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Title	Type	Size	Last Modified	Description
"Insignificant" Events May Cause Plantation Failures	File	81 K	08/06/2004	This article discusses problems common causes of seedling mortality and suggests improvements in handling practices.
A Crucial Threshold For Longleaf Pine Plantations	File	30 K	07/31/2003	This article describes how to plant longleaf to achieve a one-inch root collar diameter, which is critical for rapid height growth.
Choose Your Seedlings Carefully!	File	78 K	07/31/2003	This article explains how soil, hazards, climate, and other regional differences mean one should be careful when selecting seedlings from nurseries in areas other than where they are to be grown.
Constants for Determining Stocking Levels When Assessing Poorly Stocked Loblolly Pine Stands	File	17 K	07/31/2003	This article discusses the threshold of whether to rehabilitate or reforest an understocked pine stand.
Cypress Management: A Forgotton Opportunity	File	597 K	07/31/2003	Cypress, once prized for lumber in the south, is now only processed in a few mills. Standing volume indicates that cypress may retake its place as a source of wood products. This publication introduces cypress management.
Federal Income Tax on Timber--A Key to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions	File	78 K	07/31/2003	This publication examines the most common situations noncorporate taxpayers face when calculating Federal income tax on their timber holdings. It addresses aspects of each situation using a three-column format. The columns are: Type of Forest Activity, How to Qualify for Best Tax Treatment, and Reporting and Tax Forms.
Forest Landowners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax	Link	1 K	07/31/2003	This publication provides a framework for analyzing forest management investments and for tax planning. It discusses federal income tax considerations for forestland, and it includes a glossary, a group of selected IRS revenue rulings, and a blank IRS Form T for reporting forest activities.
Interplanting Southern Pines is Questionable	File	123 K	07/31/2003	This article explains that replacing dead seedlings within an otherwise healthy plantation is generally unproductive.
Landowner's Handbook for Managing Southern Pines	File	4.79 M	07/31/2003	This publication introduces effective pine management to Southern forest landowners. It covers economics, regeneration, care, wildlife, and assistance.
Managing the Family Forest in the South	File	992 K	07/31/2003	This publication introduces landowners to productive and sound forest management.
Planning for Forest Stewardship: A Desk Guide	File	4.55 M	07/31/2003	This guide is designed to help field foresters better address forest stewardship values when writing plans for their states and regions.
Regenerating Longleaf Pine with the Shelterwood Method	File	26 K	07/31/2003	This article describes how an adequate seed supply, a receptive seedbed, a minimum of vegetative competition, and an ample soil moisture is detrimental to regenerating longleaf pine with the shelterwood method.
Regenerating Northern Red Oak on High Quality Sites	File	207 K	07/31/2003	This article explains how advance reproduction and stump sprouting are superior to clearcutting and heavy shelterwood cuts when regenerating northern red oak.
Shiitake Production on Logs	File	1.94 M	07/31/2003	This pictoral guide explains growing and harvesting shiitake mushrooms.
Southern Hardwood Management	File	1.20 M	07/31/2003	Growing hardwoods may be more viable than one might think. This publication introduces effective management of several hardwood species.
Tax Tips for the Forest Landowner for the 2002 Tax Year	Link	1 K	07/31/2003	Congress provided these favorable tax advantages to stimulate increased productivity from the nation's privately owned forestlands. When you take advantage of these favorable provisions you avoid paying unnecessary income taxes, and you earn more income from your woodland operations.
The Two-Aged Stand: A Management Alternative	File	103 K	07/31/2003	This article explains how landowners can manage for aesthetics and wildlife by using two-aged stand management instead of clearcutting.
Woodland Management: A Correspondence Course for Forest Landowners	File	1.73 M	07/31/2003	This course is designed to teach landowners about management options, to show them how to assess monetary and non-monetary benefits and costs, to help them organize and meet objectives, and to help them find professional foresters.
National ForestASyst Manual	File	2.01 M	12/17/2003	Trees take a long time to grow, so today's decisions have long-term impacts on forests and water quality. ForestASyst helps you plan what you want your forest and wooded acreage to be and set out the steps you need to take to get there.
A Handbook of Parliamentary Procedure	File	342 K	12/17/2003	This publication is designed to help both experienced and inexperienced leaders and members conduct meetings of high quality and efficiency and provide guidance in organizational structure and functions. Knowledge of parliamentary rules is helpful to participants on every level. Members need to be aware of methods of good procedure, and leaders need to be knowledgeable in the use of proper techniques. The use of parliamentary procedure enables an organization to expeditiously and fairly accomplish the purpose for which it was organized.
Developing Effective and Efficient Local Communities	File	1.93 M	12/17/2003	The purpose of this publication is to set forth in everyday language for local community leaders a few principles involved in taking the waste out of committees and making them an effective tool in group operations.
Bylaws: The Laws (Rules) For Everyday Organizations	File	241 K	12/17/2003	Bylaws are laws (rules) by which members of an organization have agreed to be governed. Short and simple, that's what they are. With exception to rules relating to how the organization's business is ransacted, bylaws include all the rules of importance that cannot be changed except by previous notice to the membership.
Developing Effective Boards, Councils and Commissions	File	1.82 M	12/17/2003	Millions of Americans serve on boards of voluntary agencies or organizations. They work millions of hours without pay and govern the expenditure of billions of dollars annually. Directly or indirectly, they influence the welfare and future of millions of other Americans. Nearly all community-focused programs require some form of citizen participation; and thousands of corporations, public as well as private, profit as well as nonprofit, utilize citizen boards either for policy making or program implementation.
