Here is a list of links to some useful silviculture related sites. Please
Silvicultural Terminology |
 Silviculture Terminology prepared by the Silviculture Instructors Subgroup Silviculture Working Group (D2) Society of American Foresters |
| Glossary of Forestry Terms from the British Columbia Ministry of Forests and Range Library |
| Dictionary of Forestry maintained by the Society of American Foresters |
| Forestry Images a portion of the Bugwood.org image database |
Silvicultural Systems |
Establishment Treatment Links |
| Nursery | Southern Forest Nursery Management Cooperative hosted at Auburn University |
| Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources sponsored by the USDA Forest Service and Southern Regional Extension Forestry |
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| Tree Improvement | Southern Forest Tree Improvement Committee lists proceedings from 30+ SFTIC conferences |
| West Gulf Tree Improvement Program is a cooperative administered by the Texas Forest Service |
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| NCSU Cooperative Tree Improvement Program administered by North Carolina State University |
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| Cooperative Forest Genetics Research Program housed at the University of Florida |
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| Pacific Northwest Tree Improvement Research Cooperative run by Oregon State University |
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| Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center is a cooperative administered by Purdue University |
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| Site Selection and Stocking | Hardwood Silviculture Cooperative of Oregon State University focuses on red alder and Douglas-fir |
| Site Preparation | Mechanical Site Preparation is a PDF from the Texas Forest Service with photos of site prep equipment |
| Artificial Regeneration | Planting Morphologically Improved Seedlings with Shovels is an extension publication (pdf) prepared by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station at Auburn University |
| New Pine Planting Strategies for the Western Gulf States is an extension publication (pdf) prepared by Southern Regional Extension Forestry |
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| Forest Regeneration Methods for Southern Yellow Pines is an extension publication (pdf) prepared by the University of Florida Extension Service |
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| Direct Seeding Southern Yellow Pines is an article (pdf) published in Tree Planters' Notes |
Intermediate Treatment Links |
| Thinning, Fertilizing, | Forest Productivity Cooperative hosted at Virginia Tech, NC State, and the Universidad de Concepcion in Chile |
| Competition Control, Pruning | Stand Management Cooperative housed at the University of Washington |
| Center for Intensive Planted-Forest Silviculture run by Oregon State University |
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| Forest Productivity .Net sponsored by the University of Georgia and Southern Regional Extension Forestry |
Regeneration Treatment Links |
| Ecosystem Management | Silviculture Treatments for Ecosystem Management is an experimental network run by the British Columbia Ministry of Forests |
Aspects of Silviculture |
Ecological Aspects of Silviculture Links |
| Silvics | Silvics of North America is a comprehensive online version of Agriculture Handbook 654 published by the USDA Forest Service in 1990 |
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| Fire Effects Information System also produced by the USDA Forest Service contains additional silvics of tree and shrub species that relate to fire |
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| USDA Plants Database maintained by the NRCS contains information and links for all common woody and herbaceous species found in the US |
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| Other Helpful Dendrology Links are available on the SFA Dendrology website |
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| Soils | NRCS Soils contains a wealth of soils information for the US |
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| Web Soil Survey allows access to soil survey information and maps from most of the US |
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| Texas Soil Surveys by County in PDF format from the NRCS |
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| Nacogdoches County Soil Survey in PDF format from the NRCS |
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| Criff Soil Classification is a simple soil classification system from the University of Florida (PDF) |
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| Universal Soil Loss Equation is a simple procedure to estimate soil erosion caused by various silvicultural practices |
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| Forestry Best Management Practices (BMPs) by State |
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Economic Aspects of Silviculture Links |
| Forest Economics | Forest Economics an overview from the SAF Forestryencyclopedia |
| Forest Valuation and the Net Present Value Concept in Forestry Economics an overview from the SAF Forestryencyclopedia |
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| Financial Analysis an overview from the SAF Forests and Forestry in the Americas: An Encyclopedia |
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| Taxes | Forest Taxation links to a variety of resources produced by the USDA Forest Service |
| Forest Landowners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax produced by the USDA Forest Service is also known as Agriculture Handbook 718 |
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| National Timber Tax Website a collaboration of the USDA Forest Service, University of Georgia, and others |
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| Forestry and Income Taxation an overview from the SAF Forestryencyclopedia |
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| Property Tax an overview from the SAF Forestryencyclopedia |
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| Timber Prices by State | Timber Price Information and Contacts for each state from the USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station |
Societal Aspects of Silviculture Links |
| Certification | Sustainable Forestry Initiative is the most common certification system in the US and the South |
| Forest Stewardship Council is another common certification system |
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| American Tree Farm System allows nonindustrial private forest owners to be recognized for sound forest stewardship practices |
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| Professional Organizations | Society of American Foresters is the national professional organization for foresters |
| SAF: Texas Chapter |
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| Texas Forestry Association is an organization for businesses, landowners, and professionals interested in forestry |
Other Silvicultural Resources |
East Texas Forest Resource Links |
| History | Logging History in the Pineywoods is a detailed summary from the University of Texas Aldridge Sawmill |
| National Forests | Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest is a 2,648 acre research forest just south of Nacogdoches managed by the Southern Research Station of the USDA Forest Service |
| Angelina National Forest spans 153,179 acres located in Angelina, Nacogdoches, San Augustine and Jasper counties |
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| Davy Crockett National Forest spans 160,000+ acres located in Houston and Trinity counties |
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| Sabine National Forest spans 160,656 acres located in Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Jasper, and Newton counties |
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| Sam Houston National Forest spans 163,037 acres located in Montgomery, Walker, and San Jacinto counties |
Mapping and Aerial Imagery Links |
| Map Resources | Web Soil Survey allows access to soil survey information and maps from most of the US |
| Topographic Maps for most of the world, if available, can be found through the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection at the University of Texas |
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| Magnetic Declination for any latitude, longitude, and time can be calculated with this NOAA tool |
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| Aerial Imagery |
Texas Natural Resources Information System includes CIR imagery and a wide variety of GIS data for all of Texas |
University Silviculture Course Links |
| University of Missouri |
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| Oregon State University |