Publications

Publication Tree Farmer: January/February 2010
The guide to sustaining America's family forests. In this Issue: 2009 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year- Wanda & Earl Barrs; 2009 Convention Highlights; Inspectors of the Year; The Missing Midstory; Slowing Invasive Plants.
Publication Journal of Forestry: Vol. 107, No. 5
July/August 2009. In this Issue: Combining Biomass Harvest and Forest Fuel Reduction in the Superior National Forest, Minnesota; Assessment of Geospatial Technologies for Natural Resource Management in Florida; The Ectomycorrhizal Community Structure in European Beech Forests Differing in Coppice Shoot Age and Stand Features; The Changing Social Landscape in the Midwest: A Boon for Forestry and Bust for Oak?
Publication The Southern Forest Futures Project: Using Public Input to Define the Issues
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Southern Research Station.General Technical Report SRS-115. The Southern Forest Futures Project has been designed to evaluate the implications of potential futures for the many goods and services forests in the Southeastern United States provide. To ensure that the Futures Project is comprehensive and relevant, we have begun with a through scoping of issues using a process that elicits input from various interested public.
Publication Common Forest Trees of North Carolina (Revised): How To Know Them: A Pocket Manual
Eighteenth Edition. 2002. Trees may be the oldest and largest living things in nature. They are closely associated with our daily lives, yet most of us know little about them and barely can tell one type of tree from another. Sixteen editions of this handy pocket guide have been printed since John Simcox Holmes, North Carolina's first State Forester, put together the first edition in 1922. Holmes' idea was to provide an easy-to-use reference guide to help people of all ages recognize many of our common forest trees on sight. That goal has not changed.
Publication Forest Landowner: Vol. 68, No. 6
November/December 2010. Features: Forestland Investing in the New Normal; From Feast to Famine and Beyond: A Status Report on the Market for Forest Carbon Offset Credits in the U.S.; "Goodnight, John Boy": What Forest Landowners Can Learn from Farm Policy; The Future of Wood to Energy; The Trend in Timberland Prices; Forest Plantations for Bioenergy in the Southern U.S.; The Death Tax and Private Forest Landowners; Does Planting More Longleaf Pine Seedlings Make Sense?; Why Termites?
Publication Ties to the Land: Your Family Forest Heritage
Planning for an Orderly Transition. Intergenerational Family Forest Project. This workbook is intended to guide family forest landowners through a smooth transition process. It is part of the Intergenerational Family Forest Project coordinated by the Oregon State University Forestry Extension Program.
Publication Environmental History: Volume 15, Number 1
January 2010. Articles: Editorial; George Bird Grinnell's Audubon Society: Bridging the Gender Divide in Conservation; The Virtue of Thoreau: Biography, Geography, and History in Walden Woods; Environmentalism for the Atlantic Alliance: NATO's Experiment with the "Challenges of Modern Society"; "The Ultimate Environmental Dilemma": Making a Place for Historians in the Climate Change and Energy Debates;The Environmental Dynamics of a Colonial Fuel-Rush: Silver Mining and Deforestation in New Spain, 1522 to 1810.
Publication Native Trees of Georgia
Eleventh Printing-2001. Revised Edition. This manual has been prepared in an effort to give to those interested in the trees of Georgia a means by which they may gain a more intimate knowledge of the tree species. Of about 250 species native to the state, only 92 are described here. These were chosen for their commercial importance, distribution over the state or because of some unusual characteristic. Since the manual is intended primarily for the use of the layman, technical terms have been omitted wherever possible; however, the scientific names of the trees and the families to which they belong, have been included. It might be explained that the species are grouped by families, the name of each occurring at the top of the page over the name of the first member of that family. Also, there is included in the text, a subdivision entitled KEY CHARACTERISTICS, the purpose of which is to give the reader, all in one group, the most outstanding features whereby he may more easily recognize the tree.
Publication Forest Landowner: May/June 2009, Vol. 68, No. 3
In this Issue: Surviving the Wood Products Recession Depression; Forests and Future Water Stress in the Southeast; Preventing Fuel Theft on Job Sites; Property Management Threat: The Clean Water Restoration Act Re-Introduced in the U.S. Senate; Strategies for Managing Risk to Meet Forest Landowner Objectives.
Publication The Longleaf Allliance 7th Regional Conference and Forest Guild Annual Meeting: Conference Program and Abstracts
Forestry in a Changing World: New Challenges and Opportunities. October 28-November 1, 2008. Sandestin, Florida.
Publication Environmental History: Volume 15, Number 3
July 2010. ARTICLES: Editorial; Island Civilization: A Vision for Human Occupancy of Earth in the Fourth Millennium; The Dickey Bird Scientists Take Charge: Science, Policy, and the Spotted Owl; Roads to Ruin on the Atomic Frontier: Environmental Decision Making at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, 1942-1952; A Landscape of Energy Abundance: Anthracite Coal Canals and the Roots of American Fossil Fuel Dependence, 1820-1860; The Influence of Climate on the First European Settlement of Australia: A Comparison of Weather Journals, Documentary Data and Palaeoclimate Records, 1788-1793. FORUM: Extreme Environments: An Interdisciplinary Forum; Extreme Environments; "Have You Been There?" Some Thoughts on (Not) Visiting Antarctica; Ocean's Depths; Writing the History of Space's Extreme Environment.
