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- Landowner's Guide to Timber Sale Contracts
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A written timber sale agreement or contract is generally the preferable and safest method of selling timber. A written contract is legally binding and protects both the buyer and seller.
- Field Guide to BMP for Timber Harvesting in Kentucky
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This guide was designed as a field reference for timber harvesting operations. It contains minimum requirements ans specifications of Best Management Pracatices appropriate for timber harvesting operations in Kentucky.
- Oaks n Folks Newsletter
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Oaks 'n Folks is the regular newsletter of the Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program.
- NASA/GHCC Urban Community Involvement
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The GHCC's many areas of study are closely related to each other. Like the climate and environment we study, no one aspect stands alone; all connect in a complex, interactive Earth-Atmosphere system.
- Florida Forestry Information
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Forestry information for Florida's landowners and the general public.
- Pollination of Citrus by Honey Bees
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This paper will address the current thinking on pollination research in general and in specifics about citrus culture. In addition, it will examine some of the present and future possibilities about the value of the honey bee to this valuable crop.
- USEPA Great Lakes Ecosystems - Green Landscaping: Greenacres Index Page
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Landscaping with native wildflowers and grasses improves the environment. Natural landscaping brings a taste of wilderness to urban, suburban, and corporate settings by attracting a variety of birds, butterflies and other animals. Once established, native plants do not need fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides or watering, thus benefiting the environment and reducing maintenance costs. Gardeners and admirers enjoy the variety of colors, shapes, and seasonal beauty of these plants
- USDA Forest Service Research Publications
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Category: Government Publications``The site contains information for obtaining paper copies of USDA Forest Service research publications, including subscription information for periodic announcements, website addresses, and email contacts.
- Maintaining Permanent CRP Wildlife Plantings
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One of the CRP options available to landowners was planting trees and shrubs for wildlife. Now time has passed and these plantings are beginning to bear fruit. They need care and maintenance to make them last a lifetime.
- A Plain Little Bird: Attracting the Eastern Phoebe
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There is a little known bird that makes an interesting addition to your wild garden. You can attract it with some minor adjustments to your garden plan. This bird is not a gaudy dresser like the bluebird. He is plain, subtle dark gray above, light below.
- Guide To Using Perennial Peanut As A Cover Crop In Citrus
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details the benefits of using the perennial peanut as a cover crop between citrus rows
- Tree Selection Guide for South Carolina
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This site includes a list of considerations necessary to be made before selecting a tree, including use, site, and aesthetics.
- Fertilizing Landscape Trees and Shrubs
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Tree and shrub fertilization is especially important in urban and suburban areas of Virginia where soils have been altered due to construction. These urban soils tend to be heavily compacted, poorly aerated, poorly drained, and low in organic matter. Even where soils have not been affected, fertilization may be needed as part of a maintenance program to increase plant vigor or to improve root or top growth.
- U.S Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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Advanced technologies for electricity generation from renewable resources.
- Tree Selection for Drought Resistance
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Added: October 20, 2008A fact of life in the Southeast is the mid-summer drought. In recent years drought periods have ventured into spring and fall. Drought has damaged many trees and landscapes. One means of drought-proofing your landscape is selection of drought resistant plants. No landscape can be made completely free of drought problems even under intensive irrigation. With more water shortages and drought periods ahead, planting trees and other plants that are drought resistant can be beneficial.
- Elm Leaf Beetle
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The elm leaf beetle attacks all species of elm, it may also become a household nuisance by migrating into homes and buildings during the fall months.
- Urban Trees for Wildlife
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Viewing wildlife on your property is educational and``fun.The kinds and numbers of wildlife that visit your back-``yard regularly depends on your location,size of area,vari-``ety of vegetation and amount f habitat development.Clatterbuck
- Black Turpentine Beetle
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Added: September 25, 2005The black turpentine beetle is an insect that lives in the inner bark of pine trees. Removal of the outer bark will reveal a vertical gallery or tunnel up to 18 inches long or a D-shaped to fan-like gallery up to 12 inches across. Generally, its activity h confined to the lower three to eight feet of trees.
- Urban Trees for Use Under Utility Lines
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Selecting trees for use under utility lines presents a unique challenge. It is often desirable to have trees that are large enough to provide shade, architectural effects, and ornamental features, all without interfering with overhead utility lines. Below we have listed trees that have a typical mature height of less than 30 ft. In most cases the mature height listed is very optimistic.
- Winter Drawdown: A Useful Management Tool for Mississippi Farm Ponds
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One of the most useful and most inexpensive pond management practices is called a "winter drawdown." This practice is the reduction of water levels in a pond to some predetermined level.
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Forestry: Urban forestry
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This service is provided by the Library Information Services and Information Systems Services at the Finnish Forest Research Institute. It is part of the international World Wide Web Virtual Library of subject oriented link collections.
- Prescribed Fire
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This site is designed to provide various links on prescribed burning, fire, and forest protection.
- Hazards of the Outdoors
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Foresters, of all people, know quite well how insects can devastate a forest. However, this guide is not about those insects that kill trees. It's about insects and their kin that can make life miserable for foresters and other people who spend a lot of time outdoors. It is important for persons to know about those species that are medically significant and how to avoid a potentially dangerous encounter with a sting or bite.
- Forest Resources One-liners with Georgia Highlights
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The purpose of this publication is to provide short notes of useful things to know about forestry. This forest resource educational information is for use in various formats, such as: presentations by educators, public officials, communication specialists...
- Forestry/Wildlife Myths and Misconceptions
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Many forestry/wildlife myths and misconceptions have been passed down through the years from misinformed individuals. Forestry myths and misconceptions can cause forest landowners to be hesitant about managing their forest land properly, and they are damaging to Mississippi's timber industry.
- BMP: Ribbon Barriers
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A description, use, and cost of Ribbon Barriers
- Wood Stork (Myctera americana)
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Added: October 20, 2008This fact sheet is not for official taxonomic identification or species location purposes. It is inteded to help landowners become aware of federally designated and protected species. The list of federally protected species categorized as endangered or threatened is always changing. What is endangered in one geographic location may not be endangered in another. For more information, contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered Species, 452 ARLSQ, Washington, DC 20240. Your state natural resource organization also maintains lists of state protected species.
- Teaching Kids About the Environment (KATE)
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Added: July 09, 2008South Carolina Forestry Commission Teaching Kids About The environment (KATE) Teaching KATE provides children with stimulating outdoor learning experiences about the ecology of our soils, water, forests and wildlife and the stewardship of these important resources.
- Native tress and shrubs
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0ver 100 native trees and shrubs of the south east; growing instructions and images.
- British Columbia Ministry of Forests
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Building a strong and diverse forest sector through revitalization, while maintaining high environmental standards, will help ensure long-term jobs and economic benefits.
