individual tree stem is critical to calculating tree product values. The table in this publication presents specific volumes for slash pine (Pinus elliotti) in the lower Piedmont of Georgia.
- Nature-based outdoor recreation trends and wilderness
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Wilderness and other public land management agencies, both federal and state, have been feeling a pinch. It seems this pinch may partly be in response to a growing perception, or perhaps misperception,that nature-based, especially wildland recreation, is on the decline. This perception has been getting a lot of media attention of late.
- Planting Trees In Your Landscape
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Good landscape plants can increase property value, save energy, and provide privacy and beauty around your home. This publications provides helpful information on planting, watering, and fertilizing your new trees.
- Planting and Care of Tree Seedlings
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This publication discusses techniques that will give your seedlings the greatest chances for survival.
- Landowner's Guide to Timber Sale Contracts
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A written timber sale agreement or contract is generally the preferable and safest method of selling timber. A written contract is legally binding and protects both the buyer and seller.
- Continuous Canopy Shake Mechanical Harvesting Systems
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Explains and informs of Continuous Canopy Shake Harvesting systems
- Water Quality Monitoring Programs for Environmental Assessment of Citrus Groves
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Explains the importance of water monitoring, its costs, types, and analysis
- Protecting Your Well By Shock Chlorination
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Shock chlorination is a way to protect a private well from coliform, iron, and sulfur bacteria.
- Oak Wilt
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Oak wilt, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, kills oak trees. It has been found in 21 States, with considerable damage occurring in the Midwest. It was first recognized as an important disease in 1944 in Wisconsin (fig. 1) where, in localized areas (less than 100 acres (40.4 ha)), over half the oaks have been killed. Surveys in eight Wisconsin counties showed that about 11 percent of the annual growth increase of oak forests was offset by mortality caused by oak wilt.
- Landscaping and Gardening for Birds
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One of the key elements for attracting many species of birds is wide variety of plants arranged into sheltered areas of shrubs and trees, open areas of lawns and gardens, and/or wet areas around ponds and streams.
- Forestry AgNIC
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Links to forestry-related web sites; part of the National Agricultural Library's Agriculture Network Information Center.
- Forestry Aesthetics Guide
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Added: October 05, 2008This publication is written as a guide for foresters, loggers, landowners, and other resource managers. The practices recommended are designed to be used as voluntary guidelines to improve and enhance the aesthetics of forest operations in the South.
- Easy-To-Make Bird Feeders
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Though many birds migrate south for the winter, there are still some around during the cold months. Food is hard to find, especially when there is snow on the ground. By feeding birds near your home, you can help them out and enjoy the benefits of their presence as well.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: Frogbit and Watershield BROKEN
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Although neither frogbit nor watershield typically cause problems in Mississippi, it may be necessary at some time to control its growth. This publication provides information on treatments.
- Dead Wood for Wildlife in the Wild Garden
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We humans think of dead things as useless. But in the wild world, many dead things have just begun to be valuable. Dead wood is an example. You can use it in woodpiles for wildlife. I like a woodpile outside a window under a tree.
- Best Management Practices
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Most of the BMPs in this manual address the protection of water quality or the requirements of Section 404 (dredge and fill) of the Clean Water Act. The BMPs in this manual have been designed to be consistent with the management measures as described in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publication entitled Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Non-Point Pollution in Coastal Waters, January 1993.
- U.S. Timber Production, Trade, Consumption, and Price Statistics: 1965-1997
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This report presents statistical information on production, trade, consumption, and prices of forest products in the United States.
- Forest Soils of Florida: Useful Groupings for Forestry Purposes
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The purpose of this fact sheet is to inform you about a) the major forest land areas of Florida, b) the CRIFF soil groupings, and c) the importance of soils in the practice of forestry.
- National Interagency Fire Center
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All agencies involved in fire control.
- North Carolina Project Learning Tree
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Home for North Carolina's Project Learning Tree Program, including upcoming workshop information
- Forest Products Measurements and Values
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Added: February 16, 2008This publication explains common forest products measures used in Tennessee and how to estimate the current market value.
- Community Forestry Resource Center
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The Community Forestry Resource Center established by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy promotes responsible forest management by encouraging the long-term health and prosperity of small, privately owned woodlots, their owners, and their communities.
- Understanding and Minimizing Veneer Checking on Furniture Panels
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Added: February 12, 2008This report presents a brief explanation of the causes of veneer checks, and discusses some of the major factors which have been shown to correlate with veneer checking.
- Animal Waste Management and the Environment:
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Animal waste includes livestock and poultry manure, bedding and litter, plus such things as dairy parlor waste water, feedlot runoff, silage juices from trench silos and even wasted feed. These wastes can affect water quality if proper practices are not followed. These protective practices are very often referred to as best management practices (BMPs) and includes facilities or structures, management practices or vegetative cover.
- Aquaculture Newsletter 7.1
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This newsletter contains nine articles including "Why Use Minnows in Catfish Ponds?," "Fish Growth in Sportfishing Ponds," "PESCAT Handbooks Available," "Getting a Head Start on Pond Weeds," "Ich--The Parasite Problem," "Conserving Water in a Levee Pond."...
- Managing Mississippi Farm Ponds and Small Lakes
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Because of poor planning, improper construction, or lack of proper management, many Mississippi lakes and ponds are relatively unproductive. A pond that consistently produces good catches of fish is a result of proper planning, construction, and management. The purpose of this publication is to encourage Mississippi landowners to plan, construct, and manage their ponds and lakes properly for recreational fishing.