Publication Environmental History: Volume 15, Number 2
April 2010. ARTICLES: Editorial; The Genius of Earth Day; American Arcadia: Mount Auburn Cemetery and the Nineteenth-Century Landscape Tradition; Imprisoned Nature: Toward an Environmental History of the World War II Japanese American Incarceration; Ecologies of Beef: Eighteenth-Century Epizootics and the Environmental History of Early Modern Europe; Sustainability and the Western Civilization Curriculum: Reflections on Cross-pollinating the Humanities and Environmental History
Publication The Pinchot Letter: Vol. 15, No. 2, Summer 2010
Leadership in Conservation Thought, Policy and Action. Content: Considering Forest Sustainability in the Development of Wood Bioenergy in the US; New England's Forests in Context: An Insider's Outsider Perspective; Massachusetts Study Highlights Issues in Biomass and Carbon Policy; 2009 Pinchot Institute for Conservation Supporters.
Publication Wildlife Trends Journal: March/April 2010, Volume 10, Issue 2
Practical wildlife management information. Inside this Issue: Wildlife Enhancement Structures: Boxes for Barn Owls; The Piebald Deer Anomaly and Other Animal Oddities; FAQs About Pond Management; Do-It-Yourself Mammalian Predator Control: Techniques for Trapping Southeastern Furbearers; Optimizing Thinning Decisions for Southern Pine Stands; Westervelt Wildlife Management Calendar.
Publication Forest Operations Review: Summer 2010, Volume 12, No. 3
Features: Making a Positive Difference in Hunt Club Liability Insurance; A Word From FRA Chairman Dick Carmical; Wood Supply Research Institute Update; Log A Load For Kids Update; Advertisers Index.
Publication Resources: Summer 2010, Issue Number 175
Number 175. Summer 2010. Protecting Natural Resources, Managing Energy Needs. Features: Connecting Americans to the Great Outdoors; Abundant Natural Gas Could Mean a Paradigm Shift in U.S. Energy Markets and Policy; How Do You Put a Price on Marine Oil Pollution Damages?
Publication Estimation of Energy Wood Potential in Europe
Working Papers of the Finnish Forest Research Insitute 6. The aim of this study was to estimate energy wood potential in Europe, in particular in 25 European countries that are members of the European Union from the beginning of May 2004. Estimation of the energy wood potential has been divided into estimation of roundwood balance, and estimation of felling residues. Study has been limited to forests available for wood supply. Roundwood balance illustrates unutilized increment that could be used for industrial purposes, for energy production or left in the forests as it is the difference between net annual increment and felling. Felling residues that are usually left in the forest are becoming increasingly important source for wood energy. Forest resources in Europe have been increasing during the last 50 years. Roundwood balance based on the difference between net annual increment and fellings is approximately 186 million m3 per year or 32% of the net annual increment. The roundwood balance has been clearly positive for a long time, and thus increasing amount of wood has accumulated in the forests, resulting in denser forest and older age class structures. Roundwood balance can be regarded as a kind of surplus or reserve that is left in the forests currently. Competition of the wood resources is increasing and obviously fulfilment of the demands for industrial use, energy production and protection would require compromises. Use of roundwood directly for energy purposes would depend of the prices of roundwood, especially that for wood-based panels, pulp and paper as well as for energy production. The potential sources of forest fuels are felling residues and stumps from current fellings and the roundwood balance, consisting of the stem wood balance, its crown mass and stump wood. It was estimated that felling residues total 173 mill. m3 annually. Annually harvestable residues were estimated to be 63 mill. m3. In addition, about 9 mill. m3 stump wood (out of 78 mill. m3 total potential) could be used for energy production. When 25 % of the roundwood balance is directed to energy use, 64 mill. m3 of above ground biomass and about 4 mill. m3 of stump wood could be used for energy annually. Thus the available forest fuel totals about 140 mill. m3 per year, i.e. about 56 mill. owen dry tons of wood, which corresponds to about 280 TWh of energy or 24 Mtoe. This would be about 24% of the current use of renewables in EU25. For comparison, available forest fuels equal to about 37% of the current annual fellings.
Publication Forest Products Laboratory Business Plan: Progress Throught Partnerships: Working with the Forest Products Laboratory
100 Years of Service. Forest Products Laboratory 1910-2010. Contents: From the Director; Who We Are; Research Emphasis Areas; Working with Us; Research Facilities and Equipment; Research Work Units; FPL Fast Facts; Science that Made a Difference.
Publication Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy 2009-2019
FS-917a. In keeping with the research goals of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, the Research and Development agenda of the Final Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), helps define climate change policy and develop best management practices for forests (both rural and urban) and grasslands. These actions are taken to sustain ecosystem health, adjust management for ecosystem services ("adaptation"), and increase carbon sequestration ("mitigation"), all under changing climate conditions. The fundamental research focus of the Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy is to increase understanding of the forest, woodland, and grassland ecosystems so that they can be managed in a way that sustains and provides ecosystem services for future generations.
Publication The Southeastern Forester: Volume 28, Number 2
Representing the Forestry Profession in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Spring 2009. Includes the 2009 SESAF Membership Directory.
Publication Tree Planters' Notes: Volume 54, No. 1
Spring 2011. Contents: Growing Trees in Georgia; Tree Planting in Indiana; An Overview of Rural Forestry Tree Planting in North Dakota; Seed Maturation, Flower Receptivity, and Selfing in Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.); Comparing Planting Tools for Container Longleaf Pine; RNGR: A National Resource for Reforestation, Restoration, and Nursery Professionals.
Publication The Consultant: 2011
Annual Journal of the Association of Consulting Foresters. In this Issue: The Brave New World of Ecosystem Management; The "Shaw Method"- How to Succeed in Business While Building a Profession; Three-Legged Stool: Landowners, Loggers and Consultants; In California Forestry, The Tail Wags The Dog.
Publication Expanding Bioenergy Opportunities from Working Forests and Rangelands
Contents: Forest- And Range-Based Bioenergy Issues And Opportunities; Developing A Model For Change; What Extension Is Currently Doing.
Publication Forest Operations Review: Volume 13, No. 2
Spring 2011. Features: The Logging Cost Index.
