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- Needle Cast of Pines
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describes and details the Needle casts that plague Florida's pine trees
- Using Chemicals in Pond Management
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Added: October 20, 2008Chemicals are applied to ponds and lakes to control weeds; to control fish diseases; to eliminate undesirable fish; to control undesirable insects and aquatic invertebrates and to correct undesirable water quality problems. Pond owners are often confused by terminology, units of measure, and formulations. This confusion makes it difficult to select the right chemical, to calculate the proper amount to be applied, and to apply it to the pond in a correct and safe manner.
- Trees for Riparian Forest Buffers
- 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,
- 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.
- Trees Per Acre Table: by Diameter and Basal Area
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There are many types of natural resource planning and management applications that require estimating the number of trees for a given size that would occupy an acre of land.
- 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.
- Forest Roads and Construction of Associated Water Diversion Devices
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Roads provide access to forest resources, but poorly designed roads increase maintenance costs, restrict access, and create environmental problems.
- Trends in Working Forest Conservation Easements
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Added: November 05, 2008The increasing use of conservation easements to protect private, productive forestland and recent large-scale projects protecting tens or hundreds of thousands of acres are bringing out challenges and questions related to working forest conservation easements (WFCEs). WFCEs are easements developed specifically for working forests that are actively managed for timber or other marketable goods. In April 2001, a Land Trust Alliance (LTA) advisory panel of conservation easement and forest management practitioners from across the country discussed emerging WFCE trends and ongoing challenges, including forming complex partnerships with multiple parties in easement transactions, documenting and monitoring a forest’s multiple resources and managing public access on some working forestlands.
- Stream Corridor Restoration
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There's more to a stream than the rushing or meandering water. A stream corridor, or stream valley, is a complex and valuable ecosystem which includes the land, plants, animals, and network of streams within it. Recognition of the value of stream corridors has come with the understanding of what has been lost through uninformed or misguided actions on many streams and the watersheds that nourish them.
- Find A Forest By State
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Added: October 01, 2007Find a forest by state.
- USDA Conservation Reserve Program
- Private Landowners Guide to Forest Certification in the South
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Added: September 17, 2008After hearing the phrase forest certification, many people ask, what, how, and why. This publication helps forest landowners understand forest certification, how it began, why it should be considered, what types of certification systems are available, and the steps necessary to become certified.
- Benefits of Prescribed Burning
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Added: February 07, 2008Fire has been a frequent visitor to Florida's forests for thousands of years. During spring and fall dry seasons, and even during periods of summer rain, fires ignited in grass, dry leaves, and brush at the base of lightning-struck trees.
- Wood Products Business: Not Necessarily as Usual: Part 1
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Starting a business of any sort requires many steps before actually opening doors. Planning, filing permits, financing, etc. all must be completed before successful startup can occur.
- The Global Positioning System
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GPS is a satellite-based radio navigation system. Users anywhere``on the surface of the earth (or in space around the earth)``with a GPS receiver can determine their geographic position``in latitude (north-south), longitude (east-west), and elevation.
- Southern Pine Beetle Control Techniques
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Southern pine beetle (SPB) caused timber losses can be reduced through the use of one or more recommended direct-control tactics. SPB control, to be most effective, should be a year-round activity.
- Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas
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Weeds Gone Wild: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas is a web-based project of the Plant Conservation Alliance's Alien Plant Working Group, that provides information for the general public, land managers, researchers, and others on the serious threat and impacts of invasive alien (exotic, non-native) plants to the native flora, fauna, and natural ecosystems of the United States.
- Virginia Spirea (Spiraea virginiana)
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Added: October 20, 2008One of the rarest shrubs in North America, this is a short shrub about 1 - 2 meters (3.2 - 6.5 ft) tall. Grows in upright clumps and spreads by root sprouting. Leaves are alternate, with green upper surfaces and white undersides but are variable in shape. Some leaves may have a few teeth near the tip; others will be completely toothless. Leaf shapes range from narrowly elliptical to oblong. All have a tiny pointed tip. Leaves are 5 - 8 centimeters (2 - 3 in) long.
- 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.
- The Role of the State Forestry Agency in Urban Forestry
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This manual provides basic information for State forestry agency employees and others who work with communities on urban forestry. It can be used for self-guided learning, finding specific information on a topic and developing workshops and presentations.
- Layman's Guide to Private Access Road Construction
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Poorly constructed access roads often cause severe erosion and stream sedimentation that benefit no one.
- Air Seasoning (Drying) of Wood
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Drying, (air seasoning) wood can be complex. The purpose of this guide is to outline some of the important points in drying small quantities of wood.
- Sooty Mold of Conifers and Hardwoods
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Sooty molds of trees and shrubs commonly occur throughout Virginia on conifers, hardwoods, and other plant species. They rarely cause problems in the forest, but in some cases they can interfere with proper growth of Christmas trees, nursery stock, or landscape plants.
- Hardwood Lumber Grades
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More people are becoming involved in do-it-yourself activities, ranging from putting up a bookshelf to renovating an existing structure. All too frequently, though, they don't know what grade of lumber they might need for a particular project.
- Forest Landowners Tax Council
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Added: December 15, 2008The Forest Landowners Tax Council (FLTC) is an independent, national non-profit organization dedicated to providing an effective and unified voice for non-industrial, private forest (NIPF) landowners on federal tax issues. The Council seeks to provide technical research to identify opportunities for timber tax improvements.
- Last Generation: Our Endangered Species
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Through the generations, changing environments cause some living things to flourish, some to linger on the edge of existence, and others to no longer survive. Loss of individuals is called death.
- Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree
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In many landscapes, birch trees begin to decline within a few years, and many trees die well before reaching maturity. A healthy birch tree should be able to survive and thrive for 40-50 years. In many yards, however, it is not unusual for birch trees, especially the white-barked birches, to die well before reaching 20 years of age.
- Fish Kills: Their Causes and Prevention
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A few dead fish floating on the surface of a pond or lake is not necessarily cause for alarm. Expect some fish to die of old age, injury, winter starvation, or even post-spawning stress in the springtime. However, when large numbers of fish of all sizes are found dead and dying over a long period of time, it is necessary to investigate and determine the cause.
- The Clearcutting Controversy--Myths and Facts
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Added: February 26, 2008This article provides some facts about clearcutting, addresses some misconceptions, and discusses the ongoing controversy.
