Most Recent Features...
10/7/2003 -
America's State Trees
A complete list of state trees with links to species information...
10/6/2003 -
The Value of Firewood
A firewood purchase and transaction can be tricky. Here are some
rules-of-thumb...
10/5/2003 -
Pine Needle Harvesting FAQ
Pine straw is fast becoming the favored mulch and groundcover for
landscapers and homeowners in urban America.
10/1/2003 -
Tree Finder - A Manual for the Identification of Trees
May Theilgaard Watts' Tree Finder is the best economy-priced,
pocket-sized tree identification manual available for trees east of Rocky
Mountains.
9/17/2003 -
Catching the Fall Leaf Color Wave
A simple flow and wave model was designed at the University of Georgia to
illustrate what leaf experts call the fall color wave.
9/15/2003 -
An Autumn Leaf Cross Section
A quick explanation of why leaves change colors using a great U.S. Forest
Service illustration.
9/5/2003 -
USFS National Forest Fall Foliage Hotline
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service has activated its leaf color hotline for the 2003 leaf viewing season.
8/27/2003 -
Canada's Largest Wildfire Evacuation
Officials think the Okanagan Mountain Park fire caused the largest
evacuation effort in the shortest period of time ever in Canadian history.
8/12/2003 -
Cramer Fire Death Report
An Idaho Bitterroot Mountain wildfire claimed the lives of helitack
crewmembers Jeff Allen and Shane Heath. Read this quick report.
8/5/2003 -
Buying a Forest
Buying your first forested property can quickly turn into a nightmare. You will make the process much easier if you develop a
plan.
8/4/2003 -
Clearcutting: Essential Silvic Tool
Bobby Watkins, technical specialist with BASF writes a good article on why
clearcutting is still in a forester's tool kit..
7/14/2003 -
Current National Fire Maps and Conditions - 2003
Maps that display the nation's latest wildfire situation at a glance - 2003
fire season.
7/8/2003 -
What's This New Home Page All About?
About Forestry just received an important makeover. The home page now
features content in blog-like fashion. For those who don't know what "blog"
means, it's short for "web log," the latest thing in Web page design.
7/2/2003 -
Flowering Plants of the Forest - Spring and Summer Bloomers
Take this second quiz and see if you can name these flowering plants of the
forest.
6/16/2003 -
Review - The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees
David More paints himself a tree masterpiece. Mr. More illustrates and
exhibits most of the trees on this planet in a massive 800 page document. He
leaves no tree leaf undisturbed and here is the review.
6/9/2003 -
California Forests - Highest Requirements in the World
California has among the highest requirements in the world for private
forestland management because of extensive regulation and independent programs
that promote sustainable forest management.
6/2/2003 -
RX for Wounded Trees - Branch, Trunk and Root Wounds
A good tree care program minimizes and can even prevent these three major
types of tree wounds.
5/31/2003 -
RX for Wounded Trees - How to Prevent Wound Problems, Part II
There are things in nature that will compromise a trees health. They
may or may not be easy to prevent by pruning or thinning.
5/1/2003 -
RX for Wounded Trees - How to Prevent Wound Problems, Part I
Taken from an essential list of prescriptions to improve tree health, here
are the most effective ways to prevent tree wounds to include pruning, thinning
and spacing.
4/21/2003 -
Earth Day, 2003 - A Brief Q&A
A very brief Q&A on Earth Day, 2003...
4/14/2003 -
The Liberty Tree Forest - Help Plant Liberty Trees
The Veterans of Foreign War (VFW) and American Forests want
to continue the Liberty Tree concept by planting a forest for liberty.
4/7/2003 -
Forest Biomes of North America
The broadest regional classification recognized by botanists
and forest scientists is the forest community called a biome. See these
photos...
3/24/2003 - Forestry
101
Forestry 101 is designed to get a tree and forest owner off to a quick
start, to use the Internet as an educational tool for developing a forest and to
help answer basic forest management questions.
3/11/2003 - Environmental
Forestry Profile Quiz
Are you a preservationist, an environmentalist or a wise user. Take
this quiz to determine your environmental profile...
3/3/2003 - Tree
Wellness Quiz
Are you prepared to plant and rear a healthy tree? Take this quiz...
2/24/2003 - Foresters
Love Maps
MAPTECH's Terrain Navigator just might be the topographic software you've
always needed.
2/3/2003 - Attention Tax
Paying Timber Owners
Five points to remember when filing your 2002 timber
taxes...
1/13/2003 - Portable Sawmills:
Interview With a Mill Consultant
Ron Wenrich, sawmill consultant, gives the low-down on portable sawmills in this
interview...
1/6/2003 - Best Portable Sawmills
Online
Are you in the market for a portable sawmill? Here are links to the best portable sawmill
manufacturers in the World.
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