Publication 86th Annual ISA Conference & Trade Show: Conference Proceedings
2010 International Society of Arboriculture Proceedings. Chicago, IL. July 23-28, 2010. ISA's International Annual Conference and Trade Show is the premier gathering of arboricultural professionals in the world. Practicing arborists come together with top researchers and educators to learn the latest in research, technology, and innovations in arboriculture and urban forestry.
Publication Georgia Forestry Today: Volume 5, Issue 5
September/October 2009. Agro-Forestry in the Peach State. Contents: "We Must Be Intentional About Engaging Forestry's Future Leaders", "List of Advertisers", "Agro-Forestry in the Peach State: Integrative Land Management to Enhance Productivity and Sustainability", "Keeping Family in Family Forests", "'Mutuo Caveo' Borrower Beware Financing Logging Business May Never be the Same", "News from the Warnell School", "Georgia Forestry Commission~Message from the Director", "Georgia Forestry Commission~News", "Georgia Forestry Commission~Jack Elrod~A Friend of Forestry on the Comic Page", "How Long are Georgia's Timber Prices in Mid-2009".
Publication Wildlife Trends Journal: Volume 9, Issue 4
July/August 2009. Practical Wildlife Management Information. Contents: Life Cycle and Seasonal Influences on Bobwhite Quail Diet; Master Planning Your Existing or New Farm Property; Managing for Rabbits; Deer Data Collection- Essential for a Successful Management Program; Trophy Bass Management: Part 3; Westervelt Wildlife Management Calendar.
Publication Forest Operations Review: Volume 11, No. 2
Spring 2009. Contents: FRA At 75: Members Say What It All Means; Utilizing Western Biomass: A New Way to Work Through Old Issues?.
Publication Resources for the Future: Annual Report
Winter/Spring 2009. Number 171. 2008 Annual Report. Features: Climate Policy and Competition: U.S. Industry's Regulatory Dilemma; Resources for the Future: 2008 Annual Report; Enormous Challenges, Enormous Rewards: 10 Precepts for U.S. Climate Policy; Engaging China on Climate Change.
Publication Forest Structure and Fire Hazard in Dry Forests of the Western United States
Contents: Wildland Fire Behavior & Forest Structure; Environmental Consequences; Economics; Social Concerns. Fire, in conjunction with landforms and climate, shapes the structure and function of forests throughout the Western United States, where millions of acres of forest lands contain accumulations of flammable fuel that are much higher than historical conditions owing to various forms of fire exclusion. The Healthy Forests Restoration Act mandates that public land managers assertively address this situation through active management of fuel and vegetation. This document synthesizes the relevant scientific knowledge that can assist fuel-treatment projects on national forests and other public lands and contribute to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses and other assessments. It is intended to support science-based decisionmaking for fuel management in dry forests of the Western United States at the scale of forest stands (about 1 to 200 acres).
Publication Journal of Forestry: Vol. 108, No. 3
April/May 2010. In this Issue: Integration of LIDAR and Digital Aerial Imagery for Detailed Estimates of Lodgepole Pine (Pinus contorta) Volume Killed by Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae); The Fire Learning Network: A Promising Conservation Strategy for Forestry; A Holistic Approach to Managing the Societal Impacts for a National Forest in the Wildland-Urban Interface; Policy Instruments Promoting Wood-to-Energy Uses in the Continental United States; Hearts, Minds, and Trees: Forestry's Role in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Publication Mississippi Professional Logger Training Program (PLTP)
Issue 3. In this issue: Seasons Greetings!; Market Conditions and Outlook-Fall 2009; Upcoming Classes: Descriptions and Schedules; Contact Information.
Publication Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard (SFIS)
2005-2009 Standard. Index: Principles of Sustainable Forestry; Land Management; Procurement; Forestry Research, Science, and Technology; Training and Education; Legal and Regulatory Compliance; Public and Landowner Involvement in the Practice of Sustainable Forestry; Management Review and Continual Improvement; Definitions
Publication Perserving The Family Woods: Tools to help guide transfer to the next generation of landowners
Contents: Family Forest Legacies; Preface to the Reading Materials; Forest Matters- The Stewardship Newsletter; Intergenerational Planning Methods for Forests; Planning for Woodlands in Your Estate; The Importance of Land Trusts to Forestry; A Sustainable Family Forest LLC; Family Forest Partnerships; Estate Planning Saves Money; Conservation Easements Changes in the Wind; Planning the Future Forest; Preparing for the Next Forest Owner; Estate Planning Opportunities and Strategies for Private Forest Landowners; How Important is Your Forest?
Publication Georgia Forestry Today: Volume 6, Issue 1. January/February 2010.
Official Publication of the Georgia Forestry Association. Contents: I'm a lobbyist-no apologies, no regrets; Warriors in the Woods; Community Service and Conservation Leadership~Georgia's Wise Owl for 2009; Forest Land Protection Act...A Brief Overview; UGA Professors Win NASA Climate Change Grant.
Publication Opportunities for Extension in a Changing Environment: Lessons from the Last Frontier
7th Natural Resource Extension Professionals Conference. June 27-30, 2010. Fairbanks, Alaska. Contents: Conference Overview; Conference Agenda; Session Abstracts; Presenter Index; Study Tours + MAPS. The 7th Biennial ANREP National Conference at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks offers a forum for sharing methods, tools, and programming to help us address the challenges we are facing in providing research-based community outreach in a changing environment. The conference will emphasize creating effective multistate and multi-agency collaborations to meet these challenges with the greatest impact and efficiency.
