Extension Forestry Publications

The Department of Forestry and Natural Resources produces much research and outreach material that is tailored to forest owners. Not all of our research needs up in refereed journals that are intended for other scientists. Here you will find forest related publications along with a sampling of departmental publications that cover fundamental forestry and wildlife topics, financial subjects for forest owners, and basic level forest science topics. For each publication, questions can be addressed to the author's e-mail address included.

Tree Care & Urban Forestry

• Newly Planted Trees: Strategies for Survival

• Tree Health Care: Managing Natural Changes
  

• Maintaining Tree/Turfgrass Associations: A Plant Health Care Approach
  

• Fall Leaf Color in the Carolinas
  

Forest Management and Economics

• Timber Contract Fundamentals - FNR 100, February 2012

• Economics Trends for Timber - Vol 17, No 1, Sep '08

• Valuing Damaged Timber - Vol 16, No 12, Aug '08

• Impact of Vanishing CRP Acres - Vol 16, No 11, Jul '08

• Diesel Fuel Fundamentals - Vol 16, No 10, Jun '08

• Dealing with Diesel Fuel Prices - Vol 16, No 9, May '08

• Profits and Variability - Vol 16, No 8, Apr '08

• Break Even Analysis - Vol 16, No 7, Mar '08

• Using Historical Cost Data in Logging Cost Analysis - Vol 16, No 6, Feb '08

Prescribed Fire

• Introduction to Prescribed Fire
  

Conservation Easement Videos

Landowners Guide to Forestry

• South Carolina SFI Commitee - A Landowners Guide to Forestry in South Carolina

Forest Pest Management

• Identifying the Southern Pine Beetle

• Salvage Removal: A Method for Controlling Southern Pine Beetle

• Cut and Leave: A Method for Controlling Southern Pine Beetle

• Predicting Potential Loss from Southern Pine Beetle in the Piedmont of South Carolina

• Predicting Potential Loss from Southern Pine Beetle in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina

Timber Production

• Marketing Timber

• Sawmills

• Responses of Wildlife to Clearcutting and Associated Treatments in the Eastern United States

Vegetation Management

• 2011 Directory of Certified Forestry Herbicide and Insecticide Applicators for South Carolina

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• Invasive Species Brochure

• Kudzu Eradication Guidelines

• Herbicide Prescription Manual

Christmas Tree Production

• Nutrient Management for Christmas Trees - soil fertility guidelines for Christmas tree production

•  Safety Tips for Enjoying Your Live Christmas Tree This Holiday Season - advice on how to select and care for a live tree.

•  Why You Might Want Your Next Christmas Tree to be a Virginia Pine - extolling the virtues of this South Carolina-grown Christmas tree species.