SAF Review - Top Forestry Resources on the Web
The Society of American Foresters (SAF), in their March, 2001 issue of the Journal of Forestry, suggests several sites to use when looking for forestry information on the Internet. This March JOF issue deals with forestry extension and, more particularly, computer based forestry information and distant-learning techniques which are now more convenient and easy-to-use on the World Wide Web.
According to the SAF review, "State cooperative extension services, state forest agencies, federal agencies, and many private organizations are publishing quality material on the web: The problem is finding it. The following sites are good points of reference for managing forestry information needs."
Here are the sites they selected as starting points for finding information on the Internet:
Tree Link - "Tree Link is a good source of
online information concerning urban and community forestry...sponsored by the Alliance for
Community Trees, National Tree Trust, and USDA Forest Service".
http://www.treelink.org
The Forestry Index - "The Forestry Index
was designed with landowners and natural resource professionals in mind...the index
divides on-line publications and sites into discernible categories".
http://www.forestryindex.net
Private Forest Management Team
- "This site introduces landowners to the basic principles of forestry, including
forest planning, recreation, and wildlife."
http://www.pfmt.org
Forest Landowners Guide to Internet Users
- "This guide is available both on the web and as a publication offered by the
USDA Forest Service...the site is targeted to nonindustrial private owners in the
Northeast."
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/ir/index.htm
National Timber Tax Website - "If you
have questions regarding tax treatment of timber, this is the place for you...the website
contains complete timber taxation information".
http://www.fnr.purdue.edu/ttax
Forestry.About.Com
- "Professional forester Steve Nix compiled one of the best forestry sites on the
web...the only commercial site that made this list". (Hey,
you take 'em when you can get 'em - SN)
http://forestry.about.com
The SAF review was compiled by John B. Jordin, information technology specialist, University of Georgia, Southern Region Extension Forestry, Athens, GA
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