What's New
- Georgia Community Greenspace Program
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Senate Bill 399 (As Passed) establishes a framework within which developed and rapidly developing counties, and their municipalities, can preserve community greenspace. The bill became effective on July 1, 2000. For rulemaking purposes it became effective on April 16, 2000 when Governor Barnes signed it into law. It promotes the adoption, by such counties and cities, of policies and rules which will enable them to preserve at least 20 percent of their land
- Fire in the Wildland-Urban Interface
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Added: January 19, 2008
Rating: Votes: 20 Rate ItOne of the major issues in the southern wildland-urban interface``is the loss of homes to wildfire. While fire control agencies play an``important role in fire prevention and the protection of``homes, there are actions that individual homeowners can``take to reduce the vulnerability of their home to wildfire.
- Georgia Urban Forest Council
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Added: January 14, 2008
Rating: Votes: 15 Rate ItThe Georgia Urban Forest Council is a non-profit organization offering educational and other opportunities to promote excellent community forestry policies, programs and practices throughout Georgia.
- Woodland Owners' Guide to Oak Management
- Understanding Forest Certification
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Added: January 05, 2008
Rating: Votes: 16 Rate It - Trees for Riparian Forest Buffers
- 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.
- Tips for Planning a Successful Timber Sale
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This PDF is a great guide to timber sales contracts.
- The Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
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Added: January 05, 2008
Rating: Votes: 16 Rate ItGot a problem with an animal pest, even though its "wildlife"? We offer you solutions, from armadillos to salamanders, from bats to deer, for your damage problems that are caused by wild animals.
- The Basics of Geographic Information Systems
- Tax Treatment from Timber Sales
- Safe Chainsaw Operation
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Learn the basic principles of safe chainsaw use.
- Riparian Buffers for Agricultural Land
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This PDF defines what a riparian buffer is, describes what benefits a riparian buffer can provide in an agricultural landscape, and identifies situations where installing a riparian buffer should be considered.
- Oak Regeneration
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An online slideshow on oak regeneration.
- Measuring Standing Trees
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Woodland owners often need to measure the merchantable board foot content (termed "volume") of certain trees in their woodland. This publication teaches you how.
- Marketing Timber from the Private Woodland
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This bulletin presents guidelines to assist individuals in marketing timber from their woodlands.
- How to Identify Your Property Boundaries
- Getting the Most Return from Your Timber Sale
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If you are thinking about selling timber or if you are approached with an offer to buy some of your timber, don't "jump too quickly." Taking time to find out what you have to sell, then choosing the appropriate method of marketing will usually result in substantially more income and satisfaction for the seller.
- Controlling Undesirable Trees, Shrubs and Vines in Your Woodland
- Biological Diversity: Is Variety the Spice of Life?
- American Ginseng Production in Woodlots
- Forest Management For Wild Turkeys BROKEN
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Brief discussion of Wild turkey management and life history.
- Evaluating High-Graded Hardwood Stands
- Community Forestry Grants
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Added: November 15, 2007
Rating: Votes: 16 Rate ItUrban and Community Forestry Grants ``Program Guidelines.
- Forest Taxation
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Assuring that Non-Industrial Forest Landowners Have Access to the Best Available Information on Forest Related Tax Law.
- Find A Forest By State
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Added: October 01, 2007
Rating: Votes: 27 Rate ItFind a forest by state.
- 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.
- 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.
- Global Change
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It refers to large-scale changes in Earth's biological, geological, hydrological, and atmospheric systems. Agriculture is vulnerable to these environmental changes. Successfully adapting to change depends upon a quantitative and predictive understanding of the ways that agriculture and food supplies may be affected by climate change, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone levels, and increased UV-B radiation
- General Management Practices for Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) forests
