Landowners can play an important part in providing wildlife shelter by properly locating and building brushpiles. This leaflet will help you determine the best location and design for your brushpile.
Urban trees are especially valued for their environmental benefits. Healthy trees increase property values, and everyone enjoys the spring flowers and fall colors of the urban forest. Use these pages to learn more about the benefits of trees in cities and towns.
Property with trees usually sells first and for more money. However, many new homeowners are disappointed when, in the months to 10 years following construction, all of the trees start dying on their property. It's a sad event when the homewoner learns that the cause is construction damage and that it could have been lessened or avoided by follwoing some important rules for building around trees.
Cutting your own firewood can improve the quality of your remaining trees and improve the wildlife habitat of the entire woodlot. This leaflet will show you how to select trees for harvesting and what trees to leave for wildlife.
Taking time to find out what you have to sell and then choosing the appropriate method of marketing will usually result in substantially more income and satisfaction for the seller. This document explains how to get the most from your timber sale.
Missouri is one of America's great forested states, ranking seventh of the 20 northeastern states in the amount of forest land. These pages are an introduction to Missouri's forests, history, values and management.
This booklet describes the rarest or most threatened Missouri plant species in the hope that the dissemination of this information will lead to the location of additional sites for these plants.
This booklet contains photos and descriptions of trees used in urban areas. It also contains information on purchasing and growing the right tree for your location.
Forest fires are a problem everywhere, but here in Missouri they are serious. The Missouri Department of Conservation reports that careless trash burners accidentally start 50 percent of the fires, arsonists deliberately set 40 percent and another 10 percent start from miscellaneous causes. Use this brochure to learn more about the Operation Forest Arson program and what you can do to help.
There is now a way for concerned citizens to remain anonymous while they help put an end to the arsonist's selfish game. Operation Forest Arson provides a reliable method for citizens to call, report an arson violation, and collect a reward without anyone knowing who reported the crime.
Snag and den trees provide food and cover for many species of wildlife. This leaflet gives helpful advice on managing your forest to provide snag and den trees.
The George O. White State Forest Nursery is in Texas County about three miles northwest of Licking and offers Missouri residents a variety of seedlings for reforestation, windbreaks, and erosion control, as well as wildlife food and cover.
Many people only receive a fraction of their timber's true value because they do not know what they have or do not know how to sell it. This document presents guidelines to assist individuals in selling timber from their woodlands.
In Missouri the Tree Farm Program is sponsored by the Missouri Forest Products Association and supported by the Missouri Department of Conservation. Use this publication to learn more about this program and how you can participate.
Travel lanes between woodlands protect wildlife from predation and severe weather. This leaflet shows how using a variety of plants can create good travel lanes for wildlife.
Some injured trees can be treated and repaired to maintain their health and value to your home. Others should be removed. This guide contains tips that will help you make the right decisions for your trees.
Severe weather in locations across the state can cause major tree damage. The tree care decisions made in the wake of such an event can have a long lasting impact.
The Tree Farm System is a nation wide community of nearly 60,000 landowners linked by a desire to manage their woodlands effectively. This document describes your benefits in this program and how you can participate.
The American Tree Farm System is a nation wide community of nearly 60,000 landowners linked by a desire to manage their woodlands effectively. Use this brochure to learn more about the American Tree Farm System.
Corridors of trees growing along streams are called riparian woodlands. Managing these wetlands can provide food, cover and travel lanes for wildlife and provide wood products for the landowner.
Trees are a natural choice for moderating the extremes of our environment. They shade our homes and playgrounds, block cold winds, filter dust and pollutants from the air and make our cities nicer places to live.
The Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program (VFLEP) designs, promotes, and implements education programs for Virginia's 400,000+ private forest landowners. All programs are designed to enable forest landowners to meet their goals in the context of sound forest stewardship using sustainable forestry practices.
This listing of internet resources was developed to provide you, the Non-Industrial Private Forest (NIPF) landowner, with a better understanding of the information and resources available on the internet relating to forest stewardship.
The Missouri Consulting Foresters Association (MCFA), is an organization of technically trained professional foresters that each provide competent forest management advice or assistance to landowners.
This pagecontains information about how communities and individuals can save damaged trees after violent storms. All articles and artwork are downloadable for reprint.
This listing of internet resources was developed to provide the Non-Industrial Private Forest landowner, with a better understanding of the information and resources available on the Internet relating to forest stewardship.
This publication describes special forest products that represent opportunities for rural entrepreneurs to supplement their incomes. The types of products discussed in this publication include aromatics, berries, wild fruits, cones, seeds, forest botanicals, honey, mushrooms, nuts, syrup and weaving and dyeing materials.
This series of slides shows woodland owners how to grow black walnut trees in natural stands and plantations for timber, nuts, and agroforestry. Covers uses for walnut, where it grows, designing plantations, site preparation and weed control, planting techniques, thinning, pruning, and pest management.
