The South Carolina Forest Steward
by various authors,
12p.
This issue focuses on insects and diseases in SC and how
the current drought is exacerbating mortality. Find info
on SPB, annosus root rot, hemlock wooly adelgid, fusiform
rust, and sudden oak death. (Click here
to access document)
The Department
of Forest Resources Leads Assessment of Urban Forest Cover
and Structure in the Greenville-Spartanburg Metropolitan
Area
by Ham, 1p.
In the Upstate Region of northwestern South Carolina, the
I-85 corridor has experienced explosive growth over the
past 20 years. The most rapidly urbanizing part of the corridor,
Greenville County, had a 1999 population equivalent to Atlanta
in 1950. Population growth in this Upstate MSA over just
the 1990 to 1999 period was 37 percent (per U.S. Bureau
of the Census, Census of the Population, 1930 to 1990, and
1999). Even more alarming, during the same period, the
rate of land conversion to urban uses has been estimated
to be greater than 200 percent. (Upstate Forever)
This is a collaborative venture with the Strom Thurmond
Institute and Pinnacle Consulting Group. The analysis is
underway to identify forces of change in the urban forests
and develop predictive models to estimate the influence
of change on the urban forest and the community.
The information will be used for education and demonstration
programs to improve public and private understanding of
urban tree cover, help local governments and business leaders
to work in unison toward effect development strategies,
and expand USDA Forest Service research and educational
efforts. (Click here
to access PDF file)
Controlling Erosion
Naturally
By Conner, Socha,
Allen, and Hardy, 3p.
Bioengineering techniques help sustainably stabilize a
section of the intracoastal waterway, as well as create
wildlife and fisheries habitat at less the cost of conventional
erosion control methods. (Click here
to access PDF file).
Baldcypress Regeneration
Methods for Difficult to Plant Areas
by Conner in collaboration
with EPA, 1p.
A quick glimpse at methods for planting in forested wetlands
and beaver ponds. (Click here
to access PDF file).
