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- Tree Strength & Cross-sectional Area
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Assessing trees for structural integrity continues to be critical for risk management in landscapes, along right-of-ways, and for storm damage management.
- Tree Planters' Notes
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Dedicated to technology transfer and publication of research information relating to nursery production and outplanting of trees, shrubs, and native plants for reforestation, restoration, and conservation.
- Controlling Undesirable Trees, Shrubs and Vines in Your Woodland
- South Carolina State Forest Recreation
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Recreation and information on SC's three state forests.
- Paulownia Log Grades: Specifications and Uses
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This publication provides grade specifications that can be used as a guideline for determining the relative value of Paulownia logs.
- Financial analysis of growing loblolly pine in a 33-year rotation
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Added: November 10, 2008Financial analysis of growing loblolly pine in a 33-year rotation, with wildlife food plot and hunting lease assumptions.
- Federally Protected Plants of Georgia
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Everyone is aware of the plight of endangered animals but few know about our endangered and threatened plants (Federally listed). Many people do not know or care where these plants live and how they grow.
- Tree Growth Response Systems
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Added: October 31, 2008This publication is a synthesis of the tree growth regulation and correlation literature. General processes and systems presented here represent educational models which professionals can use to better appreciate and understand basic tree functions. These models do not represent actual physiological mechanisms, but simple theoretical means of explaining tree reactions within the environment.
- The Bugwood Network
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The Mission of The Entomology and Forest Resources Digital Information Work Group is to gather, create, maintain, promote the use of, and economically distribute digital information both as resources and as tools to enhance and complement information exchange and educational activities primarily in the fields of entomology, forestry, forest health and natural resources.
- Protecting Existing Trees During Constructioin
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Working around existing trees or under their canopies can be harmful to the trees. If you are planning to do work under the tree canopy or dripline of the tree it will be beneficial to read this article first and decide if the tree you will be working under is worth saving and how to protect it from stress.
- Wildfire Facts
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South Carolina Forestry Commission ``wildfire facts
- Trails, Bridges & Boardwalks
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Recreation on forest land is an important concern for many public and private landowners. In some situations it is the primary goal for land management.
- Private Forest Management Team Pine Plantation Investment Calculator (PPIC)
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The PFMT's Pine Plantation Investment Calculator is an EXCEL spreadsheet that allows you to evaluate expected economic returns from establishment and management of pine plantations in the Southern US.
- 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
- Words from the Woods: Derivations of Common Tree and Forest Words
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Added: October 20, 2008Our heritage is mirrored in our language. The words we use to describe things in our lives have been changing and evolving over time. By looking at where our words have come from, we can better understand their meaning. The words we use to describe trees and forests are filled with history.
- BMP Courtesy Checks: Solutions to Better Water
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Using BMPs to ensure the highest quality water
- Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Water Quality
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Riparian forests protect water quality by reducing the amount of sediment, nutrients, and other pollutants that enter streams, lakes, and other surface waters.
- Trinity Blacklands Urban Forestry Council
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The Trinity Blacklands Urban Forestry Council is an organization formed to address the increasing urban forestry needs for the eight county region surrounding Dallas, Texas.````Our mission is to promote the protection and development of urban forest resources. We execute our mission by communicating important issues, needs and information about urban forest resources to our local officials, civic leaders and media.
- Trend-Spotting in the Garden
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I did a survey of University of Georgia Extension Service agents recently to see what kinds of wildlife management are in demand. Surveys help spot trends to see what people want to know.
- Legal Terms & Concepts for Forest Land Owners
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Added: October 05, 2008This publication contains selected legal terms and concepts designed to acquaint the forest land owner with terminology designed to help specialized needs.
- Marketing for Wood Products Companies
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Marketing is a primary determinant of company success. Only by properly identifying what customers want and need on a continual basis, can wood products firms be successful. Competition will only increase in the years ahead. Those companies that have a good understanding of markets and implement a well thought out marketing program to meet their needs will have an advantage in the 21st Century.
- 1997 Cash Receipts from Timber Harvests by County
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Added: February 09, 2008This site provides a factual reference table of the status of the forest and natural resources in South Carolina by county.
- Timber Mart-South
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Survey and report southeastern US timber prices: stumpage and delivered.
- 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.
- Tree Topping Hurts Trees
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The practice of topping is so widespread that many people believe it is the proper way to prune trees. It's not, for a variety of practical and aesthetic reasons.
- Southern Center for Sustainable Forestry
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The Southern Center for Sustainable Forests provides innovative research and practical applications for enhancing sustainable forest management on industrial and nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) land in the South.
- Predicting Potential Loss from the Southern Pine Beetle in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina
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Provides a system that allows users to rate both plantations and natural stands of loblolly and shortleaf pine in the Coastal Plain for the likelihood of a SPB spot (infestation) occurring, chance of a spot spreading, and potential for timber loss.
- Amber Darter (Percina antesella)
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Added: October 20, 2008The amber darter is a small perch-like fish usually less than 2.5 inches (6 cm) long with a series of dark blotches along the sides and four dark "saddles" along the back It is a golden to brown color on the back, amber or yellowish along the middle of th...
- White Grub Control in Fraser Fir Christmas Trees
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Proper vegetation management is critical to grub control by decreasing grub damage and discouraging grubs from coming back.
- Master Tree Farmer
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Added: August 15, 2008The Master Tree Farmer Program is an intensive educational program designed to introduce landowners to many of the topics associated with forest management. The programs are not designed to make landowners into foresters but to acquaint landowners with forestry terms and concepts so they can effectively converse with foresters about the management of their property.
