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- Drying Softwoods for Value Added Markets
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There is a great opportunity for softwood mills to enter into the value added markets arena, including lumber used for moulding, doors, windows, and furniture. However, to be successful in this market, quality drying is a prerequisite. In this paper, suggestions on how to select a proper target moisture content, conventional temperature schedules for quality drying, equalizing for a uniform final moisture content, and conditioning for stress relief will be discussed.
- Don't Destroy Your Wild Garden: Leave Some Natural Habitat
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A woman called the other day for advice about some ``wild land'' she and her husband had bought. They would be moving there from their house on a microscopic lot in Athens.
- Considerations in Drying Hardwood Lumber
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This publication presents some important points to remember when considering hardwood lumber drying.
- Causes of Soil Compaction
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Added: November 05, 2008In order to understand and visualize soil compaction more completely, the underlying causes must be appreciated. Soil compaction is primarily caused by construction and development activities, utility installation, infrastructure use and maintenance, and concentrated animal, pedestrian, and vehicle traffic. Below are listed individual components of how soil is compacted.
- Assistance With Bobwhite Quail Management On Private Land
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Although proper quail management usually involves a considerable amount of work, and habitat manipulation must be conducted at least annually in most cases, the rewards of a successful program are well worth the efforts.
- Detention/Retention for Citrus Stormwater Management
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Added: November 16, 2011Describes structural and nonstructural controls used in water management, and the detention/retention processes and their benefits.
- Endangered Plant Species of the Coastal Plain of Georgia
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Added: October 20, 2008The Endangered Species Act helps protect plants and animals in danger of extinction. Every federal agency and any activity or program funded, authorized or carried-out, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) pesticide labelling program, must
- Trees
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cultural and identification information for over 500 tree species; images and information on hundreds of tree cultivars
- Determining the Value of an Orchard Tree
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Determining the value of an orchard tree that has been destroyed by natural or unnatural causes is required for tax and insurance purposes and for Federal/State agricultural assistance programs. Coming up with reliable estimates is not simple and can be very expensive when hiring consultants. The purpose of this article is to provide step-by-step instructions for using the agecon-trec software program to estimate the value of a tree that has been destroyed.
- Assessing Pruning Wound Damage
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Added: October 31, 2008To better understand and minimize damage to trees during pruning, an assessment system was developed. This system is based upon long-term tree functions and reactions to wounding.
- Tree Roots and Infrastructure Damage
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Added: November 05, 2008Division of space among the many and varied uses in our communities is highly competitive. The economic, environmental, sociological and psychological values generated and managed to assure our quality of life involves an interconnected fabric of biotic and abiotic features. Deeply woven into our developed support systems are natural systems which co-inhabit our useable space. As we concentrate and transport resources to support ourselves, the volumes and surfaces of our spaces become more resistant to the survival of other life forms.
- Construction and Tree Protection
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This is an interactive desk reference section of the North Carolina Forest Extension.
- Forest Provides Income from Crafts, Edibles, and More
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Although it is typical to manage forests for timber, pulpwood and other wood products, this publication identifies other forest products that may turn into extra money more quickly. These products include crafts, medicinals, ornamental landscaping and edibles.
- Forest Soils and Site Index
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Soil quality is the most important factor in forest management decisions. Soils will determine which tree species yields the greatest timber volume, the time to harvest, and ultimately, the investment a landowner must make to yield an acceptable economic return from forest management.
- A Key to Common Trees of Alabama
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Added: September 25, 2003This key can help you easily identify any of the 66 most common trees found in Alabama. Keys such as this one, which is based on a series of choices between two statements, are called dichotomous keys. This key was designed for use during the growing season. Leaf and bark characteristics are the primary features used for identifying trees.
- Growing Shiitake Mushrooms
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Added: October 06, 2008As an alternative enterprise in the United States, Shiitake represents a way to utilize a forest resource that, in many cases,is considered a weed.
- Southern Forestry Situation and Outlook
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The forestry situation and outlook in the Southern U.S. is examined with respect to the major items of concern in forestry today. These items are: forestry resources, timber income and employment, current and projected timber supply and demand, imports, e...
- North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Rewsources Division of Forest Resources
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Forest Service Home Page about who we are.
- Skunk Management
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This publication offers solutions to make lawn/landscape unattractive to skunks.
- American Planning Association
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The need for planners to shape a community vision has never been greater. The American Planning Association brings together thousands of people � practicing planners, citizens, elected officials � committed to making great communities happen.
- Identify and Manage Dutch Elm Disease
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Because elm is so well-suited to urban environments, it continues to be a valued component of the urban forest despite the losses from DED. The challenge before us is to reduce the loss of remaining elms and to choose suitable replacement trees for the ones we cannot save.
- Aquatic Weed Management in Citrus Canals and Ditches
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Aquatic plants are necessary for maintaining the balance of nature and offering food, protection, oxygen, and shelter to aquatic species. One reality of growing citrus in Florida flatwoods areas is that nearly every citrus grower will sooner or later experience aquatic weed control problems. Maintaining a balance in the aquatic system while sustaining crop success and avoiding loss of income can be a challenge. Over-abundant aquatic weed growth can also lower drainage rates following heavy rains, resulting in severe root pruning, increased disease incidence, and fruit drop. Therefore management of aquatic vegetation species should be an essential component of the overall water management strategy for most Flatwoods citrus groves.
- Protecting Your Home From Forest Fires
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Thousands of people live in rural forested areas across the state, and although the setting is idyllic for much of the year, each spring and fall brings a period of little rain and the threat of wildfire. In order to live in Florida's forests, people must adapt to fire, too. By following these guidelines for building design and landscaping, individuals can help protect their homes during the next fire season.
- PESTICIDES --Benefits and Risks
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Added: September 01, 2008Introduction to forest pest control with use of pesticides.
- Kudzu Eradication Guidelines
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This report summarizes current guidelines for controlling kudzu with herbicides. It is based on research conducted by Dr. Jim Miller, a research forester for the USDA Forest Service, George W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama.
- Dealing With Timber Theft
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Forestland can provide countless hours of recreational benefits as well as an important source of income. Many landowners take careful steps to ensure that their property is managed to maximize the benefits they receive. However, all of this work can be easily eradicated by one of Virginias most dreaded forest pests: timber thieves.
- Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry
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The Georgia Urban Forest Council is a non-profit organization offering educational and other opportunities to promote excellent community forestry policies, programs and practices throughout Georgia.
- Fringed Champion (Silene polypetala)
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Showy, ground hugging perennial herb. Cultivars are found in the horticultural trade as a ground cover and used for color accents. Most stems recline along the soil surface and form new rootlets. Stems are hairy and can be up to 30 centimeters.
- Eastern Cottontail Rabbit BROKEN
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The Eastern Cottontail rabbit is one of the most popular game animals in the country. It is found in many parts of the United States, and in parts of the Northeast and Midwest, it is the number one game species.
- Distance Diagnostics thru Digital Imaging
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