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Forestry Web Sites

  
American Forest and Paper Association
Statistical and educational information about the wood and paper products industry.

American Forests
Site of the nation's oldest nonprofit citizen conservation organization.

Bureau of Land Management
Breaking news and state-by-state data about the public lands and resources managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Clemson University Department of Forest Resources
Includes information about degree programs, faculty, and student groups in the Department of Forest Resources. An extension component of the site provides publications, web links, and continuing education opportunities.

Electronic Forest Resources Library
Maintained by the Southern Regional Extension Forester at the University of Georgia, this site provides access to information and resources from many forestry and natural resource sites on the Internet.

Encyclopedia of Southern Appalachian Forest Ecosystems
Developed by the Southern Region Extension Foresters, this site contains info on forest landscapes, resource management, ecology, and forest health.

FAO of the UN: Forestry
The FAO Forestry site provides access to the Forestry Statistics Database for statistical data on primary forest products for all countries and territories of the world, as well as an electronic edition of Unasylva and other forestry publications.

FireNet Information Network
FireNet is an online information service for everyone interested in fire science and management. Includes newsletters and networking info, a software fire simulation, full-text articles, and course descriptions.

Forest Management Service Center
Experts at the FMSC provide information about forest growth and measurement for the National Forest system.

Forest Products Laboratory
This site includes a sampling of research reports on pulp and paper products, uses of wood, wood preservation, wood and fungi identification, and finishing and restoring wood products.

Forestworld
Research tools section provides a good resource for global forestry data and statistics, and silvicultural characteristics of North American forest trees.

Forestry Conferences
Links to major national and international forestry-related conferences, meetings and seminars.

Gypsy Moth in North America
General information about the gypsy moth; includes forest effects, managment, research and links to other resources on the WWW.

Natural Resources Canada
General agency information for the Canadian Forest Service, connections to library sources, and contact information for employees and regional offices.

Natural Resources Research Information
Internet resource guide for students, researchers and practitioners. Includes information and links to sites on institutions and organizations, government agencies, databases and literature, conferences and research news, and outdoor recreation research.

North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Forest Resources
Search this site for practical information about topics in forestry.

Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
Resource guide for plant pathology, applied entomology, and related fields. Includes a section with links for Forest & Tree pathology information.

Society of American Foresters
The SAF site relates information about legislative policy, programs, publications, and meetings for forestry professionals.

Soil Science Society of America-Forest Soils Home Page

South Carolina Forestry Commission

Southern Pine Beetle Information Directory
Provides access to up-to-date information about southern pine beetle biology, management and research, as well as links to state information resources and an online workshop for resource managers.

Steve Shook's Directory of Forest Products, Wood Science, and Marketing
Directory helps locate Internet resources about the forest products industry, forest products, wood science and technology, wood engineering, forest products marketing, wood industry associations, wood industry consultants, wood industry data sources, and wood products-based research institutions.

Tree Care Consumer Information
Reproduces fifteen brochures published by the International Society of Arboriculture. Documents are detailed, illustrated and provide tips on tree planting, mature tree care, insect and disease problems, and tree selection.

Ultimate Tree Ring Webpage
Designed by Dr. Henri Grission-Mayer to be the "ultimate" resource for information on tree ring research.

US Forest Service
Access to USDA Forest Service publications, speeches and general forestry information, as well as a guide to US National Forests.

Understanding Forestry Terms: A Glossary for Private Landowners
This publication lists and defines forest resource terms.

Wilderness Information Network
Provides information about wilderness preservation, education, research, and issues.


For more links:

Forestry -- From the WWW Virtual Library


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