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- Southern Pine Beetle
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Added: April 06, 2000Using this directory will enable you to become``better informed, better educated, and better equipped through the latest information on SPB biology, management and research.
- Principles of Regeneration Silviculture in Virginia
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Silviculture, the part of forest management that deals with the biology of tree growth, is the art and science of producing, tending, and manipulating forest stands. Silvicultural practices include regenerating the forest, maintaining tree growth, and harvesting trees in order to satisfy the landowner's objectives.
- Managing For Quail In Forested Habitats
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Georgias Stewardship Forests:``Managing for Quail in Forested Habitats
- Causes of Soil Compaction
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Added: November 05, 2008In order to understand and visualize soil compaction more completely, the underlying causes must be appreciated. Soil compaction is primarily caused by construction and development activities, utility installation, infrastructure use and maintenance, and concentrated animal, pedestrian, and vehicle traffic. Below are listed individual components of how soil is compacted.
- Detention/Retention for Citrus Stormwater Management
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Added: November 16, 2011Describes structural and nonstructural controls used in water management, and the detention/retention processes and their benefits.
- Understanding the Pesticide Label for Citrus Grove Workers
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When used properly and according to their labels, pesticides can control, destroy, or repel pests such as weeds, insects, rodents, birds, fungi, bacteria or other organisms that cause loss or damage, or may be harmful to people's health. Pesticides handled in a careless manner can endanger the health of the applicator, other people, animals, plants, or the environment.
- Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions
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Standards for appraisals used by the Forest Legacy Program. Interagency Land Acquisition Conference
- Timber Tax Definitions
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This factsheet defines terminology often used when discussing the taxation of timber.
- 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.
- Estimating Leaning Tree Failures
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Leaning trees are difficult to assess for catastrophic risk management. In leaning trees, the strength in tension and compression of various portions of the tree above ground, soil strength, and root holding aspects all interact.
- A Simple Timber Cruising Template
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Added: March 18, 2008Here is a handy template that can help you inventory your forest. The spreadsheet was designed by forester Bruce Springer and is a quick and easy way to generate general forest inventory data. It was created with simplicity in mind and can be used by either a tree owner or a forester.
- Invasive Species of Concern in Georgia
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It is provided by The Georgia cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey Program in The Bugwood Network as a means of providing accurate and timely information to Georgia residents about SOD issues and activities in Georgia.
- Managing for Hardwood
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Benefits from hardwood forests include watershed protection, wildlife, timber, recreation, and aesthetics. Increased demand for hardwood, due to tighter controls on federal lands and the hardwood exports, has increased the need for management of existing hardwood stands.
- Farm Pond Management Calendar BROKEN
- Cercosporidium Blight of Leyland Cypress and Related Conifers
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Profiles Cercosporidium Blight and the conifer trees it affects
- Ash Rust
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Describes the characteristics and life cycle of Puccinia sparganioides, the fungus responsible for Ash rust, and its prevention and management.
- Gypsy Moth Damage
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The gypsy moth is the most important defoliating insect of hardwood trees in the Eastern United States. Since the turn of the century, millions of dollars have been spent in efforts to control or eliminate gypsy moth populations and to retard natural and artificial spread. In the early decades of this century, outbreaks occurred only in New England; today defoliation by the gypsy moth is far more severe and widespread.
- Allelopathy in Trees and Forests: A Selected Bibliography
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Added: October 31, 2008Allelopathy in trees and forests is an important health care issue. Allelopathy is the chemical modification of the site by an individual to enhance interference effectiveness. Allelopathy also involves the ecological communications between species which can positively or negatively influence growth, behavior, reproduction, and survival of associated species.
- Woodscaping Your Woodland
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Added: September 01, 2008The woodscaping web page has three main areas, 1) publication AG-584 in PDF file format for downloading, 2) slide presentations and 3) video clips. Slide presentation topics include backyard wildlife, managing small woodlots, developing a management plan, selecting a wooded home site, obtaining forestry assistance, tree growth, and tree health. Video topics include prescribed burning, small equipment, herbicides, pruning, and streamside management zones.
- Wildlife Habitat Improvement: Wetlands
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Added: October 20, 2008Often, the best strategy for managing wetlands is to conserve and protect what you already have. However, wetland habitats can be enhanced to attract a wider variety of wildlife.
- What Happened to the Southern Pine Beetle?
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For the first time in 17 years, no infestations of the southern pine beetle were reported on state and private lands in East Texas in 1998.
- Vegetation Control
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Regardless of the species of Christmas trees grown or the type of vegetation surrounding them, vegetation (brush, grass, weeds) control is the most important cultural practice during a plantation�s life. Control will ensure high quality tree production at a minimum cost.
- Use of Treated Wood
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This article provides a listing of questions and answers that are designed to provide greater insight into the proper use and benefits of treated wood.
- University of Idaho Extension Forestry
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This site includes information about all apsects of forest management, publications and articles covering timely natural resource topics and issues, workshops, web links, where to find help, and more.
- Turtles In Mississippi Farm Ponds
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Farm ponds and lakes scattered across the Mississippi landscape provide an excellent habitat for many species of turtles.
- Trees Identification Links - Dendrology On-line
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ON-LINE FOREST Dendrology RESOURCES
- The Southern Pine Beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis
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The southern pine beetle (SPB), Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, is the most destructive insect pest of pine in the southern United States. A recent historical review estimated that SPB caused $900 million of damage to pine forests from 1960 through 1990
- The Control of Burrowing Crayfish in Ponds
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This publications covers various topics about crayfish, such as ecological and economic importance, control methods, and cleaning and cooking techniques.
- Temporary ESA Priority Changes
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The USDI-Fish and Wildlife Service has clear priority-setting procedures for listing endangered and threatened species (e.g. Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended). To review this numeric system please see University of Georgia Cooperative Exte...
- 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.