Developing Local Community Leaders	File	1.47 M	12/17/2003	This publication will attempt to: 1. Examine and express in layman's language for lay leaders some of the concepts and definitions of leadership. 2. Increase lay leader's and community developer's understanding of the factors which determine the effectiveness of leaders. 3. Be a tool for lay community developers in developing and assessing their leadership competencies of the people with whom they work and train.
Tax Tips for Forest Landowners for the 2003 Tax Year	File	28 K	01/05/2004	by Larry Bishop, Forest Management Specialist, USDA Forest Service Region 8.
Strategic Direction for Landowner Assistance	File	1.93 M	01/13/2004	This USDA Forest Service publication outlines five strategic priorities for landowner assistance that have been developed including sustaining a productive land base; improving forest management; improving forest resource monitoring and assessment systems; landowner outreach and raising public awareness; and coordinating landowner assistance program delivery.
Landowner Programs in the South	File	781 K	01/13/2004	Forest Landowners Association publication
A Look at County and Muncipal Timber Harvesting Ordinances	File	318 K	01/13/2004	Forest Landowners Manual article on harvesting ordinances in the South.
The Effect of Timber Sale Assistance on the Returns to Landowners	File	131 K	01/13/2004
Effect of timber sale assistance on returns to landowners.	File	39 K	09/24/2003	This study estimated the impact of passive (market information) and active (on-site consultant) timber sale assistance on landowner returns. Fifteen sales from each of three assistance types (none, passive, active) were used as a basis for the study. Regression estimates indicate that logging condition was significant in explaining stumpage price. There was no statistically significant relationship between market value and stumpage price for landowners who received no or passive assistance. A significant relationship between market value and stumpage price was found for landowners who employed consultants. Assistance did not increase returns from low-valued stands.
Estimating the Profitability of Your Forestland Enterprise	File	1.51 M	01/14/2004	Forest and farmland owners today have a variety of investment opportunities available to them on their land. Depending on the characteristics of the property, the interested owner can--in addition to growing trees-- harvest pine straw, grow Christmas trees or mushrooms, or lease hunting, fishing, or grazing rights. Some of these enterprises are added by owners as hobbies--without financial expectations. Many landowners, however, are interested in the potential for increased income. This is especially true for owners of forestland who must often wait years before harvesting and selling timber.
Extension Forestry: Knowledge at Work in the 21st Century	File	449 K	01/14/2004
UNDERSTANDING AND OVERCOMING FORESTRY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER	File	158 K	01/14/2004
Dealing with Nuisance Wildlife	File	632 K	07/30/2004	When wildlife populate a place where they are unwanted or cause damage to valuable plants or structures, they are no longer appreciated. Instead they become a nuisance. This paper will discuss some basic principles for dealing humanely with nuisance wildlife.
Online Publications	Document	8 K	11/12/2008
Asian Longhorned Beetle vs. Cottonwood Borer	File	159 K	08/03/2004	Hosts: Prefers maple species; also infests horsechestnut, elms, birches, willows, and poplars. Attacks the upper tree crown initially, then larger branches and the main stem in subsequent years. Overall Glossy jet black; very smooth with up to Appearance: 20 distinct white spots on the back. Size: 3/4 to 1 1/4 inches (20 - 32 mm) long. Antennae: Black with distinctive white bands on each segment. Antennae are 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 times the body length. Feet: Distinct bluish tinge, especially on the tops of the feet. Adults May through October.
Estate Planning.pdf	File	2.15 M	02/02/2005
Service Foresters Handbook 1986 - Original Size	File	2.80 M	03/17/2008
Background Paper on Non-Industrial Private Forest Lands, Their Management, and Related Public and Private Assistance	File	9.53 M	06/14/2005	During the past few years the Forest Service and other sources have completed a number of studies and economic analyses which have provided new perspectives on numerous long-standing attitudes and beliefs about the resources and management of the nonindustrial private forest lands. This background paper provides a comprehensive summary of current information available on nonindustrial private timber resources and expected demands on those resources.
Ten Lessons in Forestry (1975)	File	2.84 M	06/14/2005	This book tells you about our forests. What kinds of trees are in them; the products that come from them and what we must do to protect them and help them serve us well.
2004 Longleaf Pine Conference Proceedings	File	7.39 M	02/10/2006
A Guide to the Inspection of Existing Homes for Wood-Inhabiting Fungi and Insects	File	1.69 M	02/10/2006	Tree species can be divided into hardwoods, which generally lose their leaves in the winter, and softwoods, which are usually evergreen. Oak, ash. hickory, and aspen are common hardwoods. Pine, hemlock, fir, and redwood are common softwoods. The terms hardwood and softwood do not refer to the hardness of the wood.
A Guide to the Inspection of New Homes for Wood-Inhabiting Fungi and Insects	File	852 K	02/10/2006
Symposium on Nonindustrial Private Forests: Learning from the Past, Prospects for the Future	File	6.83 M	02/17/2006	February 18-20, 1996 Sheraton Washington Hotel Washington, DC USA
Symposium on the Shortleaf Pine Ecosystem	File	8.74 M	03/22/2006	Shortleaf Pine has the largest range of any of the Southern Pines. This is the proceedings of a 1986 Symposium on shortleaf pine.
Tax Tips for Forest Landowners - 2007	File	49 K	07/22/2008	Linda Wang, Forest Service taxation specialist, has provided this handy two-page fact sheet for forest landowners.
Service Foresters Handbook 1986 Enlarged 8x11 version	File	5.36 M	03/17/2008