Publication Tree Farmer: July/August 2009
The guide to sustaining America's family forests. Contents: Carbon Trading and Carbon Aggregation Q&A; Climate Change: How Family Forest Owners are Shaping the Debate; Testing GPS Handhelds in the Woods; No Child Left Inside: Making it a Reality on our Tree Farms; Tree Farming in Paradise; Ideas for Creating Successful Family Meetings; Managing Mast;
Publication USDA Research Attainment Report: Fiscal Year 2006
This report contains information on research attainment during fiscal year 2006 at the Pacific Northwest Research Station. Progress reports and an impact statement are provided for each problem or issue within each of the seven programs. Publications produced with funds from that program or problem are listed. A complete bibliography follows the program information. This attainment report serves as one basis on which to evaluate USDA Forest Service research programs and overall work performance.
Publication The Land Report: Summer 2009
The Magazine of the American Landowner. Vol. 3 No. 2. Contents: The Noble Thief; The Land Report Celebrates The American Landowner, Portraits from Georgia, Massachusetts, & Colorado; Eye On The Prize; Like Father, Like Son, Like Grandsons; Crossing The Divide; James Griffin Boswell II 1923-2009.
Publication Forest Operations Review: Volume 11, No. 3
Summer 2009. Features: Going Global With PEFC- A Dialogue Between PEFC's Thorsten Arndt and FRA's Neil Ward.
Publication Florida Forests: Volume 15, Issue 2
Fall/Winter 2010. An Official Publication of the Florida Forestry Association. Contents: Between the Lines; Vote "NO on 4"; Special Places, Special People!; Loggers Benefit from Truck Weight Tolerance; Protection of State's Water Quality During Forestry Operations Remains a High Priority; Advertiser's Index/Advertiser.com.
Publication Florida Forests: Spring/Summer 2011
Volume 16, Issue 1. An Official Publication of the Florida Forestry Association. Contents: Between the Lines; Legislature Prepares for Tough Decisions Ahead; Giving New Life to Old Wood The Allure of Sinker Cypress; Federal Grant to Help Foresters and Landowners Adapt to Climate Change; Forests and Climate; Advertisers' Index/Advertiser.com
Publication Forest Operations Review: Volume 11, No. 4
Fall 2009. Features: Looking Toward a Logging Force in Recovery. Departments: A Word From FRA Chairman Dave Liebetreu; Wood Supply Research Institute Update; Log A Load For Kids Update; Advertisers Index; Membership Application.
Publication Range-Wide Conservation Plan for Longleaf Pine
The Conservation Plan represents a first-ever effort to frame conservation activities across the entire range of longleaf pine forests in a way that supports, improves and accelerates the cumulative success and effectiveness of longleaf conservation. It is written for resource professionals representing organizations whose active participation is essential for further refining and ultimately delievering the recommendations of the Conservation Plan. The Conservation Plan and America's Longleaf are founded on the premise that effective conservation of longleaf forests will require a multitude of partners working collaboratively in a strategic, coordinated, and sustained fashion. The Conservation Plan was developed with review and input of more than 120 resource professionals and is intended to guide efforts by participating agencies, organizations and individuals in the near future.
Publication Six Important Invasive Species of Mississippi
Contents: Introduction; Congograss; Japanese Privet; Chinese Privet; Japanese Climbing Fern; Kudzu; Chinese Tallowtree; References; Photography Credits
Publication Environmental History: Volume 15, Number 4
October 2010. Articles: Editor's Note; The Skeptical Environmentalist: Senator Barry Goldwater and the Environmental Management State; "Conservation of Boyhood": Boy Scouting's Modest Manliness and Natural Resource Conservation, 1910-1930; The People's Path: Conflict and Cooperation in the Acquisition of the Appalachian Trail; The Great Stalin Plan for the Transformation of Nature; Environment and Law in Early Imperial China (Third Century BCE-First Century CE): Qin and Han Statutes Concerning Natural Resources;
Publication Proceedings of the Sudden Oak Death Fourth Science Symposium
June 15-18, 2009. Santa Cruz, California. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-229.
Publication Natural Inquirer: Number 13
Wildland Fire Edition. Summer 2010. Starting with this issue, the Natural Inquirer is moving to a new numbering system. This is the 13th issue in the series. Future issues will continue to number the publication consecutively in the series.
Publication Climate Change Short Course: Developing a Climate for Change
A 3 DVD and 1 CD ROM set. DVD 1: Cal Joyner: Introduction & Management Perspective, Philip Mote: Introduction to Climate Change Models. Alan Hamlet: Impacts of Climate Change on Watersheds and Water Resources, Gordon Reeves: Impact of Climate Change on Aquatic Systems. DVD 2: Jeremy Littell: Impacts on Forest Ecosystems, Lara Whitely-Binder: Adaptation to Climate Change Overview, Jeremy Littell: Adaptation to Climate Change in Forest Ecosystems with U.S. Forest Service Mandates, Dave Spittlehouse: What is British Columbia Doing to Address Impacts of Climate Change? DVD 3: Craig Partridge: What is the State of Washington Doing to Address Climate Change?, Mike Cloughesy: What is the State of Oregon Doing to Address Climate Change?, Jill Baron: Integrating Climate Change into Programs. CD ROM: The CD ROM contains a transcription of each speakers presentation and their complete Powerpoint presentations.
Publication INFORM Integrated Forest Management System: Learning and Using Inform
Version 3. This tutorial is designed to allow new INFORM users to quickly learn the basics of program operation. INFORM is a powerful program with the capacity not only to process inventories; INFORM also predicts growth and yield, conducts investment analyses, and links to data bases and geographic information systems (GIS).
Publication Using WINYIELD for Better Forest Management: A FORS Hands-On Training for Louisiana Department of Forestry
May 19, 1999. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Contents: An introduction to the YIELD software series; Walking through WINYIELD; The WINYIELD worksheet; An overview of basic concepts; Exercises in the growth and yield module; Exercises in the financial module; Using WINYIELD to help make decisions; Processing multiple stands in a tract; Adding WINYIELD/YIELDplus reports to management plan documents.
