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- Timber Sale Security Guidelines for CRP Plantations
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Added: October 20, 2008To a landowner, timber is a valuable asset. It often seems to grow by itself, requiring little care or management. However, there are security concerns during the entire process of producing salable products from a forest.
- Smoke Management Guidelines for Vegetative Debris Burning Operations In The State of South Carolina
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Smoke Management Guidelines``for Vegetative Debris Burning Operations``in the``State of South Carolina
- Private Landowners Guide to Forest Certification in the South
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Added: September 17, 2008After hearing the phrase forest certification, many people ask, what, how, and why. This publication helps forest landowners understand forest certification, how it began, why it should be considered, what types of certification systems are available, and the steps necessary to become certified.
- Paulownia Log Grades: Specifications and Uses
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This publication provides grade specifications that can be used as a guideline for determining the relative value of Paulownia logs.
- Direct Seeding: A Forest Regeneration Alternative
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Direct seeding is one method of starting a crop of trees by artificial means. It is an option often overlooked by private landowners when they consider how to regenerate forest lands.
- Tree Hazards: Recognition and Reduction in Recreation Sites
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This publication is primarily for the practicing forester or technician who has responsibility for the administration, operation, and maintenance of recreation sites, particularly campgrounds, picnic grounds, and winter sports areas in the central Rocky Mountains.
- Florida's Forest Resources
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Details Florida Forest Resources action plan for 2006-2010 to increase the amount of forested land
- Southern Pine Beetle Control Techniques
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Southern pine beetle (SPB) caused timber losses can be reduced through the use of one or more recommended direct-control tactics. SPB control, to be most effective, should be a year-round activity.
- Anthracnose of Acacia
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Describes (with supplementing pictures) the Anthracnose fungus that plagues Acacia trees and its management and prevention
- South Carolina State Forest Recreation
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Recreation and information on SC's three state forests.
- Reduce Environmental Problems with Proper Land Application of Animal Manure
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Added: March 22, 2008Livestock or poultry production enterprises should have a comprehensive manure nutrient management plan to take advantage of the animal manure benefits. A plan is also important in reducing the risk of environmental problems when manure is used as a nutrient source for farm crops.
- Home Landscape Practices to Protect Water Quality
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Home lawns and landscapes may contribute to the water pollution when homeowners apply pesticides and fertilizers carelessly. By using pesticides and fertilizers properly and only when necessary and following recommended landscape practices, you can do your part to protect our lakes, streams, and drinking water for the future.
- Ecosystem Management (EM) as a Basis for Forest Stewardship on Private
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This paper first explains what Ecosystem Management means, and how it has become such an important topic of forest management. Thereafter,``examples are shown of how forest landowners can incorporate aspects of EM on their lands.
- Predicting Potential Loss from the Southern Pine Beetle in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina
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Provides a system that allows users to rate both plantations and natural stands of loblolly and shortleaf pine in the Coastal Plain for the likelihood of a SPB spot (infestation) occurring, chance of a spot spreading, and potential for timber loss.
- Financial analysis of growing loblolly pine in a 33-year rotation
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Added: November 10, 2008Financial analysis of growing loblolly pine in a 33-year rotation, with wildlife food plot and hunting lease assumptions.
- 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.
- Storing Pesticides Safely
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Proper storage of pesticides, both synthetic and botanical, in and around the home is important for many reasons, including protection of human health, preservation of the environment, and maintenance of chemical effectiveness. One way to minimize storage problems is through good planning.
- Forestry Images
- Southern Hardwood Management Manual
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We hope this publication will serve to expand the private forest landowners' horizon to the possibilities of hardwood management. We have assembled chapters on the various hardwood forest types found across the South. Other chapters address management practices designed to regenerate and maintain stand and site quality, plus many other benefits.
- Urban and Community Forestry - USDA Forest Service
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Added: November 05, 2008As our cities grow larger and faster than ever before, urban forestry has become an integral part of building sustainable urban communities. "Vital Communities through Healthy Ecosystems" is the Forest Service emphasis for managing urban and community forests.
- West Virginia's Property Taxes on Timberland
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This publication describes the taxation process of timberland in the state of West Virginia.
- Weed Control in Irrigation Water Supplies
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This publication summarizes safe and effective techniques for managing aquatic weeds in irrigation ponds. It emphasizes preventive measures and the selection of cultural, mechanical, biological, and chemical management techniques appropriate for irrigation water supplies.
- Water Movement in Trees
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Added: November 05, 2008A tree allocates life-energy to survive and thrive in an environment which never has optimal resources. What essential resources are available are usually present in too low, too high, or unavailable concentrations. Trees continue to react to environmental changes with internal adjustments selected for efficient use of tree food while minimizing energy loss to the environment.
- Trees Per Acre Table: by Diameter and Basal Area
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There are many types of natural resource planning and management applications that require estimating the number of trees for a given size that would occupy an acre of land.
- Attract Hole Nesting Birds
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Added: October 20, 2008We put up a nest box for squirrels, and a screech owl moved in. How do we run it off so we can have squirrels?'' To me, that seems like a bizarre request.
- Virginia Spirea (Spiraea virginiana)
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Added: October 20, 2008One of the rarest shrubs in North America, this is a short shrub about 1 - 2 meters (3.2 - 6.5 ft) tall. Grows in upright clumps and spreads by root sprouting. Leaves are alternate, with green upper surfaces and white undersides but are variable in shape. Some leaves may have a few teeth near the tip; others will be completely toothless. Leaf shapes range from narrowly elliptical to oblong. All have a tiny pointed tip. Leaves are 5 - 8 centimeters (2 - 3 in) long.
- Tips for Hunting Leases
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Leasing hunting land is one of several types of hunting enterprises. A good lease describes the agreements between landowner and hunter so that there are no misunderstandings about the privileges being purchased.
- Temporary ESA Priority Changes
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The USDI-Fish and Wildlife Service has clear priority-setting procedures for listing endangered and threatened species (e.g. Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended). To review this numeric system please see University of Georgia Cooperative Exte...
- Sooty Mold of Conifers and Hardwoods
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Sooty molds of trees and shrubs commonly occur throughout Virginia on conifers, hardwoods, and other plant species. They rarely cause problems in the forest, but in some cases they can interfere with proper growth of Christmas trees, nursery stock, or landscape plants.
- Management of Georgia Sportfishing Ponds
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The over one million ponds in the United States are a significant and valuable sportfishing resource. Forty percent of the recreational fishing in Georgia is on the estimated 100,000 ponds across the state. Some ponds are used solely for fishing, while ot...
