Forestry Sites

The following are Internet sites that provide additional information on a variety of forestry topics:

References:

• Critical Issues Forum

• Asian Long Horn Beetle Information Site

• http://www.hubbardbrook.org/: A website for the Hubbard Brooks experimental forest offering 50 years of research on watershed and ecological impacts of forest management

• Forrestry Handbook from Iowa: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1850.pdf#search='international%201/4%20log%20scale

• Illinois Forestry Development Council: ifdc.nres.uiuc.edu

• Illinois Forest tax info: http://ilvirtualforest.nres.uiuc.edu/other/taxes.htm

• Forest Stand Improvement: http://efotg.nrcs.usda.gov/references/public/IL/666.pdf#search='illinois%20silviculture'

• Forestry Handbook: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1850.pdf#search='international%201/4%20log%20scale'

• Illinois Best Management Practices: http://www.siu.edu/~ilbmp/

• Mississippi River Forestry Practices: http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/forestry/

• Forest Management photos & descriptions: http://www.mongabay.com/reference/environment/Single_tree_selection.html

• View images of forestry practices, trees, forest pests, invasive species, and wildfire: http://www.forestryimages.org/about/members.cfm

• "Identifying Forest Plant Species" (U of I): http://woodyplants.nres.uiuc.edu/

• Ginsing laws in IL: http://cpol.org/ginseng.htm

• The IL Stewardship Magazine (online) http://ilsteward.nres.uiuc.edu/

• http://www.stateforesters.org/ is the site for the National Association of State Foresters. A non-profit organization that represents the directors of the State Forestry agencies from all fifty states, eight U.S. territories (American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Northern Marianas Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands), and the District of Columbia.

• http://www.nres.uiuc.edu/outreach/pubs.html is a site maintained by the University of Illinois' Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science. This site provides access to publication on a variety of topics.

• http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/cespubs/hyg/ is a site maintained by the University of Illinois' College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. This site provides a copy of the Home, Yard & Garden Pest Newsletter.

• http://www.siu.edu/~forestry/ is a site maintained by the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Department of Forestry. This site provides information on a variety of forestry issues.

• http://www.arborday.org/arborday/ is the site for the National Arbor Day Foundation whose mission is to help promote tree care and conservation and to educate people on tree issues. Learn more about the many ways in which The National Arbor Day Foundation helps to make our world more beautiful and more environmentally sound. Includes information on Tree City USA, Tree Line USA and many other programs.

• http://www.siu.edu/~forestry/urbanfor/index.html is another SIUC site that focuses on urban forestry issues.

• http://www.smokeybear.com is a site that focuses on Smokey Bear. This site contains games for kids and information on Smokey Bear.

• The following are sites that provide information on various forestry programs and activities of the USDA Forest Service:

  • http://www.fs.fed.us/ is the home page for the Forest Service's Washington, DC office of Cooperative Forestry;

  • http://www.fs.fed.us/na/ is the home page for the Forest Services's Northeast Area State and Private Forestry;

  • http://willow.ncfes.umn.edu/ is the home page of the Forest Services' Northeast Area field office at St. Paul, MN:

  • http://www.srs.fs.usda.gov/ is the home page of the Forest Service's Southern Research Station;

  • http://www.unl.edu/nac/ is the home page for the USDA National Agroforestry Center. All of these sites provide information on programs and publications and additional links.

• http://www.safnet.org/ is the site for the Society of American Foresters. This is the national organization for professional foresters.

• http://www.smartwood.org/ is a site for an organization that certifies sustainable forestry programs.

• http://www.forest-trends.org/ is a site that provides information on maintaining and restoring forest ecosystems.

• http://www.webcom.com/duane/duanefor.html is a site that provides information on Kentucky's forests.

• http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/homefruit/pecan/pecan.html is a site maintained by the Texas Extension Service. This site provides information on growing pecan.

• http://www.forestapps.com is a site maintained by Forest Applications Training, Inc. This organization provides training information on chainsaw safety, logging, tree care, etc.

• http://www.e-Wood.com is a site that focuses on wood industry issues.

• https://www.thoughtco.com/forestry-4133386 is a site dedicated to providing links and other information on forestry topics found on the Internet.

Facts

• Illinois Forestry Development Council - http://ifdc.nres.uiuc.edu/

• U.S. Forest Service - www.fs.fed.us National Park service - www.nps.gov

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife - www.fws.gov Bureau of land management - www.blm.gov

• U of I Virtual Forestry - ilvirtualforest.nres.uiuc.edu SIU Forestry - www.siu.edu/~forestry

• Walnut Council - http://www.walnutcouncil.org/

• American Tree Farm System - http://www.treefarmsystem.org/

Illinois State Representative and Senate Contact Information

• http://www.elections.il.gov/DistrictLocator/SelectSearchType.aspx?NavLink=1

• Forest Stewardship Council - http://www.fscus.org/

• Society of American Foresters - http://www.safnet.org/

• Morton Arboretum - www.mortonarb.org

• Shawnee National Forest - http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/forests/shawnee/

• Tree Identification: - http://woodyplants.nres.uiuc.edu/