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Here’s How to… Regeneration Success or Failure and How to Tell the Difference

New Insecticide Approved for Pest Control in Conifers and Hardwoods

Forestryimages.org: Photos for Forestry and Natural Resources

Developing and Comparing Silvicultural Alternatives: Goals, Objectives, and Evaluation Criteria

Here’s How to Value Precommercial Timber Stands

Here’s How to Value Pre-Commercial Timber Stands (Another Look)

Beyond Old Growth: A New Look Nationwide — NCSSF Report
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Here's How to Thin for Quality, Not Spacing

Here's How to Implement Plantation Release

Here's How to Manage Grapevines

Forest Cover Types

Forest Science: Special Issue on Canopy Research

Forest Science: Special Issue on Sierran Mixed-Conifer Research

A Forest Manager's Guide to Butternut

Northern White-Cedar Ecology and Silvicuture

Oak Stands

Oak Forest Composition on Contrasting Soil Types at the Mohonk Preserve, Eastern New York

Shelterwood-Planted Northern Red Oaks: Integrated Costs and Options

Field Note: Effects of Stump Diameter on Sprout Number and Size for Three Oak Species in a Pennsylvania Clearcut

Oak Ecosystem Management Considerations for Central Hardwoods Stands Arising from Silvicultural Clearcutting

Oak Regeneration Guidelines for the Central Appalachians

Classifying Patterns of Understory Vegetation in Mixed-Oak Forests in Two Ecoregions of Pennsylvania

A Stand-Development Approach to Oak Afforestation in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Prediction of Growth and Mortality of Oregon White Oak in the Pacific Northwest

Individual Tree and Stand Level Influences on the Growth, Vigor, and Decline of Red Oaks in the Ozarks

Artificial Regeneration of Major Oak (Quercus) Species in the Eastern United States — A Review of the Literature

Ponderosa Pine Stands

Naturally Seeded versus Planted Ponderosa Pine Seedlings in Group-Selection Openings

Thinning Ponderosa Pine Affected by Armillaria Root Disease: 40 Years of Growth and Mortality on an Infected Site in Central Oregon

Tradeoffs in Overstory and Understory Aboveground Net Primary Productivity in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Stands

Changes in Forest Structure After a Large, Mixed-Severity Wildfire in Ponderosa Pine Forests of the Black Hills, South Dakota, USA

Longleaf Pine Stands

Predicting Diameter Distributions for Young Longleaf Pine Plantations in Southwest Georgia

Survival of Longleaf and Loblolly Pines Planted at Two Spacings in an East Texas Bahiagrass Silvopasture

Compatible Stem Taper, Volume, and Weight Equations for Young Longleaf Pine Plantations in Southwest Georgia

A Density Management Diagram for Longleaf Pine Stands with Application to Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Habitat

Douglas-Fir Stands

Does Federal Forestry Have a Future in Spotted Owl Country? Professors Jerry Franklin and K. Norman Johnson Say “Yes”

Manipulating Stand Structure of Douglas-fir Plantations for Wildlife Habitat and Wood Production

Economic and Ecological Effects of Diameter Caps: A Markov Decision Model for Douglas-Fir/Western Hemlock Forests

Understory Tree Development with Repeated Stand Density Treatments in Coastal Douglas-Fir Forests of Oregon

Effects of Growing Space on Growth for 20-Year-Old Giant Sequoia, Ponderosa Pine, and Douglas-Fir in the Sierra Nevada

History of Silvicultural Research in the Douglas-Fir Region — 2007 SAF National Convention

Quaking Aspen Stands

Trembling Aspen Removal Effects on Lodgepole Pine in Southern Interior British Columbia: Ten-Year Results

Contrasting Release Approaches for a Mixed Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera)-Quaking Aspen (Populus tremuloides) Stand

Impacts of Skidding Traffic Intensity on Soil Disturbance, Soil Recovery, and Aspen Regeneration in North Central Minnesota

Short-Term Responses of Aspen to Fire and Mechanical Treatments in Interior Alaska

Aspen Ecology and Management: The foundation for Planning into the Future — 2008 SAF National Convention

Other Hardwood Stands

Texas Drought: 100 Million to 500 Million Trees Dead

Working to Restore Native Landscapes and the Forest Products Industry on the Delmarva Peninsula

The Irregular Shelterwood System: Review, Classification, and Potential Application to Forests Affected by Partial Disturbances

Northern Red Oak, White Oak, and Black Walnut Diameter Growth for the First 3 Years after Thinning in a Mixed Planting

Effect of Browsing, Seedbed, and Competition on the Development of Yellow Birch Seedlings in High-Graded Stands

Accuracy of Tree Grade Projections for Five Appalachian Hardwood Species

The SOHARC Model System for Growth and Yield of Southern Hardwoods

Origin of Small Understory Beech in New York Northern Hardwood Stands

The Effects of Initial Spacing and Rectangularity on the Early Growth of Hybrid Poplar

Thinning Northern Hardwoods in New England by Dominant-Tree Removal—Early Results

Other Conifer Stands

Commentary: Beetle Outbreak in New Jersey: Yet Another Example of Why Forests Need Management

Can Any Recent Trends Involving Drought Severity and Bark Beetles Be Attributed to Tree Mortality In California?

Historical Stem Development of Northern White-Cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) in Maine

Bark Beetles, Germany, and Active Forest Management: An Interview with Peter Kolb

Sources of Variation in the Self-Thinning Boundary Line for Three Species with Varying Levels of Shade Tolerance

Circular Distribution of Branches from Plantation Grown Black Spruce in Ontario

Taper, Volume, and Weight Equations for Red Pine in West Virginia

Crown Recession Patterns in Three Conifer Species of the Northern Rocky Mountains

Here are just a few of the sessions at the 2011 Convention:
The relationship of forest ecology and silviculture to forest health and sound forest management.

International Collaboration Identifies Eucalyptus for Mid-Elevation Planting in Hawaii
Response to Management Strategies in Young-growth Giant Sequoia Stands
Ecology and Management of Madrean Oak Woodlands and Savannas
Within-stand Structural Heterogeneity in Uneven-aged Southern Pine Stands

For full Convention details, visit: www.safconvention.org

Influence the forestry professional through a Working Group

Feb 23, 12
Lufkin/Nacogdoches Chapter SAF Meeting
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Feb 27, 12
Planting Seedling in Hardwood Bottomlands
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Ecology and Silviculture of Northern Lake States Forests
US Forest Service; Northern Research Station

Forest Ecology Lab – Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

The PLANTS Database

Buyers Guide

Computer Software and Equipment

Forestry Consultants

Forestry Tools and Equipment

GIS and Mapping Products

Handheld Data Collectors

Herbicides, Fertilizers, and Chemical Applications

Markers and Signs

Measurement, Survey and Analysis

Remote Sensing

Safety Equipment

Tree Paint and Markers

Wood Procurement/Log Accounting Software