Forestry
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According to the Southeast Regional Climate Hub, the PINEMAP DSS (decision support system) is now available online. According to SERCH, it is “a map-based collection of climate and forest productivity web tools designed to provide region-wide information on likely future climate risks, opportunities, and impacts on southern pines at the watershed scale.” The goal is…
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The Southeast Regional Climate Hub has released a new blog post by John Hastings, NCSU, on the impacts of changing climate on loblolly pine in the Southeast. This is the first of a two-part report on climate impacts on the most commercially important tree species in the region. You can read it at https://globalchange.ncsu.edu/serch/climate-vulnerabilities-of-loblolly-pine-part-i-temperature/.
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I’ve seen quite a few pictures this weekend on my friends’ Facebook accounts showing them decorating Christmas trees for the season. Although I suspect most of them are using artificial trees so far ahead of Christmas, plenty of people still like the smell and look of a live tree in their homes. Here are two…
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As reported by KNOE.com in New Orleans, the Louisiana State University AgCenter recently released a study showing the benefits that farmers may accrue by combining forestry with growing crops. This technique, also called “alley cropping” or “forest farming”, allows farmers to manage the lands for growing crops like corn or switchgrass within a tree lot…
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“Silvopasture” is the combination of growing trees, forage and livestock together. The USDA National Agroforestry Center has put together a great list of resources online that describe how silvopasture works and what things agricultural producers need to consider if they are thinking about converting. There are also some useful worksheets that help you determine if…
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The National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center released their latest water resources outlook video this week. You can find the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKQYR7aE4TU&feature=youtu.be. In it, the NWS river forecasters discuss the current state of water resources across the Southeast and the impacts that El Nino may have on the coming winter. With rainy conditions forecast…
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The Southern Region Extension Forestry group has a list of forestry-related newsletters that are available for subscription. They cover a variety of topics on southern forestry. You can see the list at https://www.sref.info/news/newsletters.