Publication Bringing Climate Change Into Natural Resource Management: Proceedings of a Workshop
General Technical Report PNW-GTR-706. March 2007. These are the proceedings of the 2005 workshop titled implications of bringing climate into natural resouce management in the Western United States. This workshop was an attempt to further the dialogue among scientists, land managers, landowners, interested stakeholders and the public about how individuals are addressing climate change in natural resource management. Discussions illustrated the complexity of global climate change and the need for managers to consider how the impacts of climate change will unfold across regional and local landscapes. The workshop offered examples of how managers are already responding to those aspects of the global climate change that they can see or percieve. While no comprehensive solutions emerged, there was an appreciation that policy complexity may exceed the science complexity but that eventually the accumulation of local actions will shape the future.
Publication The Southern Forest Future Project: Using Public Input to Define the Issues
General Technical Report SRS-115. The Southern Forest Futures Project has been designed to evaluate the implications of potential futures for the many goods and services forests in the Southeastern United States provide. To ensure that the Futures Project is comprehensive and relevant, we have begun with a thorough scoping of issues using a process that elicits input from various interested publics. We have held public meetings in 14 locations around the South and through 3 online “Webinars.” The meeting sites provided at least two public meetings in each of five ecological subregions and no fewer than one public meeting in each State. We gathered > 2,200 comments using a structured-workshop format and processed the compiled data to define a comprehensive view of how forces of change may reshape forests, and how these changes could affect the various goods, services, and values of forest ecosystems. We also identified a set of meta-issues that warrant in-depth analysis to evaluate their potential influence on the future of forests. These topics of concern include bioenergy, climate change, forest ownership change, invasive species, fire, taxes, and water. The input on meta-issues, forces of change, and resource implications will be used to organize subsequent stages of the Southern Forest Futures Project.
Publication Living Sustainably: It's Your Choice, February 2008
EC 1614. What this guide is all about: Our goals are to: Introduce the concept of sustainable living, Identify three barriers to living sustainably in the United States and suggest ways to overcome them, Help you begin to identify your personal values, Show you how to use the "triple win" sustainability triangle in your lifestyle choices; Help you decide how to incorporate sustainable behaviors into your everyday life.
Publication Timber Lines: Spring 2009
A BASF Forestry Publication. Features: Better Together: Wildlife Habitat and Reliable Power Coexist in Harmony in the Cherokee National Forest; A Working Habitat: Benefiting Both People and Wildlife; Native Warm-Season Grasses Complete the Cycle of CP36 in the Southeast.
Publication Mapping RISK form Forest Insects and Diseases 2006
August 2007. The primary goal of the 2006 risk assessment is to provide a strategic assessment for risk of tree mortality due to major insects and diseases. For this report, the threshold for mapping risk is: the expectation that, without remediation, 25 percent or more of the standing live basal area (BA) on trees greater than 1 inch in diameter will die over the next 15 years due to insects and diseases.
Publication Native Warm-Season Grasses
The University of Tennessee Extension. Identification, Establishment and Management for Wildlife and Forage Production in the Mid-South. A manual for natural resource professionals and other land managers. Native warm-season grasses (nwsg) have received a tremendous amount of attention since the early 1990s, especially among wildlife managers trying to enhance habitat for northern bobwhites, grassland songbirds and other early-successional species. During this time, much work has been devoted to improving methods for establishment, identifying sound management practices and documenting the response of wildlife to habitat restoration efforts. Also noteworthy during this period is the interest nwsg have generated among forage and livestock producers. Research continues to show various nwsg are viable forage for hay production and grazing for several livestock species. This manual is intended to provide in-depth information on identifying, establishing and managing nwsg for natural resources professionals, forage and livestock producers and other landowners attempting to grow and manage nwsg either for wildlife and/or livestock.
Publication Alabama's Treasured Forests: Fall 2009
An Alabama Forestry Commission Publication. Vol. XXVIII, No. 3. Contents: A Plan for All Seasons; A Look at Two Certification Standard for Family Forest Owners in Alabama; New 2009 Alabama Champion Trees; Longleaf Pine. Where It Has Gone How to Get it Back; The Battle On Our Doorstep: COGONGRASS; Sniffing Out and Tracking Down Wildland Arsonists;Protecting Alabama's Forests The Civilian Conservation Corps Projects in State and Private Forests 1933-1942; Ongoing Silvicultural Guidelines for Bottomland Hardwood and Cypress Swamps; Can Firewood Be Harmful To Our Forests?; From the Outside Looking In... A Memorable Lesson at Summer Camp!; Forestry Competition Returns to Alabama Forestry Camp; Jemison Treasure Forest/Tree Farm Welcomes Veterans.
Publication Forest History Today: Volume 16, Numbers 1 & 2
Spring/Fall 2010. A Publication of the Forest History Society. Features: Warrier of Science: Raphael Zon and the Origins of Forest Experiment Stations; The Seeley Lake Larch: Living Link to Indian and Frontier History; The 3760: An African-American CCC Company; CSI: Madison-Wooden Witness; Not All Abandoned Pastures Become Forest; A History of Persistence-and Decline-for A Southern Hemiphere Conifer, Fitzroya Cupressoides; William "Bud" Moore: An Appreciation.
Publication International Society of Arboriculture Arborist News: Volume 19, Number 5
October 2010. Features: Preventing Chain Saw Injury; The Case of the Spurious Spikes; 2010 ITCC Climbing Champions; Part of the Solution; MFI 2010: Nebraska; Climbers' Corner: Aerial Rescue Scenario; Trees Are Good, but...; Research Week: Tree Biomechanics.
