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Timber Losses Through Casualty, Theft or Condemnation--Tax Treatment

As a woodland owner, if part or all of your timber` is damaged, condemned, destroyed or stolen, you may be entitled to claim a deduction on your federal income tax return.

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Forest Landowner's Guide to The Measurement of Timber and Logs
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Added: February 12, 2008

Methods of measuring timber and the units of measurement often differ between buyers, and, as a seller, you should have an understanding of these methods, the units of measurement, and an idea as to a reasonable price for your timber.

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American Forest and Paper Association
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Added: May 28, 2008

Sustainable forestry is a dynamic concept that will evolve with experience and new knowledge provided through research. AF&PA views these Principles and Implementation Guidelines as the latest of many steps in a progressive evolution of United States industrial forestry practices.

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Small Diameter Timber Symposium Proceedings

Proceedings of a 2002 conference on utilizing small diameter trees

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Silvics & Silviculture--The Agriculture of Trees

This article discusses a few of the silvicultural harvest techniques applied most often in Appalachian hardwoods.

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Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii)

Bachman's warbler is the rarest native songbird in the United States. This tiny bird is about four inches long (10.2 cm). The male is yellow below and dark olive green above with a black bib and cap. The female is yellow below and olive above and is diffi...

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A Murderer Visits the Wild Garden

On May 13 a mystery creature broke into Leslie Sprando's duck pen. The animal had apparently climbed up the door and had forced its way in where the door was loose at the top.

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Spanish Association of Arboriculture

Association of people who love the trees

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Selling Walnut Timber

Black walnut requires and deserves attention if maximum returns are to be earned. For many woodland owners, the opportunity to sell timber comes only once or twice during a lifetime. For those fortunate enough to own a well-managed woodland, timber can be harvested periodically. In either case, the success or failure of a timber sale usually will depend on the attitude and knowledge of the seller.

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Sampling and Measuring Timber in the Private Woodland
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Added: March 22, 2008

This publication presents guidelines for sampling and measuring trees in a woodland. It will help you understand and implement proper procedures for sampling and measuring trees.

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Nest Boxes for Cavity-Nesting Birds in Oklahoma

This paper describes how to build simple boxes for cavity-nesting birds and where to place the boxes for best results.

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Investing in Forestry
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Added: August 18, 2006

The basic considerations for investing in timber and forestry.

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Forest Stewardship: Understanding and Conserving Biological Wealth in Our Forests
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Added: March 20, 2008

This bulletin focuses on how our forests contribute to our biological wealth, why we need to conserve natural diversity, and how landowners, through proper use of stewarship, can help protect this biological treasure for future generations.

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Concerning Pen-Raised Quail

Stocking pen-raised bobwhites to increase breeding populations of quail is generally considered unjustified by most biologists due to low survival rates, and has been implicated in the decline of native quail populations because of the potential for disease introduction, food and/or mate competition, displacement of wild quail, increasing wild quail mortality, and dilution of the native gene pool or reduction of brood rearing ability through cross-breeding.

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Christmas Tree Shearing

This fact sheet is prepared to assist growers in mastering the art of shearing to produce quality salable trees.

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What is Forest Fragmentation and Why is it Important?

Forest fragmentation occurs when large, continuous forests are divided into smaller blocks, either by roads, clearing for agriculture, urbanization, or other human development. Ornithologists suspect that fragmentation harms many woodland birds by increasing their susceptibility to predation and nest parasitism.

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Attracting Doves To Your Land

How to attract doves to you land.

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Benefits of an Abscission Agent in Mechanical Harvesting of Citrus

An abscission agent is a chemical compound that when sprayed prior to harvest will induce physiological changes that reduce the picking force to remove mature citrus fruit from the tree, resulting in less tree damage and faster harvest.

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Casuarina cunninghamianaMiq. (River sheoak) in Florida and its Potential as a Windbreak Plant for Citrus Groves

Details the bacterial disease Casuarina cunninghamiana and its affect on citrus trees

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Put a Fruit Feeder in the Wild Garden

I have a special persimmon tree in my garden. An old Japanese variety called Jiro, it holds its fruit well into the winter and is a favorite food of our mockingbird.

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Gray and Fox Squirrels BROKEN

This publication identifies suitable habitats for the gray and fox squirrel, and it discusses management techniques.

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Federally Listed Endangered Species in Georgia

Endangered and threatened species of animals and plants are given federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Federal protection includes individuals of a listed species, habitats essential for their survival, and limitations on pesticide use. Th...

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Federal Listing: Candidate Species in Georgia

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...

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Center for Forest Business, University of Georgia

The Center for Forest Business, established in 1997, is dedicated to: ````sound forest business principles and practices ``sustainable forest production ``market-based solutions to forest resource problems and opportunities

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ARM! For the future: adaptive resource management in the wildlife...

This essay advocates a general philosophy and protocol for wildlife research and management.The central issue is the application of sound scientific principles to solve problems.

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Trees and Humankind: Cultural and Psychological Bindings
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Added: October 20, 2008

To effectively educate people about trees and forests, natural resource managers must understand the beliefs and perceptions concerning trees and forests within different communities and cultures. The reverence and adoration of trees has a strong psychological and social foundation in most human cultures. The influence of trees and forests on cultural development can better prepare natural resource mangers to understand public and private attitudes and actions toward community trees and forests. Community natural resource management requires a heightened awareness of cultural contexts and psychological needs. Clearly understanding the human--tree relationship is essential for education, motivation, and social acceptance of community natural resource management messages. What has been the tie that binds humans and trees together?

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North Carolina Extension Home Page

A wealth of information on managing forest in the Southeast

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Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

The leatherback lives in the open ocean out to the edge of the continental shelf. Although this species has been found to nest on the Georgia coast, it is most likely to nest farther south in Florida, along the Gulf of Mexico, or in the West Indies.

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Green Pitcherplant (Sarracenia oreophila)

Perennial, insect-trapping wetland plant. Leaves are spreading, flattened, sickle- shaped, about 5 - 15 centimeters (2 - 6 in) long and 1 - 2 centimeters (0.4 - 0.8 in) wide. Basal leaves arch away from the base. Pitcher leaves are hollow tubes.

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Anthracnose Disease of Shade Trees

This publication discusses the Anthracnose disease, its victims, symptoms, and damage.

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