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- Fertilizing Trees and Shrubs
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In urban or suburban neighborhoods, trees and shrubs often need fertilizing. Modern home- building methods create adverse growing conditions for plants. Often, good topsoil is completely removed and not replaced. Heavy machinery scrapes and compacts fertile soil, reducing its aeration and drainage. Plants are crowded by streets and sidewalks, and must compete with grass for nutrients. Proper fertilization is especially important to landscape plants in this type of environment.
- Federal Excess Personal Property
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Draft handbook for FEPP; excess federal property for use by volunteer fire departments and state agencies.
- County Timber Harvesting Regulations and Ordinances in Georgia
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Find which counties in Georgia have timber harvesting ordinances or regulations, and what they are.
- click-forestry
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Directory of UK forestry products and services
- Christmas Tree Species for North Carolina
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One of the more important decisions for a Christmas tree grower is which species to plant. Each potential species has its own identifiable characteristics and is uniquely suited for certain areas and selling methods. The following is a brief summary of the various trees often grown in North Carolina for Christmas tree production.
- Catching and Trapping Armadillos
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Armadillos, since their successful invasion of the southeast, have become renowned as pests of lawns and gardens. It's their endless digging in search of their insect food that does the damage.
- Bird Feeding: Tips for Beginners and Veterans
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This booklet is a basic guide for the beginner just embarking on the hobby of feeding birds, but it should also help veterans improve their feeding stations.
- Biology and Control of Christmas Tree Insects BROKEN
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This guide is divided into two sections. The first section presents information on pest biology, damage, cultural controls, and special application considerations; the second section lists recommended insecticides and rates for each pest.
- Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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State Game & Fish agency for Alabama
- Open Cavity Impact on Stem Strength
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Added: October 31, 2008Assessing tree strength is a complex process. The dynamic nature of how trees resist forces include soil, tree, and environmental components. Cavities signify a common loss of cross-sectional area and associated strength in stems. Small cavities centered in the middle of stems (only wall four sustains the compartment), have small impacts on relative stem strength. Relatively large diameter cavities (more than 60-70% of diameter loss) represent major impacts to the structural integrity of stems.
- Federal Listing: Candidate Species in Georgia
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Candidate species are identified for listing as a federally protected species under the Endangered Species Act. These species are not currently under federal protection but are being considered for inclusion if the scientific data supports listing. Some o...
- Can we stop "killer algae" from invading Florida?
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Introduced species that cause harm to ecosystems, economies, or human health represent a serious threat in Florida and around the world. One example of such a species, an invasive species, is “killer algae” or the Mediterranean strain of Caulerpa taxifolia. This fact sheet explains the origin of “killer algae,” the changes it has wrought, what it looks like, how it invades so successfully, and what each of us can do about preventing an invasion in Florida.
- Urban Forestry Bibliography
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Indexes publications relating to the history of urban forestry; urban forest legislation; the benefits of urban forests, selection and planting of trees; maintenance of the urban forest; planning and management; and urban forestry programs.
- University of Florida School of Forest Resources and Conservation Extension
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Information provided on forest management, natural resource education, forest plants, urban forests, and forest stewardship.
- UNBC Growth and Yield
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Growth & yield at the University of Northern British Columbia.
- Tree Tips
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With so many different kinds of trees out there, how do you ever tell them apart? Here are some tips to help you.
- Tax Deductions and Depreciation
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Landowners who can demonstrate a profit motive``can deduct 1) capital costs (which form the cost``basis of the property); 2) currently deductible``expenditures for man agement and protection; 3)``costs of sale.``expenses can be recovered when the timber is sold.
- 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...
- Quality Drying of Hardwood Lumber
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Easy to use tools to improve hardwood lumber drying operations
- Pine Plantation Fertilization
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Added: February 17, 2008Many acres of southern pines can potentially benefit from improved forest nutrition and result in sizeable investment returns.
- Longleaf Pine in Mississippi
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This publication focuses on factors that led to longleaf's decline, reasons for the renewed interest in longleaf, and landowner options in regenerating longleaf pine.
- Homegrown Catfish and Trout
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Almost any of Georgia's 100,000 farm ponds can be used to produce channel catfish for the family table. A well-managed pond can produce from 300 to 1,000 pounds of edible catfish per surface acre each year. Catfish production can be used as a valuable sup...
- Hickory Horned Devil - A Regal Moth in the Making
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Added: February 23, 2001The hickory horned devil is the largest caterpillar that occurs in East Texas and looks like a small dragon. For some people who come across it unexpectedly, it can be very intimidating. In spite of its scary appearance, the hickory horned devil is completely harmless.
- Harbison Environmental Education Forest
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Harbison Environmental Education Forest's emphasis is on natural resource education, providing demonstrations of forestry practices as well as recreation. Visitors are encouraged to come, enjoy, and even volunteer to help with the development of this valuable urban forest.
- Growth and Yield
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Predicting the future growth and yield of your forest stand(s) is an essential part of the planning process for your forest land. This page will provide you with a basic understanding of the concepts of growth and yield. A look at these concepts in the context of even- and uneven-age stand structure will also be provided.
- Forest Management Planning
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Added: October 05, 2008This page provides the basic ingredients needed for preparing a sound forest management plan.
- A Federal Income Tax Primer for North Carolina Christmas Tree Growers
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Added: April 06, 2008A tax guide for Christmas tree production.
- Critical Force for Buckling Tree Stems
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Tree strength and stiffness can resist significant forces and not fail. A large proportion of this strength lies with the thickness (diameter) of the stem. Stem buckling occurs when an exerted force begins and continues to bend the stem beyond recovery.
- Pruning
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Educational materials containing pruning information
- Oak Decline
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Periodic occurrences of decline and death of oaks over widespread areas have been recorded since 1900. These outbreaks, variously named oak decline, oak dieback, or oak mortality, are caused by a complex interaction of environmental stresses and pests and given the name oak decline.