Publication International Society of Arboriculture Arborist News: Volume 19, Number 6
December 2010. Features: Electrical Knowledge; Mapping the ISA Community; Trees of Galveston, TX; Wildlife and Urban Trees; Explore Australia with ISA; Development of Decay from Decay-Detecting Techniques; Climbers' Corner: Tree Climbing History; ForestryImages.org.
Publication Georgia Forestry Today: Volume 6, Issue 6
November/December 2010. Official Publication of the Georgia Forestry Association. Features: Is Georgia's Tax Code Really That Broken?; The Port of Savannah: Preparing for Tomorrow's Demands Today; UGA's Timberland Investment Conference; Upcoming Forestry Events; Dendera Farm-Georgia's 2010 Tree Farm of the Year; Long-term Pine Sawtimber & Pulpwood Price Analysis; Georiga Forestry Commission Message from the Director; Georgia Forestry Commission News; Better Burning By Design: Hi-Tech Fuels Changes in Fire Management.
Publication Compass: Issue 14
September 2009. Perspectives and tools to benefit southern forest resources from the southern research station. Inside this Issue: The New Face of the South; Are They in the Woods?; Cultural Differences Can Impact How People Value Natural Resources; Who's Worried About Fire?; The Southern Wildfire Risk Assessment; Greening the City, Connecting Urbanites to Nature; Urban Parks Provide Bats Needed Refuge; Making the Shade in Georgia; Cogongrass Invades the South.
Publication Year of the Pig
Year of the Pig is a personal account of one avid hunter's pursuit of wild pigs in eleven American states. Mark Hainds tied his mission to the Chinese calendar's Year of the Pig in 2007 and journeyed through longleaf forests, cypress swamps, and wiliwili forests in search fo his prey.
Publication ArcUser- The Magazine for ESRI Software Users
Measuring the Economics of Biofuel Availability. ArcGIS Network Analyst extension provides more comprehensive assessment. October-December 2006. Vol. 9 No. 4.
Publication Natural Inquirer: Number 3
The Natural Inquirer Monograph Series, Number 3. Experimental Forests and Ranges. Woolly Bully: Estimating the Effect of an Invasive Insert on an Area's Water Cycle.
Publication Natural Inquirer: Volume 12, Number 1
Ecosystem Services Edition. Spring 2010.
Publication Synthesis of Knowledge of Hazardous Fuels Management in Loblolly Pine Forests
In recent years, the danger of destructive wildfires has become a major problem in many areas of the United States due to an increase in the human population and to decades of fuel accumulation resulting from wildfire suppression and climatic variability. Fencing of livestock has also reduced the frequency of woods burning to improve livestock grazing. As a result, forests that previously burned regularly have been allowed to build up so much fuel so that when a wildfire does occur, it can be intense and difficult to suppress, endangering lives and property and degrading the forest.
Publication Forest Nursery Notes: Summer 2007
Contents: Establishing, Culturing, and Harvesting Stooling Beds; Biofumigation- A New Potential Option in Nursery Pest Management; Alternative Sources of Secondary Macronutrients; Testing Irrigation Sprinkler Systems; Successful Trial With Innovative Cold NSure Test on The NSure Cold Hardiness Assay Douglas-fir Seedlings;
Publication Tree Planters' Notes: Volume 52, No. 2
Contents: Impact of Storage on Viability of White Spruce Seed; The Making of a Cooperative Forestry Program; Cone Stimulation of Abies procera- Evaluating Variable Rates of GA4/7, Timing, and Girdling; Enrichment of Natural Regeneration Through Direct Seeding and Fill Planting in Logging Trails of Black Spruce Stands; Understanding Forest Seedling Quality: Measurements and Interpretation; Achieving Establishment Success the First Time; A Reference Library for Readers of Tree Planters' Notes.
Publication National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations- 2005
Proceedings RMRS-P-43. This proceedings is a compilation of 24 papers that were presented at the regional meetings of the forest and conservation nursery associations in the United States in 2005.
Publication Journal of Forestry: Vol. 107, No. 4
June 2009. Journal of Forestry and SFI: Promoting Responsible Forest Management; Wildfire Suppression Cost Forecasts for the US Forest Service; Harmonizing National Forest Inventories; Tradeoffs among Ecosystem Benefits: An Analysis Framework in the Evaluation of Forest Management Alternatives; Managed Forests and Conservation of Terrestrail Biodiversity in the Southern United States; Toward a Rational Exuberance for Ecosystem Services Markets; How to Identify and Reduce MUD (Made-Up Data);
Publication Alabama's Treasured Forests: Fall 2010
An Alabama Forestry Commission Publication. Vol. XXIX, No. 3. Features: Practice What You Teach; Report Takes Pulse of State's Forest: Alabama's Forest Assessment and Resource Strategy; War Journal: Our Fight Against Cogongrass; Silvopasture-An Opportunity for Additional Income from Your Forestland; Should You Have a Plan for Your Estate? Part 1 of 2
Publication Southern Forestry Cooperatives. A Publication of the Southern Forest Research Partnership
SFRP's mission is to foster collaborative relationships providing new and revised research knowledge that will enable the southeast to remain competitive in the global forestry market while enhancing the forest landscape and assuring the forest resources are sustained indefinitely.
Publication Using Antler Restrictions to Manage For Older-Aged Bucks
Interest in managing white-tailed deer has never been greater! A common goal of many deer hunters is maximizing antler development of the bucks they manage and hunt. Habitat management, food plots, adequate doe harvests, and increasing buck age structure are commonly prescribed in deer management programs to accomplish this goal.
Publication The Longleaf Allliance 7th Regional Conference and Forest Guild Annual Meeting: Forestry in a Changing World: New Challenges and Opportunities
October 28-November 2, 2008. Sandestin, Florida. Longleaf Alliance Report No. 14.
