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- A Field Guide for Ground Checking Southern Pine Beetle Spots
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Added: February 14, 2008
Rating: Votes: 17 Rate ItThis handbook shows how to recognize various stages of SPB attack, how to decide if control is needed, and how to mark buffer strips for control crews.
- Zebra Mussels Pose a Threat to Virginia's Waters
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This publication explains the economic and biological consequences of zebra mussels, along with offering potential solutions for protecting Virginia's rivers and reservoirs from infestation.
- Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs
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This link is to the Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs page. It provides educational opportunities and information for people who use pesticides as part of their daily lives, consumers with questions, and students.
- 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.
- Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: Effects on Plant and Animal Communities
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Loss of native riparian vegetation can result in a loss of habitat for many animals. Therefore, the restoration of riparian forest buffers along Virginia's streams and lakes is important to maintaining and restoring Virginia's fish and wildlife populations.
- Understanding the Science Behind Riparian Forest Buffers: An Overview
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The riparian area is that area of land located immediately adjacent to streams, lakes, or other surface waters. Through the interaction of their soils, hydrology, and biotic communities, riparian forests maintain many important physical, biological, and ecological functions and important social benefits.
- The Storm-Damaged Landscape After a Disaster
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This check list provides suggestions as to how an owner can assess and repair damaged landscape after a storm.
- Sustainability Foresty: A Guide for Virginia Forest Landowners
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This publication provides some basic information about forest management and specifics on how timber harvesting should be conducted to ensure the sustainability of your forest resources.
- Supplemental Income from Wildlife on Your Land
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More and more farmers and ranchers are considering hunting as a new source of income. Urban and suburban sprawl is wiping out historic wildlife habitats, and rural areas surrounding cities typically are posted against hunting or trespassing. Many sportsmen travel long distances to hunt gamebirds, waterfowl, and big game.
- Soil Nutrient Variability in Southern Piedmont Soils
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When sampling soil, it is usually recommended that one collect a small amount of soil from a number of locations within a field, then mix the soil together in a pail for a good, representative sample. The reasoning behind this approach is that soil nutrient level tends to vary across a field due to the heterogenous nature of soil.
- 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.
- Skunk Management
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This publication offers solutions to make lawn/landscape unattractive to skunks.
- Shrubs: Functions, Planting, and Maintenance
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Planting shrubs is one of the smartest things you can do-both for yourself and your community. Shrubs can help increase the value of your property and provide privacy and beauty around your home.
- Should You Attempt Fish Farming? Considerations for Prospective Fish Growers
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Fish farming is, like most other types of farming, a risky business that requires special knowledge, skills, and careful considerations. Some of the most important factors to consider in determining whether you should begin a fish farming business are included in this publication.
- Producing and Marketing Wild Simulated Ginseng in Forest and Agroforestry Systems
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Within this publication, a system of growing ginseng called wild simulated ginseng production will be described. Using this production system, landowners may establish naturalized populations of wild American ginseng on the forest floor in their privately-owned woodlands.
- Planting and Managing Switchgrass for Forage, Wildlife, and Conservation
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The upright growth provides wildlife some overhead cover for protection, quality nest sites, and free movement which facilitates food searching. In established stands, there is little disease problem and no insect pests. Since it is a perennial, properly managed switchgrass should never need to be replanted.
- Planning for Commercial Aquaculture
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Establishing a commercial aquacultural enterprise involves a four-step process that should be strictly followed by the prospective aquaculturist.
- Pesticides and Aquatic Animals: A Guide to Reducing Impacts on Aquatic Systems
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The purpose of this publication is to serve as a general guide for those who may use pesticides in or around natural wetlands, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams. In this publication, information is provided about the toxicity and safe use of pesticides that have the potential to enter aquatic systems.
- Personal Selling for the Forest Products Industry
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As we enter the 21st century the role of the salesperson has changed. Their duties no longer include simply taking orders and quoting prices. This is especially true for the forest products industry, where a "marketing" philosophy has never been dominant.
- New Tax Law Could Enhance the Attractiveness of Conservation Easements
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This article provides a brief overview of the new provisions in which properly drafted conservation easements qualify for a charitable contribution deduction, allowing the donor to take a deduction for income tax purposes.
- Natural Resources and Environmental Management: A Program Focus of Virginia Cooperative Extension
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This bulletin describes a few of the pressing natural resource and environmental issues common in Virginia, and how the Virginia Cooperative Extension is addressing them through education.
- 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.
- Managing Winter Injury to Trees and Shrubs
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It is often necessary to give a little extra attention to trees and shrubs in the fall to help them over-winter and start spring in peak condition. Understanding of certain principles and cultural practices will significantly reduce winter damage to woody ornamentals.
- Managing Wildlife Damage: Moles
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For commercial agricultural producers, elimination of moles over large areas is difficult, if not impossible. For the homeowner, problems with moles usually can be managed with minimal effort and persistence.
- Managing Wildlife Damage: Black Bears
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When natural foods are scarce, black bears will turn to whatever food resources are most available. As a result, conflicts between bears and agricultural producers, homeowners, outdoor recreationists, and other affected parties may arise where bears cause damage to personal property or crops as they search for food.
- Management of Wood Ducks on Private Lands and Waters
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Of the many wildlife management practices the private landowner can do, few are as rewarding as those which favor wood ducks. Wood ducks and a multitude of other wildlife species respond readily to managed wetlands. Conservation practices on existing wetlands and creation of new wetlands on private lands are keys to sustaining valuable wildlife resources.
- Hunter Safety After a Disaster
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A major storm adds new dimensions to hunter safety. Hunters must be aware of the increased hazards. In some heavily damaged areas, hunting may be limited or cancelled for the year. Before going afield, it is advisable to check with your state's wildlife department to see if your favorite hunting spot falls into the closed category.
- Freshwater Fish Farming in Virginia: Selecting the Right Fish to Raise
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Added: February 13, 2008
Rating: Votes: 18 Rate ItIn this publication we present basic information on fish farming and discuss some of the opportunities and problems involved with growing certain freshwater fish and other aquatic animals in Virginia.
- Fertilizing Containerized Woody Ornamentals
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The use of containerized woody ornamentals for patios and specialized areas has become an important feature in residential landscape design. To ensure vigorous, healthy plants in these containers, a growing medium composed primarily of organic materials (pine bark, peat moss, etc.) mixed with coarse builder sand or perlite to ensure adequate drainage is recommended.
- Fertilizer Choices
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There are a large number of fertilizers available today. Sometimes it is difficult to choose what type of fertilizer to use, what formulation should be used, and how it should be applied. The number of alternatives are confusing.
