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- Pond Fertilization and Liming
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Proper fertilization and liming can increase three to four times the pounds of fish a pond will support. Unfertilized ponds stocked with bream, bass and catfish usually have about 100 pounds of fish per surface acre. Ponds receiving adequate amounts of fe...
- Tank Mixtures of Forestry Site Preparation Herbicides Can Be Antagonistic
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Added: October 05, 2008Farmers have been using tank mixes for many years, but the concept is comparatively new in forestry. The search for the optimum combination of herbicides is an ongoing process. Agricultural fields demonstrate that not all mixtures are good, and sometimes adding one chemical to another can actually decrease the effectiveness of both herbicides.
- Managing Winter Injury to Trees and Shrubs
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It is often necessary to give a little extra attention to trees and shrubs in the fall to help them over-winter and start spring in peak condition. Understanding of certain principles and cultural practices will significantly reduce winter damage to woody ornamentals.
- Fish Kills: Their Causes and Prevention
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A few dead fish floating on the surface of a pond or lake is not necessarily cause for alarm. Expect some fish to die of old age, injury, winter starvation, or even post-spawning stress in the springtime. However, when large numbers of fish of all sizes are found dead and dying over a long period of time, it is necessary to investigate and determine the cause.
- Autumn Colors
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The spectacular parade of colors associated with the "Indian Summer" days of autumn is created by a complicated series of interactions involving pigments, sunlight, moisture, chemicals, hormones, temperature, length of daylight, growing location and genetic traits.
- Silviculture Best Managaement Practices
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Details silvicultural management techniques
- Tree planting
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Each year trees are planted on several thousand acres of Michigan land. Most are planted on cutover forest land or abandoned agricultural fields, and more recently onhighly erodible agricultural land covered under theConservation Reserve Program.
- Security Considerations for Timberland Owners
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Learn to protect your timberlands from intrusion, production of controlled substances, vandalism, dumping, and timber theft, and also learn about secure timber sale.
- Leaf Key
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Key out your leaf by clicking on the button that best describes it. ``A table will list the possible matches, with links to fact sheets. ``If a picture exactly matches your leaf, clicking on the picture will take you directly to a fact sheet for that species (you will have to use the back button in your browser to return to the key).
- Timber Taxation
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Added: November 05, 2008Forest tax regulations are complex and subject to change. Many IRS agents and accountants are unfamiliar with them, so it is usually up to landowners to educate themselves. The following brief checklist is intended only to alert the reader to certain important points.
- Using Herbicides Safely and Herbicide Toxicity
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Herbicide accidents in Florida have affected both man and the environment. Almost all herbicide accidents have been due to carelessness and could have been prevented by reading and following the label instructions given on the herbicide container.
- Tree Planting Methods
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This document is part of a series that includes steps for choosing trees, selecting a site, and planting.
- Things to consider to repair or replace storm-damaged yard trees
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When a storm strikes, clearing damaged trees and branches is the first response, but the care you give your trees before and after a storm can be the key to their survival or loss. This fact sheet summarizes some key points to consider in assessing and repairing damaged trees and replacing those that must be removed. Also listed are people to call for advice or assistance and publications available in your area that can provide more detailed information.
- Prescribed Burning
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Prescribed burning brochure from the Georgia Forestry Commission.
- Planting Southern Pines: A Guide to Species Selection and Planting Techniques
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Added: October 05, 2008As more landowners become involved with tree planting, they learn that proper species selection and careful handling and care of seedlings are vitally important in the success of their reforestation investments. This bulletin can be used as a guide for selecting the proper species and in handling seedlings throughout all phases of tree planting.
- Amber Darter (Percina antesella)
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Added: October 20, 2008The amber darter is a small perch-like fish usually less than 2.5 inches (6 cm) long with a series of dark blotches along the sides and four dark "saddles" along the back It is a golden to brown color on the back, amber or yellowish along the middle of th...
- Understanding Tax Deductions for Timber Losses
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Landowners whose timber has been destroyed may be eligible to deduct the loss on their federal income tax returns.
- Trees and Soil Compaction: A Selected Bibliography
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Added: November 05, 2008Soil compaction is one of the most common constraints on tree growth in the developed landscape. This publication provides a selected list of recent publications which provide descriptions, definitions, and treatments for soil compaction as it relates to landscapes and trees.
- Southern Pine Council
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The Southern Pine Council is a joint promotional body coordinated and supported by manufacturers of Southern Pine lumber.
- Natural Resource Skills Introduction to Tree Identification
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When you feel that you are ready, simply click here for a practice leaf test, or on the word twigs for a practice winter i.d. test. You can also go to the introduction to tree identification lecture to review terminology or just to visit.
- Grow and Maintain a Healthy Birch Tree
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In many landscapes, birch trees begin to decline within a few years, and many trees die well before reaching maturity. A healthy birch tree should be able to survive and thrive for 40-50 years. In many yards, however, it is not unusual for birch trees, especially the white-barked birches, to die well before reaching 20 years of age.
- Wood Fuel for Heating
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Added: February 26, 2008The heating value of properly prepared fuel wood compares favorably with other fuels. When you can get fuel wood from a woodland through timber-stand improvement, the woodland also benefits.
- Storing, Handling, and Planting Southern Pine Seedlings
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Pine seedlings should also carry this label. They are fragile. Many landowners spend large sums of money on site preparation and planting of their pine seedlings, only to see many of their seedlings fail to survive. There can, of course, be many causes for a low survival rate. However, among the most common causes are improper handling and planting. The following information is provided to assist you in properly caring for pine seedlings in your planting operation.
- Arkansas Forestry Commission
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Added: September 25, 2008In cooperation with the University of Arkansas System, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Arkansas landowners, the Arkansas Forestry Commission (AFC) will protect and develop the forest resources of Arkansas by preventing and suppressing wildfires, monitoring and promoting forest health, encouraging reforestation and forest resource stewardship, and gathering and disseminating forest resource information.
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Forestry: Dendrology & Identification
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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.
- 4-H Project Record: Wetlands
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Wetlands 4-H Project Record (4H MER 70) is a marine 4-H project record in environmental education for 4-H members age 10 and up. This record book is used in conjunction with the Wetlands 4-H Project Manual (4H MEM 70). The activities in this book help youth to learn and record the types of swamps in Florida and which plants and animals live in this environment.
- A Hunter's Guide to Aging and Judging Live White-Tailed Deer in the Southeast
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Managing deer population numbers and sex ratio requires selective harvest. This publication provides a few general physical criteria for aging and sexing deer before harvest.
- Personal Selling for the Forest Products Industry
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As we enter the 21st century the role of the salesperson has changed. Their duties no longer include simply taking orders and quoting prices. This is especially true for the forest products industry, where a "marketing" philosophy has never been dominant.
- Common Causes of Oak Mortality
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Discusses the common causes, and some solutions, of oak tree maladies and death in Florida
- Snakes and Their Control
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Added: October 20, 2008No other creatures provoke such simultaneous conflicting feelings as do snakes. We are at once attracted and repelled, intrigued by them and their habits and at the same time seized by an almost overwhelming urge to kill.