Publication Buying Time: A User's Manual for Building Resistance and Resilience to Climate Change in Natural Systems
WWF Climate Change Program. Climate change poses a serious threat to the survival of many species and to the well-being of people around the world. WWF's program has three main aims: to ensure that industrialized nations make substantial reductions in their domestic emissions of carbon dioxide-the main global warming gas-by 2010; to promote the use of clean renewable energy in the developing world; to reduce the vulnerability of nature and economies to the impact of climate change.
Publication Forest Nursery Notes: Winter 2009
Contents: Using Polymer-coated Controlled-release Fertilizers in the Nursery and After Outplanting; Inoculate with Mycorrhizae, Rebuild Your Soil, and Help Stop Global Warming; Thawing, Handling, and Outplanting Frozen Stock; A Visit to Finland- An Opportunity to See with "New Eyes".
Publication National Proceedings: Forest and Conservation Nursery Associtations 2004
Proceedings RMRS-P-35. This proceedings is a compilation of 30 papers that were presented at the regional meetings of the Forest and Conservation Nursery Associations in the United States in 2004. The joint meeting of the Southern Forest Nursery Association and the Northeastern Forest and Conservation Nursery Association occurred July 12 to 15 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina. The meeting was hosted by the South Carolina Forestry Commission, Taylor Nursery. In addition to technical sessions, tours of the Baucom Containerized Nursery and Mead/Westvaco Nursery were included. The Western Forest and Conservation Nursery Association meeting was held at the Red Lion Inn in Medford, Oregon, July 26 to 29. The meeting was hosted by the USDA Forest Service, J Herbert Stone Nursery. Morning technical sessions were followed by field trips to the J Herbert Stone Nursery and to restoration outplantings on the Timbered Rock Fire of 2002 in southern Oregon. Subject matter for both sessions included nursery history, conifer and hardwood nursery culturing, greenhouse management, fertilization, pest management, restoration, and native species propagation.
Publication Global Markets Forum Summary Report
National Commission On Science For Sustainable Forestry. NCSSF Project C9. Forum convened February 15-17, 2005 Orlando, Florida.
Publication FORINSY PC: The Forestry Information System for the Personal Computer Module I: Timber Products and Prices for Florida [TIMPRI]
Computer series. Florida Cooperative Extension Service/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences/ University of Florida. December 1990. Circular 913.
Publication Wildlife Trends: Volume 5, Issue 6
November/December 2005. Practical Wildlife Management Information. In this Issue: Trees for Wildlife; Mid-contract Management Opportunities on Conservation Reserve Program Lands; Woodland Grinders: An Alternative to Traditional Land Clearing and Habitat Restoration; Learning to Fertilize Ragweed; Selecting the Right Binoculars: Decoding the Mystery; Safe Harbor Agreements; Wildlife Management Calendar
Publication Economic Impacts of the Green Industry in the United States
Final Report to the National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Committee.
Publication Emerging Issues Along Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society
March 13-16, 2005. Atlanta, GA. The following papers and abstracts represent the tangible outputs from an international conference on natural resource issues at the urban/rural interface that was held in Atlanta during March, 2005. The reasons for holding the conference were threefold. Given the immense potential for degradation of natural resources by urban sprawl at local, regional, and global scales, an urgent need exists to (1) identify the most critical facets of the urban sprawl phenomenon and (2) design new research approaches with the capability to embrace the very complex nature of urban/rural interactions. Finally, it was obvious that any progress toward needs (1) and (2) was heavily dependent on success with (3), i.e. bringing together representatives of the many disciplines involved with urban sprawl issues.
Publication Natural Inquirer: Volume 7, Number 1
Wilderness Benefits Edition. Spring 2006
Publication 60 Years on the "Farm 40" DVD
Longleaf Pine Forest Management for the Private Landowner. DVD (13:00).
Publication Using WINYIELD for Better Forest Management: A FORS Hands-On Training for Sustainable Forest Technologies
May 21, 1997. Augusta, Georgia. Contents: An introduction to the YIELD software series; Walking through WINYIELD; The WINYIELD worksheet; An overview of basic concepts; Exercises in the growth and yield module; Exercises in the financial module; Using WINYIELD to help make decisions; Processing multiple stands in a tract; Adding WINYIELD reports to management plan documents.
Publication Computer Applications in Forest Economic Valuation: A FORS Technology Update and Review
July 29, 1997. Raleigh, North Carolina. Contents: An introduction to the YIELD software series; Walking through WINYIELD; The WINYIELD worksheet; An overview of basic concepts; Exercises in the growth and yield module; Exercises in the financial module; Using WINYIELD to help make decisions; Processing multiple stands in a tract; Adding WINYIELD reports to management plan documents.
Publication Using WINYIELD for Better Forest Management: A FORS Hands-On Training
October 14, 1997. Raleigh, North Carolina. Contents: An introduction to the YIELD software series; Walking through WINYIELD; The WINYIELD worksheet; An overview of basic concepts; Exercises in the growth and yield module; Exercises in the financial module; Using WINYIELD to help make decisions; Processing multiple stands in a tract; Adding WINYIELD reports to management plan documents.
Publication Inside Agroforestry: Volume 18, Issue 1
Contents: Agroforestry is a technology that has truly "come of age"; Accounting for Agroforestry; Jump on Board! The Agroforestry program express is moving out!; Help for Silvopasture Training.
Publication An Investigation of the Prospects for Forests and the Forest Industry in Kittitas, Yakima, and Klickitat Countries
The Washington forest industry employs 45,000 people and annually generates $2 billion in wages, $16 billion in gross business revenues and over $100 million in tax receipts (Eastin et al. 2007). Washington produces six billion board feet of lumber per year, one billion square feet of plywood panels (3/8" basis), and seven million tons of pulp and paper products (Eastin et al. 2007, Ince et al. 2001). Remarkably after several decades of political and economic struggles for the forest industry, Washington is the second largest lumber producer in the nation and is fourth in production of both plywood and pulp and paper products (Eastin et al. 2007, Ince et al. 2001).
