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- Stocking Sportfishing Ponds
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Because proper initial stocking of new or innovated sportfishing ponds produces the maximum number and weight of harvestable fish, it is one of the best management tools available to fish pond owners. Using a combination of recommended species, appropriat...
- Spray Equipment Calibration
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This publication discusses how to properly calibrate the equipment so as to achieve the correct application amount.
- Spotfin Chub (Hybopsis monacha)
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The spotfin chub measures about 3.4 inches (8.5 cm). It is light olive on the back and pales to silver below. There is a distinct lateral line from which gold and green stripes radiate. During mating, males turn a metallic blue above this line.
- 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.
- Southern Forestry Situation and Outlook
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The forestry situation and outlook in the Southern U.S. is examined with respect to the major items of concern in forestry today. These items are: forestry resources, timber income and employment, current and projected timber supply and demand, imports, e...
- Soil Organic Matter
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Organic matter makes up only a small part of the soil. However, even in small amounts, organic matter is very important. This fact sheet answers some basic questions about soil organic matter.
- Snakes of Georgia
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Powerpoint slides of the snakes of Georgia.
- Snakes and Their Control
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Rating: Votes: 17 Rate ItNo other creatures provoke such simultaneous conflicting feelings as do snakes. We are at once attracted and repelled, intrigued by them and their habits and at the same time seized by an almost overwhelming urge to kill.
- Smooth Purple Coneflower (Echinacea laevigata)
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Perennial showy wildflower with erect, smooth, single stems 0.5-1 meter (1.6-3.3ft) tall that grow in clumps or patches. Grows from a thick fleshy, branched, black root. Leaves are simple, entire, and alternating along the stem. Leaf surfaces are smooth b...
- Small Whorled Pogonia (Isotria medeoloides)
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Perennial, showy orchid 15-25 centimeters (6-10in) tall. Growing from the top of the stem is a single whorl of five to six pale, dusty green, drooping, wide leaves about 5-8 centimeters (2-3.2in) long and 3-5 centimeters (1.2-2in) wide. The leaf stalk and...
- Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum)
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The shortnose sturgeon is brown to gray or black on the back, paling to gold or yellow on the sides and to white under-neath. In the Southeast, adults are commonly 16 to 38 inches long (38 - 96 cm) and weigh 8 to 15 pounds (3.6 - 6.75 kg). Small sturgeon
- Selected Bibliography: Ecological Restoration
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Anderson P. 1995. Ecological restoration and creation: A review. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 56 (Suppl. A): 187-211. Anderson TA; Kruger EL; Coats JR; Schepart BS. 1995. Rhizosphere microbial communities of herbicide tolerant plants as pote...
- Security Considerations for Timberland Owners
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Learn to protect your timberlands from intrusion, production of controlled substances, vandalism, dumping, and timber theft, and also learn about secure timber sale.
- Sected Practices and Plantings for Wildlife
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Wildlife, game and non-game, has certain basic requirements. Three of the most important are food, water, and shelter. Changing wildlife numbers in an area is primarily a matter of altering the amount of food, water, or shelter.
- Secondary Growth Anatomy and Tree Rings
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Trees attempt to occupy more space and control available resources through cell divisions and cell expansion. From the end of a shoot tip to the end of a root tip, trees elongate. Along this axis of growth, trees also expand radially, which is termed "sec...
- Seasoning of Wood
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Seasoning is a costly and time consuming process and would not be employed except in special cases unless there were valid reasons why it is required.
- Sample Timber Sale Contract
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A written timber sale contract is essential to all timber sales. Both buyer and seller need the protection that only a well-written contract can provide. Oral agreements are subject to misunderstanding and misinterpretation and are simply not adequate.
- Safe Tree Harvesting
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This publication covers the fundamentals of safe tree harvesting with a chain saw.
- Renovating Poor Pine Stands: Putting Land Back to Work
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Several aspects of pine stand renovation are presented here. The primary management objective covered in this publication is pine timber production and marketing.
- Relict Trillium (Trillium reliquum)
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Perennial wildflower with three elliptical, pointed leaves about 5 - 13 centimeters (2 - 5 in) long, each mottled in several shades of green. Grows from a reclining stem about 5 - 25 centimeters (2 - 10 in) long. Each leaf has a silver streak.
- Regenerating Southern Pine in Georgia
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Pine regeneration is neither a mystery nor hard to accomplish. It simply requires application of appropriate techniques and some advanced planning. Seldom can ``nature'' alone be relied upon to adequately regenerate a pine stand.
- Recreational Opportunities on CRP Lands
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consumptive enterprises, non-consumptive enterprises, hunting leases, shooting preserves, fee fishing, sporting clays, photography, home range, wildlife, hiking, bird watching
- Put a Fruit Feeder in the Wild Garden
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I have a special persimmon tree in my garden. An old Japanese variety called Jiro, it holds its fruit well into the winter and is a favorite food of our mockingbird.
- Pruning Guide for Storm Force Reduction in Tree Crowns
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Storm force impacts on trees can lead to catastrophic structural failures. Wind loads on trees are concentrated in the crowns acting near the end of a long lever arm (the stem) at some distance from the ground. Generated forces are centered at a point app...
- Pondering a Trend
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A backyard pond is a most relaxing place to enjoy watching fish, frogs, birds and other wildlife. Shallow aquatic environments are far more productive of wildlife than dry land habitats.
- Pond Fertilization and Liming
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Proper fertilization and liming can increase three to four times the pounds of fish a pond will support. Unfertilized ponds stocked with bream, bass and catfish usually have about 100 pounds of fish per surface acre. Ponds receiving adequate amounts of fe...
- Planting and Care of Tree Seedlings
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This publication discusses techniques that will give your seedlings the greatest chances for survival.
- Planting and Care of Fine Hardwood Seedlings
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Rating: Votes: 17 Rate ItThis brochure discusses the most important topics to consider in establishing a plantation of healthy fast-growing hardwoods.
- Plant Berries for Birds
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Winter is when flocks of cedar waxwings and robins gorge themselves on winter berries. On the University of Georgia campus, these birds are now arriving en masse to feed on the black fruits of cherry laurel and red berries of American holly.
- Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
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The piping plover is a small shorebird about 7 inches (17.75 cm) long that resembles a sandpiper. The upper parts of the bird are a light sandy brown while the underparts are white. It has two black bands, one that crosses the top of the head from eye.
