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The following sheets are information on various aspects of the life of a forest that a landowner may need to understand the management of their lands. They generally describe various stages of the growth of a forest stand from: the selection of a tree species, site preparation, planting, growing the trees over time, thinning, pest management problems that might occur, wildlife considerations, and harvesting. This information does not replace the need for advice from a professional. If you need professional assistance please contact the Alabama Forestry Commission office located in your county.

Pine Image DISEASES
  Annosus Root Rot   Hardwood Decay
  Brown Spot Needle Blight   Littleleaf Disease
Fusiform Rust Prescribed Burning for Disease Control
       
RCWoodpecker ENDANGERED SPECIES   (Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Fish, Invertebrates, Plants)
Birds Fish
  Bald Eagle   Fish
  Piping Plover Invertebrates
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Invertebrates
  Wood Stork Plants
Mammals   Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant
  Alabama Beach Mouse   Alabama Leather Flower
  Gray Bat   Alabama Streak Sorus Fern
  Indiana Bat   American Chaffseed
Reptiles   American Hart's Tongue Fern
  Alabama Red-bellied Turtle   Eggert's Sunflower
  Eastern Indigo Snake   Green Pitcher Plant
  Flattened Musk Turtle   Harperella
  Flatwoods Salamander   Kral's Water Plantain
Gopher Tortoise Leafy-Prairie Clover
  Red Hills Salamander   Little Amphianthus
  Sea Turtles   Louisiana Quillwort
Cogongrass HERBICIDES
Lyrate Bladder-pod
Mohr's Barbara's Buttons
Morefield's Leather Flower
Price's Potato-bean
  Herbaceous Weed Control    Relict Trillium
Individual Tree Injection   Tennessee Yellow-eyed Grass
 
Pine Release Using Herbicides
Site Preparation Using Herbicides
Use of Forest Chemicals
Cogongrass INSECTICIDES
Insect  INSECTS
Dragnet-Insecticide for Bark Beetles
Onyx-Insecticide for Bark Beetles
 
 
Aphids
Bagworm
Black Turpentine Beetle
CogongrassImage  INVASIVE SPECIES 
  Dragnet-Insecticide for Bark Beetles   Autumn Olive
  Eastern Tent Caterpillar   Bamboos
  Elm Leaf Beetle   Cogongrass
  Fall Webworm   Cogongrass Hitchhikers
  Forest Tent Caterpillar   Japanese Climbing Fern
  Ips Bark Beetles   Japanese Privet
  Nantucket Pine Tip Moth   Kudzu
  Onyx-Insecticide for Bark Beetles   Princess-tree
  Pine Sawflies   Privet
  Pine Weevils   Sacred Bamboo
  Scalping for the Control of White-fringed beetle   Silktree Mimosa
  SPB Biology and Prevention   Tallowtree
SPB Control Methods Tropical Soda Apple
      Wisteria
     
Pond Image RECREATION & AESTHETICS  
ForestImage TIMBER
  Forest Trails Harvest
  Landscaping for Songbirds   Harvesting for Natural Pine Regeneration
  Pond Management   Harvesting Options
  Protecting Sensitive Areas   Selling Timber
  Songbird Boxes   Shade Tolerance
  Wildflower Establishment and Maintenance   Thinning Pine Stands
  Regeneration
Forester Photo  RESOURCES 
Direct Seeding of Oak 
Direct Seeding of Pine 
Hardwood Regeneration
How to Purchase Seedlings 
  Consultant Foresters Planting Hardwood Seedlings
  Cost-share Programs in Alabama   Planting Pine Seedlings
  Landowner Associations   The Need for Regeneration 
  Natural Resource Contacts Site Preparation
  Timber Buyers and Forestry Vendors   Bedding
      Bushhogging Light Disking or Mowing
    Combination 3-in-1 Plow Specifications
Money TAX TIPS & INVESTMENT
 
Mechanical Site Preparation
Prescribed Burning for Site Preparation
Roller Drum Chopping
Scalping
  Forest Management Investments   Shearing and Raking Into Windrows
  Management Journal   Site Preparation & Erosion Considerations
  Tax Tips 2008   Site Preparation for Natural Regeneration
Storm Recovery STORM RECOVERY 
  Site Preparation Methods
  Subsoiling
Timber Stand Improvement
  Hardwood Crop Tree Release
Assessing Timber Damage   Permanent Firebreaks
Establishing Priorities for Salvaging Precommercial Thinning
  Evaluating Storm-damaged Landscape Trees   Prescribed Burning
  Salt Spray Damage from Hurricane Winds   Prescribed Burning Longleaf Pine
  Understanding Casualty Losses   Pruning Pines
  Utilization of Storm-damaged Timber   Timber Stand Improvement Practice Options
      SPB Prevention Thinning Specifications
       
TurkeyImage WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
DeerImage LIFE HISTORY
       
  Calculating Wildlife Opening Sizes   Life History of the White-tailed Deer
  Conducting A Summer Bobwhite Call Count   Life History of the Wild Turkey
  Dove Field Management   Life History of the Bobcat
  Eastern Cottontail Rabbit   Life History of the Coyote
  Hunting Leases and Permits   Life History of the Gray Fox
  Landscape Management for Waterfowl   Life History of the Northern Bobwhite Quail
  Managing Beaver Ponds for Waterfowl   Life History of the Raccoon
  Managing Cropland for Upland Wildlife    
  Managing for Eastern Wild Turkey    
  Managing for White-tailed Deer    
  Permanent Wildlife Plantings    
  Quailbook    
  Roadside Management for Wildlife    
  Strip Disking Grasslands and Old Fields    
  Tree Squirrel Life History and Management    
  Wood Duck Box Construction