Publication Corrim Fact Sheet 6: Product and Process Environmental Improvement Analysis for Buildings (Carbon Life Cycle Assessment)
December 2009. Life cycle analysis of house designs has shown that wood framing generally produces lower burdens than concrete or steel alternatives. How to select specific products or process changes (such as biofuel drying) to reduce environmental burdens is less obvious. Understanding the burdens imposed by specific products and processes can provide more direction.
Publication Mississippi Professional Logger Training Program (PLTP)
Issue 2. Issue contents: New Tax Rate for Logging Equipment; Southern Pine Bark Beetle; MS State Tax Commission: Tax Reduction Law; Timber Market Update; Program Reminders; County Contacts; Tax Application; Contact Us.
Publication Wildfire Protection For Homeowners & Developers: A Guide to Building and Living Fire Safe in the Wildlands
Reduce the risk. Contents: Building Your Home, Defensible Space, Fire Safety Inside Your Home, Wildlife Survival, Developing A Subdivision, Assistance Is Available.
Publication Rural Technology Initiative: Working Paper 9. Jobs, Revenues, and Taxes from Timber Harvest; An Examination of the Forest Industry Contribution to the Washington State Economy
Shifting timber harvest levels, locations, management treatments and log qualities influence both the level and location of employment for forestry industry companies which, in turn, precipitate fluctuations in downstream economic activity. Adjustments to industrial infrastructure bring implications, important to local and regional policy makers; for rural as well as urban economies. Economic models constructed to estimate such impacts for Washington State are known to be dated and may not accurately capture important job, revenue, and tax ramifications associated with changing forest management treatments, mill locations, workforce availability, harvest volume fluctuations, and other factors. This project creates updated multiplier estimators with which to calculate direct and indirect economic impacts from changes in forest industry activity in Washington State . Surveys and interviews of logging contractors, sawmills, log truckers, paper companies, and state agencies were undertaken and the resulting information was combined with North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) employment data from the United States Census Bureau to create a forest sector transaction matrix of purchases and employment based upon the Washington Input/Output Model. Management alternatives, such as expanded use of thinning, and processing changes, have been examined and described so that parties interested in specific regional impacts can customize the results for local application. The unique contributions to employment and state revenues that result from Washington Department of Natural Resources timber sale programs are highlighted.
Publication Major Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States: 2008 Update
September 2009. This report represents the 58th annual report prepared by the Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, of the major insect and disease conditions of the Nation's forests. This year's forest insect and disease conditions report has been redesigned to focus on the 20 major insects and diseases that annually cause defoliation and mortality in forest of the United States. Last year's report, Major Forest Insect and Disease Conditions in the United States 2007, provides background information on the 20 insects and diseases described in this report and should be referenced if more detailed information is needed. This report provides a national summary of the major changes and status of these 20 forest pests with updated charts, tables, and maps. We plan to produce a more detailed report every 3 to 5 years to update longer term trends, science, treatments, and outlook. We are in the process of developing a database and linking it to other datasets so that interested users will have access to more information and will be able to do their own analyses, especially over time. A primary goal is to make the database useful and user friendly to those interested in this type of information.
Publication Shaping the Future: A Strategic Plan for Natural Resources and Environmental Management Education
As the 21st century nears, the use of natural resources and the preservation of environmental quality are the focus of increased worldwide attention. The Cooperative Extension System (CES) thereby is presented with expanded opportunities and responsibilities for outreach education in natural resources and environmental management (NREM). To meet this challenge, a 17-member team of Extension professionals--selected to represent the geographic, academic, and cultural diversity of the CES-has prepared Shaping the Future: A Strategic Plan fir Natural Resources and Environmental Management Education. This Overview highlights basic features of the Strategic Plan and can be used-together with the text boxes and marginal callouts located throughout the document-to provide readers a summary review for future reference.Shaping the Future is a plan to guide the Cooperative Extension System in strengthening programs in the area of natural resources and environmental management education. The implementation of this systemwide Strategic Plan and of similar state plans will expand the scope and effectiveness of NREM education and facilitate better service to diverse customers. State NREM support teams will be established to provide leadership, coordinate educational needs and priorities, and increase the resources available for NREM programming. A national NREM support team also will be formed to provide national coordination, resource development, and accountability. Keywords/concepts: Educational and Strategic Goals, NREM, Status and Trends, Baseline Data and Monitoring, Focused Programs and Measurable Outcomes, Expanding Collaboration, A Bridge to Tommorow, Goal: Building Systemwide Commitment, Demonstrating Program Excellence, Mobilizing Human, Fiscal, and Knowledge Resources, Implementation of the Strategic Plan. Shaping the Future is a plan to guide the Cooperative Extension System in strengthening programs in the area of natural resouces and environmental management education.
Publication Tree Farmer: July/August 2010
Volume 29, No. 4. The guide to sustaining America's family forests. Features: Log Values Past, Present & Future; Money Does Grow on Trees; Research Roundup; 2009 Northeast Regional Tree Farm of the Year
Publication Forest Landowner: May/June 2010
Vol. 69, No. 3. National Forest Landowners Advocacy Day Information. In this Issue: Green Building Standard Provides a Monopoly for One Forest Certification Program; BCAP Explained; Carbon Neutrality; The Anti-Correlation Heresy; The Economic Impact of Privately-Owned Forests.
Publication Forests and People: Volume 60, Number 4
Fourth Quarter 2010. Official Publication of the Louisiana Forestry Association. Features: The lure of tree houses; Palustris Forest: Research that changed forestry; Budget crisis in the state Office of Forestry; Where have all the quail gone?; Sell now or wait for better prices?
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