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- Partial Poisoning of Overcrowded Fish Ponds
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The ultimate fate of many farm ponds is an overcrowded bluegill population that has few bass present. This is a classical condition that results when largemouth bass populations are overfished.
- Mature Tree Shapes of Forest Tree Nursery Seedlings
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Mature Tree Shapes of South Carolina Forestry Commission's Forest Tree Nursery Seedlings
- Manchester State Forest
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If you visit Manchester State Forest in the early spring you'll find pockets of flowering mountain laurel, red cedar draped with Spanish moss, and oaks growing in profusion among the dogwoods and longleaf pines. This kind of plant mix is unique in the state. Located in Sumter County, on the fall line between South Carolina's piedmont and coastal plain, Manchester State Forest consists of more than seventeen thousand acres of ridges, sand hills, hardwood bottoms, bays, and swampland
- Major Watersheds of Georgia
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The direct or indirect source of water for irrigation, power, industry, domestic use, navigation, and recreation comes from water falling over and flowing down forested watersheds in Georgia. Watersheds are areas where one major river system drains the la...
- Leaf Key
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Key out your leaf by clicking on the button that best describes it. ``A table will list the possible matches, with links to fact sheets. ``If a picture exactly matches your leaf, clicking on the picture will take you directly to a fact sheet for that species (you will have to use the back button in your browser to return to the key).
- Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances
- Growth Increment Area Increase
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Added: October 31, 2008The secondary growth of trees produces unique mechanical and biological solutions to life. From shoot tip to root tip, a new growth increment is deposited on the outside of the last growth increment. This livingsheath of tissue generated (facilitated) by the last growth increment, minimizes transport resistances and pathway defense, as well as spreading out bending, twisting and gravitational loads. As new growth increments generate, some of the most interior increments are internally shed and closed-down. The geometric result is a nearly round in cross-section, longitudinally tapered, nested set of conical shaped growth increment layers.
- Forest*A*Syst: Self Assessment to Prioritize Your Forest Needs
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Added: June 17, 2008A self assessment guide for forest landowners...modeled after the National Forest*A*Syst publication.
- FIREWISE Web Site
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The Firewise Home Page was created for people who live or vacation in fire prone areas of North America. The information contained here will help you to become a firewise individual, and acquaint you with the challenges of living around interface/intermix wildfire.
- Drought Conditions Which Affect Fish and Ponds
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Continued drought and high temperatures can become critical to both commercial fish producers and sportfish pond managers. As ponds lose water, the fish become more crowded and confined in a smaller volume of water and are stressed. Adding to this stress
- Changing Colors of Leaves
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This publication explains what triggers the color change in autumn, which color each species becomes, and the causes of variation in color.
- A Logger's Guide to Forest Planning
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A good planning guide for harvest operations.
- Georgia's Tree Appraisal: Species Value List
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The Guide outlines factors to consider in arriving at a species value.
- The State of America's Forests
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The Society of American Foresters has published a comprehensive, peer-reviewed report on the status of America's forestland. This 68-page report outlines the latest facts and figures in easy to read graphs, charts, tables, and supporting commentary. The State of America's Forests is the most definitive, one-source compilation of credible forestry facts touting more than 50 sources and peer-review by academia, non-governmental organizations, and the USDA Forest Service.
- Online Silviculture Quantitative Tools
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Added: October 25, 2008Great website with links to online modeling and quantitative tools.
- Deer Hunter's Guide for Aging and Jawbone Removal
- 4-H Project Record: Wetlands
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Wetlands 4-H Project Record (4H MER 70) is a marine 4-H project record in environmental education for 4-H members age 10 and up. This record book is used in conjunction with the Wetlands 4-H Project Manual (4H MEM 70). The activities in this book help youth to learn and record the types of swamps in Florida and which plants and animals live in this environment.
- Forest and Insects Disease Leaflets, Alphabetic List
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Forest and Insects Disease Leaflets, Alphabetic List.
- Winterizing Trees: Dormant Season Preparations
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Have you winterized your trees yet? Fall is a time of serious change and reorganization within a tree. Many trees will not survive to grow in another Spring. You can help your trees survive and thrive.
- Stem Length & Diameter Taper Limits
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Added: October 31, 2008Trees growth follows many mechanical rules to assure survival. In order to prevent concentrating forceat weak points, tree growth distributes loads and compensates for relatively weaker locations by adding more woody materials. One critical element of sustaining strength and stiffness is the amount of taper developed.
- Urban Trees and Shrubs
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A guide to the selection of trees and shrubs and their care in urban areas.
- South Carolina Forestry Commission
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Protecting and developing the forest resources of South Carolina.
- Root Control Barriers
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Added: October 31, 2008One of the easiest and most available materials used to control root growth are various types of two-dimensional barriers. There are a number of commercial products on the market, some using a herbicide. In a survey of community management programs, 50% of surveyed programs said barriers are considered at least partially effective (24). Listed by survey in order, after species selection and mechanical cutting, barriers represent a more tree-literate approach to root growth control. But as with most things biological and installed by humans, no barrier is completely effective as applied (43).
- Controlling Rats and Mice Around Your Home
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Added: September 10, 1997Rats and mice may cause harm by transmitting disease, destroying property, and biting. While rats and mice maybe an economic threat in agricultural settings, this publication focuses on controlling these rodents in and around buildings where people live.
- Pesticide Safety and Personal Protective Equipment for Citrus Grove Workers
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Details basic safety precautions for those working with pesticides.
- When Cities Grow Wild - Contents
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Here in the Halifax (Nova Scotia) Regional Municipality, there are a number of projects underway and the practice is supported through both municipal and school board policy1. Yet despite its wide acclaim for providing such rewarding and positive experiences, the whole process is unfortunately diminished the moment the child leaves the schoolground to walk home through an urban landscape marked by conventional horticultural standards
- Using Herbicides Safely and Herbicide Toxicity
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Herbicide accidents in Florida have affected both man and the environment. Almost all herbicide accidents have been due to carelessness and could have been prevented by reading and following the label instructions given on the herbicide container.
- The University of Georgia Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
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Added: October 25, 2008The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources offers rewarding degrees in Forestry, Fish & Wildlife, Soil and Water Resources, and Natural Resources Recreation and Tourism.
- Southern Pine Council
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The Southern Pine Council is a joint promotional body coordinated and supported by manufacturers of Southern Pine lumber.
- Practice and Potential of Agroforestry in the Southeastern United States
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The purpose of the following instructional document—officially called a white paper—is to help farmers, landowners, extension professionals and policymakers develop solutions to some of the problems they or their clients face, using agroforestry as a land management tool.
