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- 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.
- Homeowner's Guide to Gypsy Moth Management
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Added: February 26, 2001Because it is difficult to predict where the gypsy moth might strike next, there is a need for close monitoring and planning by regulatory agencies, you, and your neighbor.
- NUCFAC -- National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council
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The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council is an organization that supports education, projects, and groups related to urban and community forestry. We seek to establish sustainable urban forests for all communities. Explore this site to find out more!
- Managing Your Woodlot for Firewood
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With the growing popularity and economic benefits of using wood as a partial or total energy source, harvesting and gathering fuelwood has become a way of life for many.
- 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.
- Key to Leaves of Virginia Trees
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I've got my leaf, let's get started!
- How Forest Trees Grow
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Knowing how forest trees grow can help woodland owners predict yeilds. Being able to understand the growing cycles of different trees will also help the owner decide when and how to plant, thin and prune trees to increase wood production.
- 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.
- Setting up the Books: A Forest Owner's Guide to Capital Accounts
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...and Recordkeeping for Federal Income Tax Purposes
- Predicting Potential Loss from the Southern Pine Beetle in the Piedmont of South Carolina
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Forest managers concerned with southern pine beetle (SPB) impact may use an appropriate rating system to determine which stands are most susceptible. The results of such stand ratings will provide guidance in determining areas needing cultural treatment to prevent losses from the SPB.
- Organic Fertilizers
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Compared to synthetic fertilizer formulations,organic fertilizers contain relatively low concentrations of actual nutrients, but they perform important functions which the synthetic formulations do not.
- 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
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: Water Primrose and Smartweed BROKEN
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This publication offers treatments for controlling these two aquatic weeds which grow abundantly in Mississippi.
- Hydrilla
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Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) is a submersed aquatic plant that forms nearly impenetrable mats of stems and leaves at the surface of the water. Originally called Florida elodea, this plant causes many problems in ponds, lakes, and rivers.
- Aquatic Weed Identification and Control: Water Pennywort and Mosquito Fern BROKEN
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This publication provides information on biological and chemical treatments for water pennywort and mosquito fern.
- 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.
- Winter Kill in Channel Catfish
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Winter Kill Syndrome is a serious disease affecting farm-raised channel catfish during colder months.
- Wildfire Facts
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South Carolina Forestry Commission ``wildfire facts
- 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.
- Minor Pests of Fraser Fir Christmas Trees
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Most growers of Fraser fir Christmas trees in western North Carolina are familiar with its major pests: spruce spider mites, balsam twig aphids and balsam woolly adelgids. But there are several minor insects and diseases that growers may occasionally encounter.
- Forest Encyclopedia Network
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Added: September 17, 2008The Forest Encyclopedia Network consists of a growing number of encyclopedias covering different fields of forest science including Southern Fire Science, Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems, Southern Bioenergy Resources, Forest Environmental Threats, and the Southern Pine Beetle.
- 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.
- Bobwhite Quail Management
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Added: October 05, 2008This publication provides management techniques to increase quail populations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tree Decline - What Is It?
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Added: February 26, 2008This publication focuses on what takes place in the process of "tree decline" and how it is distinguished from "tree death." Understanding the reasons for decline may help you prevent, reduce or sometimes reverse decline of your yard or woodland trees.
- Smart Growth
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Smart growth--anti-sprawl development that is environmentally, fiscally, and economically smart and includes land-use planning, mixed use development, and transportation efficiency --in the U.S. is supported by the Smart Growth Network's 23 national partner organizations.
- Forest Management
- Anthracnose of Acacia
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Describes (with supplementing pictures) the Anthracnose fungus that plagues Acacia trees and its management and prevention
- Leaf Key
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Key out your leaf by clicking on the button that best describes it. ``A table will list the possible matches, with links to fact sheets. ``If a picture exactly matches your leaf, clicking on the picture will take you directly to a fact sheet for that species (you will have to use the back button in your browser to return to the key).
