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- Domestic Rabbits And Their Care
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This publication discusses the proper ways to care for a domesticated rabbit.
- Development and Implementation of Fisheries Bycatch Monitoring Programs...BROKEN
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Fishery resources are harvested from Gulf of Mexico waters using a variety of gears and methods. With few exceptions, most of the fisheries have an element of bycatch associated with them.
- A New Sense of Community: Defining Social Changes
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The term "community" is loosely and superfluously used in many contexts. Many times the term "community" is jargon for assuring inclusion and a delineator of political boundaries.
- Reducing Deer Damage at Home and on the Farm
- Contribution of Roads to Forest Fragmentation
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Fragmentation affects animal populations in a variety of ways, including decreased species diversity and lower densities of some animal species in the resulting smaller patches. This study seeks to quantify the effects of roads and logging activities on forest habitat.
- University of Idaho Extension Forestry
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This site includes information about all apsects of forest management, publications and articles covering timely natural resource topics and issues, workshops, web links, where to find help, and more.
- Needle Cast Diseases In Christmas Trees
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Needle cast diseases of conifer needles are caused by fungi. They can cause Christmas tree growers considerable losses when trees are tagged in the summer to be sold, only to be defoliated by fall.
- Heating With Wood Series
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This publication discusses the suitability of wood for residential heating, the types of heating units available and some of the the factors which must be considered to heat a home effectively with wood.
- Forest Health Monitoring in the North Central States
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This publication provides basic information about forest health to land managers, extension personnel, students, educators, those involved in setting public policy, and the general public.
- Tax Treatment from Timber Sales
- Keys to Soil Taxonomy
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Soil classification system
- Freshwater Mussels On Georgia's List of Federally Protected Species
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Added: October 20, 2008On April 16, 1993 eleven species of freshwater mussels were given protection under the Endangered Species Act. Nine of these mussel species have ranges that extend into northwest Georgia.
- Dimensional Changes in Wood
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From early Paleolithic times, wood has been one of``the most important raw materials for making everything``from furniture to weapons to art. The availability``of metal tools about 5000 BC gave Egyptians the ability to``improve the art of cutting veneer pieces to use in construction``of various products. Although wood uses and processing``techniques have been developing for millennia, the science of``wood technology is relatively new.
- Aquaculture Development Plan
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The Aquaculture Development Commission was established by the Georgia General Assembly in 1988. The purpose of the Commission is to facilitate the development of the aquaculture industry in Georgia. This Development Plan represents one of the goals of the Commission.
- A Survival Model for Shortleaf Pine Tress Growing in Uneven-Aged Stands
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Added: April 30, 2008A survival model for shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata Mill.) trees growing in uneven-aged stands was developed using data from permanently established plots maintained by an industrial forestry company in western Arkansas. The model was developed for use in an individual-tree growth simulator for uneven-aged shortleaf pine forests.
- Sand Hills State Forest
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Part of a unique ecosystem, the Sand Hills State Forest is located between the piedmont and coastal plain of South Carolina in Chesterfield and Da
- Need to Burn Debris?
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Added: November 05, 2008Throughout history, fire has been both a servant and an enemy of man. When under man’s control it provides light and heat, cooks food, and eliminates unwanted debris. Out of control, fire can damage or destroy valuable resources: forests needed for wood and fiber production; wildlife, its habitat and food sources; watersheds that produce high-quality water; soils; forage for domestic livestock; scenic beauty; man’s improvements to the land such as fences, outbuildings, homes, etc.; and sometimes human life itself.
- How to Save Dutch Elm Diseased Trees By Pruning
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Dutch elm disease (DED), caused by the fungus, Ceratocystis ulmi, is the most devastating shade tree disease in the United States. Healthy elms can become diseased by 1) elm bark beetles that carry the fungus from elm to elm, or 2) through root grafting with already infected trees. Along with wilt symptoms, streaking (sapwood discoloration), a characteristic internal symptom of the disease, progresses rapidly down from limbs inoculated by bark beetles (Allison 1978).
- Making Nitrogen Available to Trees
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Nitrogen affects the molecular interactions, compound shapes and functions, and the chemical symmetry of life-maintaining materials. In ecosystems, nitrogen is the most precious of elements--carefully used, relentlessly recycled, and biologically hoarded.
- Timber Sale Contracts
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Added: March 21, 2001This factsheet focuses on the process of entering into a contract with a timber buyer.
- Southern Forestry Extension Service
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The home page of the Southern Forestry Extension Service.
- IDRC and the management of sustainable urban development in Latin America
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Today, the built environment is the most significant human environment. Globally, half of humanity now lives in urban settlements, while Europe and North America is 80% urbanized. These urban settlements have a disproportionate impact on the natural environment, consuming 75 percent of the world's resources and producing most of its waste (Sweet, undated).
- Financial Maturity: A Guide To When Trees Should Be Harvested
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Financial maturity is the point in the life of the tree beyond which the expected value increase no longer equals or exceeds the net return which would be obtained if the tree were sold and the cash value were invested elsewhere. This publication discusses methods of determining financial maturity.
- Backburning as an Alternative to Traditional Pre-Commercial Thinning
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Two studies--at the USDA Forestry Science Laboratories in Macon, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina--suggest that the cost of pre-commercial thinning can be reduced with low-intensity prescribed burning.
- Pondering a Trend
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A backyard pond is a most relaxing place to enjoy watching fish, frogs, birds and other wildlife. Shallow aquatic environments are far more productive of wildlife than dry land habitats.
- Secondary Growth Anatomy and Tree Rings
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Trees attempt to occupy more space and control available resources through cell divisions and cell expansion. From the end of a shoot tip to the end of a root tip, trees elongate. Along this axis of growth, trees also expand radially, which is termed "sec...
- Tree Placement on Home Grounds
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Trees properly selected and placed can add more in livability and value to the home than any other single landscape feature. They grow continually and are ever-changing. You will never tire of looking at them.
- Wood Explorer
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an Internet virtual library; The Wood Explorer CD contains the largest directory of over 1,600 commercial wood species
- Why Leaves Change Color
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Added: March 29, 2004A good explaination of this wonderful event that takes place every fall.
- Urban biodiversity, urban sustainable environment
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Welcome to the Belgian Clearing-House Mechanism, the portal site set up by Belgium to promote technical and scientific cooperation in the field of biodiversity and to provide information on matters related to the Convention on Biological Diversity.
