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- Managing the Family Forest in the South
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Many of our forefathers came to this country because it``offered an opportunity to own land. This desire is still inherent``in many farmers and other private individuals who own 67``percent of the 182,164,000 acres of commercial forest land in``the South. The practice of forestry on these holdings offers``individuals something that can be both financially and``spiritually rewarding and, at the same time, contribute to the``local and national economies.
- Log Homes May Be Where the "Heart-wood" May Be
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Log homes were the homes of choice for earliest settlers. Some of those homes still stand today, evidence they can be durable. Wood is an excellent building material, too often taken for granted.
- Kids in the Woods
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The trick in environmental education programs is to create an opportunity for youth to learn something. Ideally, these experiences will help them understand how the world works, be memorable, and support positive attitudes toward the environment.
- Farm Pond Management Calendar BROKEN
- Hurricane-damaged Shade, Ornamental, and Fruit Trees
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A brief guide to single tree care after catastrophic weather events.
- Assessing Extent and Severity of Mechanical Injuries in Trees
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Added: November 05, 2008Assessing new mechanical injuries present in a tree using visual, non-invasive observations is difficult and prone to wild variability, inaccuracy, and assessor subjectivity. Assessment of relative damage levels is valuable when precision allows for comparisons across one site and over many sites. Judging recent mechanical injuries from visual criteria, although imperfect, can help gauge the relative amount of damaged tissue visible and estimate the total amount of damaged tissue present.
- Natural Resource Enterprises: A Checklist of Considerations for Landowners
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Added: November 11, 2002This checklist and accompanying explanations should be helpful to landowners in making decisions before they initiate and make investments in such an enterprise.
- Wildland Resources Center-Links to Resources
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The Wildland Resources Center is a systemwide multicampus research unit. The Center is charged to relate not only to research but also to the extension and continuation of activities concerned with terrestrial natural resources.
- Pruning
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Educational materials containing pruning information
- Food Plots - Common Plants
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Food plots are widely used by landowners to improve wildlife habitat. Food plots can be used to attract animals for harvest or viewing. In general, food plots are an expensive attempt to improve wildlife habitat. Food plots have little or no wildlife value if food plots are established at the expense of maintaining cover. Wildlife needs both adequate food and cover within a reasonable distance of each other.
- Changing Color
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Added: February 26, 2008This article describes the changes that take place in trees and cause them to change colors.
- Agroforestry in Minnesota: A Guide to Resource & Demonstration Sites
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This guide is designed to provide information on the concepts and practices of agroforestry.
- Tree Root Growth Requirements
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Roots utilize space in the soil.
- Soil Constraints on Root Growth
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Added: October 31, 2008Managed tree root growth control is required to minimize impacts on infrastructures. To constrain root growth, identification of soil attributes that limit growth is required. By understanding what soil conditions limit growth, various tools and techniques can be used to stop, redirect, or slow tree root elongation. Tree-literacy incorporates soil and tree health into a single concept for quality management.
- Community Forestry
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Resources and case studies on landowners managing multiple properties cooperatively.
- Working Forest Conservation Easements
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A Working Forest Conservation Easement, like a conventional conservation easement, is a legal agreement between a``landowner and a nonprofit conservation organization or governmental entity that``permanently limits the uses of the land in order to protect specified conservation values.
- Urban Forestry Bibliography
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Added: July 18, 2008The data base contains citations related to urban forestry. PLEASE NOTE - MSUE provides this list as a bibliograpy only. Check with your library to obtain copies of articles cited.
- Southern Weed Science Society
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The Society is established to bring together those persons from any state, area, institution or agency, who are directly interested in weed control within the Society area through research, education, regulation, manufacturing or merchandising.
- Mosquito Fish for the Wild Garden
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Some people worry that a backyard pond will be a source of mosquitoes. Pond owners often stock mosquito fish to reduce the likelihood that mosquitoes will use the pond to reproduce. Mosquito fish are tiny, about an inch long or less.
- Heat Stroke in Trees
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Summer has provided a number of hot and dry weeks for people and trees. Many of the old, young, and soil-limited trees have been damaged. The combination of drought and harsh site conditions provided in parking lots, along streets, on open squares, and su...
- Grow CRP Trees to Financial Maturity
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What is your stand of Conservation Reserve Program pines worth?
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
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The long-lived green sea turtle weighs up to 850 pounds (382.5 kg), but anything more than 450 pounds (202.5 kg) is unusual today. The shell is heart-shaped, broad and flatter than most other sea turtles. It also lacks a central ridge.
- Forestry on a Budget
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The term "forestry on a budget" as used here describes forestry scenarios extending between natural stands with little direct capital investment and plantations with intensive forest management requiring relatively large capital investments. Forestry on a budget bridges between capitalizing on what nature offers and intensive timber management to maximize wood-flow and financial returns.
- Small and Intermediate Trees for North Carolina
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Small and intermediate size trees play an important role in the landscape. They can be quite functional and offer seasonal beauty. These trees are generally very easy to maintain and require a minimum of pruning.
- Dutch Elm Disease in Missouri
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Dutch elm disease's exact distribution in Missouri is not known, but it probably occurs in most sections of the state. The disease continues to spread and kill more elms each year.
- Treeture Home Page
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Treetures represents an environmental education effort with a direct focus on trees. They are a community of whimsical characters that are dedicated to carrying the message of tree planting and care. The treeture program promotes activities held throughout the country that combine environmental education with entertainment for children. By learning the names and jobs of the treeture characters, children learn how a tree functions.
- Tree Ring Analysis: A Selected Bibliography of Major Works and Sources
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Added: October 20, 2008Below are listed a few of the books, proceedings, chapters, web sites, and articles dealing with tree ring formation and analysis. This is not an exhaustive list, but represents a few of the significant contributions and specific areas of study within the...
- The Economics of Timber Stand Improvement
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Timber stand improvement (TSI) is a conscious woodland management investment which encompasses a number of different silvicultural treatments. TSI includes improvement cutting, cleaning, weeding, and liberation cutting and thinning.
- Selection and Care of Christmas Trees
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Selection of the "perfect" Christmas tree can be an enjoyable and rewarding experience. By following a few simple procedures, buyers can select trees which will meet their needs throughout the holiday season.
- Mistletoes of North American Conifers
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The mistletoes are serious disease agents affecting forests in all three countries represented by the North``American Forestry Commission (NAFC 2002): Canada,Mexico, and the United States of America. For this``reason, the Commission through its Insect and Disease Study Group has asked us to prepare a practical guide for field foresters. This publication provides basic information``on the species of mistletoes, their hosts, distributions,``effects, methods of evaluation, and management.
