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- Landscaping for Wildlife - Louisiana DWF Urban Wildlife Program
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Added: November 05, 2008There are numerous reasons why people wish to attract wildlife to their yards, but it all boils down to the fact that people enjoy seeing wildlife. Watching wildlife is one of the fastest growing outdoor activities in this country. More and more people are buying bird feeders, binoculars, and identification guides than ever before. People's attitudes have been changing. With environmental issues being a major concern these days, people are becoming more aware of nature and natural things.
- Food Plots - Common Plants
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Food plots are widely used by landowners to improve wildlife habitat. Food plots can be used to attract animals for harvest or viewing. In general, food plots are an expensive attempt to improve wildlife habitat. Food plots have little or no wildlife value if food plots are established at the expense of maintaining cover. Wildlife needs both adequate food and cover within a reasonable distance of each other.
- Coyote Control in the Eastern United States BROKEN
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Coyote Control in the Eastern United States
- Managing Trees and Turfgrasses
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Trees and turfgrasses commonly share the same landscape. Both require space, light, water, air, essential nutrients, and the appropriate temperature for growth, but there is often a stuggle to maintian quality turf under healthy trees.
- Tree-ring Porosity Forms in Hardwoods
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Added: October 25, 2008One growth increment of a tree, commonly called a “growth ring,” is composed of structural, conducting, and defensive components. In a cross-section, the largest conducting vessels can be visible to the unaided eye or can be minutely small. Due to shoot growth rates and timing, and leaf expansion periods, different growth conditions affect vessel size and xylem composition.
- Relative Tolerance of Tree Species to Construction Damage
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Added: November 05, 2008Each tree species, and each unique individual, will respond to the stress and strain of construction activities in different ways. Some species vary widely in their response to mechanical injury, pest attack, soil modifications, and micro-climatic changes associated with construction. As more tree tissues, physical space and essential resources are disrupted, the more a tree must effectively react to these changes to insure survival.
- US Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Page
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This is the home page for endangered species.
- Sand Hills State Forest
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Part of a unique ecosystem, the Sand Hills State Forest is located between the piedmont and coastal plain of South Carolina in Chesterfield and Da
- Forest Terminology for Multiple-Use Management
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This glossary is designed to cut through some of the confusion by providing, in one place, definitions for many of the terms commonly used in modern``forestry.
- Needlecasts of Pines in Florida
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Describes the Needlecast fungi affecting Florida pines
- WOOD IN TRANSPORTATION
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The Wood In Transportation (WIT) Program, formerly known as the National Timber Bridge Initiative, has funded over 322 modern timber bridge projects in 48 states during the last nine years. More than 195 have been completed, and they are demonstrating the use of wood in transportation applications.
- Why Many Shade Trees Cannot Be Marketed
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There are several reasons why lumbermen are usually not interested in purchasing shade trees of any species, including black walnut. This publication explains some of these reasons and offers suggestions to follow when sale of a shade tree is possible.
- Storm Damaged Trees: Prevention and Treatment
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Thousands of shade and street trees are lost every year to wind, ice and lightning. Estimates of property value loss in Georgia from this type of tree damage can exceed $10 million annually. This value does not include future liability problems. Georgia h...
- 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...
- Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest
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Added: October 31, 2008Welcome to the tree identification Home Page at Oregon State University! The purpose of this site is to help you identify common conifers and broadleaves in the Pacific Northwest. Feel free to skip through the pages to learn more about specific genera, or to try your hand at identifying a tree specimen with a user-friendly dichotomous key. If you don't have a specimen handy, go to the mystery tree pages to try to identify the trees pictured.
- Aquaculture Development Plan
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The Aquaculture Development Commission was established by the Georgia General Assembly in 1988. The purpose of the Commission is to facilitate the development of the aquaculture industry in Georgia. This Development Plan represents one of the goals of the Commission.
- Farm Tractor Logging for Woodlot Owners
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Farm tractor logging guide for small acreage.
- Southern Catalpa: "The Fish Bait Tree"
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Added: October 25, 2008The Southern catalpa (Catalpa bignonioides) tree is a common fixture along roadsides and in old yards. The big green leaves and distinctive long dangling fruits are noticeable from hundreds of yards. Although used in the past for a variety of wood-based products, today catalpa is used for shade trees and for growing a special caterpillar. This catalpa “worm” is prized by fishing enthusiast across the South.
- Start Now to Design Citrus Groves for Mechanical Harvesting
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Added: November 16, 2011details and promotes the structure of citrus groves around the practice of mechanical harvesting
- Section 1: Recommended trees for Missouri Landscapes
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The trees in this section are considered to be desirable species. They should grow well in Missouri when planted properly under the right conditions.
- Selecting Wooded Home Sites
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Added: October 31, 2008Buying a new house or building your dream house is an exciting venture. The site you select and its trees will play an important part in the beauty and value of your home and the feeling of well-being it provides for you. Examine the trees on the site carefully and do not overlook the many values they provide.
- Center for Biodiversity and Conservation
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Forest fragmentation from urban sprawl is a site-level phenomenon; however, it affects conservation of biodiversity at landscape and regional scales. Impediments to conservation occur when crossing jurisdictional and agency (local, state, and federal) boundaries.
- WV Timber Severance Tax Considerations for Landowners
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This publication explains the application of severance tax to timber in the state of West Virginia.
- Wildlife and Foresty Landowner Cooperatives
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Many forest landowners have not capitalized on the wildlife and forest resources on their lands for a variety of reasons. One approach that forest landowners can take to capitalize on these resources is to form a cooperative with adjoining neighbors.
- When Cities Grow Wild - Contents
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Here in the Halifax (Nova Scotia) Regional Municipality, there are a number of projects underway and the practice is supported through both municipal and school board policy1. Yet despite its wide acclaim for providing such rewarding and positive experiences, the whole process is unfortunately diminished the moment the child leaves the schoolground to walk home through an urban landscape marked by conventional horticultural standards
- West Virginia's Property Taxes on Timberland
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This publication describes the taxation process of timberland in the state of West Virginia.
- Virginia Department of Forestry
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VDOF is responsible for protection of 15 million acres of forest land from forest fire, insects and disease. ``Management of 14 State Forests and other state lands totaling about 50,000 acres for timber, recreation, water, research, wildlife and biodiversity. ``Providing professional forestry advice and technical management assistance for non-industrial private forest landowners through a variety of programs.
- Trees in Your Life
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Added: October 06, 2008This publication explores the various wood products that we use in our everyday lives.
- Tree Health Care: Managing Natural Changes
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We can do very little to alter the harsh urban environment. However, we can develop proactive tree programs that favor long-term tree health, reduce maintenance and replacement costs, and enhance tree longevity
- Thinning Pine Stands for Top Returns
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It generally takes from 30 to 40 years to grow a stand of pine sawtimber to economic maturity. However, it is usually necessary to cut some of the trees before the stand reaches maturity. Cuttings made in immature stands to stimulate the growth of the remaining trees and thereby improve the yield of the stand are called thinnings.
