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Links to basic forestry sources: forestry news, software and forestry statistical data, books and publications, forest issues, history and quizzes.

About Modeling in Forestry

An interview with a forester who models forests for a living. From your About Forestry Guide.

Buying a Forest

Buying your first forested property can quickly turn into a nightmare. You can make the process much easier if you develop a plan.

Seven Conditions Necessary to Clearcut a Forest

Clearcut - Seven Conditions Necessary to Clearcut a Forest

Clearcutting - The Debate over Clearcutting

Clearcutting - The Debate over Clearcutting

Forestry Best Managment Practices

Landowners, foresters, timber buyers, loggers, site preparation and reforestation contractors, and others involved with forestry (defined as silvicultural) operations presently have an obligation to use effective practices to minimize nonpoint source pollution (soil erosion and stream sedimentation) and thermal pollution.

Clearcutting is a Sound Forestry Practice

Clearcutting is not a universally accepted practice. However, to clearcut is to practice sound forest management under certain conditions.

Deer-Proofing Your Property

Deer and ticks seem to thrive together during summer and both can become a nuisance to forest and woodlot owners.

Rain Forest - Two Very Different Reviews

Rain Forest - Two Very Different Reviews

California Forestry - Heaviest 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.

Environmental Forestry Profile

Environmental Forestry Profile. Are you a preservationist, an environmentalist or a wise user? Determine your forestry environmental profile.

Trees and Allergies

Tree allergies can be crippling. Here are the trees you need to avoid and the trees you can live next to...

Save Trees - Grow Pot!

It has been suggested that the answer to worldwide deforestation is growing fields of Cannabis sativa to supply the world's pulp for paper.

Timber Theft: Three Methods Used by a Tree Thief

There are basically three ways to steal timber. As a timber owner or forest manager you would be wise to study these methods of theft and take preventative actions to avoid a rip-off....

Forestry Issues 101

Forestry Forestry Issues You May Be Faced With - Forestry 101

Clearcutting - Seven Reasons to Cut Every Tree - Forestry

Clearcutting is not a universally accepted practice. Opponents of the practice of cutting every tree within a specific area contend it degrades the environment. Forestry professionals and resource managers argue that the practice is sound if used properly.

Clearcutting: Essential Tool for Regenerating Forests and Habitat

In the absence of sunlight, the dark, cool forest floor becomes relatively uninhabitable for the plants and to the wildlife that had earlier thrived there.

Build a Forestry Library 101

Build a Forestry Library - Forestry 101

Top Ten Forestry Advances

The Society of American Foresters (SAF), the national scientific and educational organization of the forestry profession, has compiled a "top ten" list of forestry-related advances in the United States over the past century.

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