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Alternative Income

08/09/23  Primitive Camping Can Bring Early Revenue
05/10/23  The Ins & Outs of Leasing Hunting Land
11/09/22  Turning Old House into Extra Income with Airbnb
09/08/21  State Forests Enrolled in NCX Carbon Program
07/14/21  Critical Minerals in Alabama
06/09/21  A Consulting Forester's Perspective on Carbon-Offset Market
05/12/21  Earn Extra Income with Tentrr
02/10/21  Connect with Nature Through Overlanding
01/13/21  Carbon Offset Programs for Landowners, Part 3: SilviaTerra
11/11/20  American Forest Foundation's Carbon Offset Program
10/14/20  CORE Carbon: Carbon Offset Market for Private Landowners
04/08/20  Non-Timber Forest Products
11/13/19  Profiting from Pine Straw
09/10/19  Why is it Important to Recruit New Hunters?
08/14/19  Leasing Land to Mountain Bike Riders
01/20/16  Auctioning Hunting Rights
11/18/15  Selling Pine Straw
01/21/15  The Benefits of Growing & Selling Christmas Trees
11/19/14  A Landowner's Perspective on Producing and Selling Pine Straw
09/17/14  Pine Straw Harvesting
05/21/14  Woodland Cooperative Focuses on Products, Sales, & Imagination
05/15/13  Windrock Park ATV Trails and Cabins
01/16/13  An Average Hunter
07/18/12  Nut Tree Culture & Northern Nut Growers Association
03/28/12  Harvesting Pine Straw for Profit
09/21/11  Guidance for Mountain Bike Trail Builders
05/18/11  Business of Hunting - How far can we go?
03/23/11  Misinformation Muddles Policy Decisions
10/20/10  Alabama Pine Straw Association
06/16/10  Pine Straw Income & Fire Prevention, Too
03/23/10  Boggs and Boulders
09/16/09  Starting a Trail-based Business -- It ain't easy.
07/15/09  Earning Additional Income
01/21/09  Local Landowner Cooperation Increases Opportunities
10/15/08  Selling Carbon Offsets
09/17/08  Trends in Nature-Based Outdoor Recreation
08/20/08  Dig This  - A Toy Story
08/20/08  Clean Water: What's it worth?
07/16/08  Recreation Access Fees and Quality Service
05/21/08  Carbon Offsets: Show Me The Money
05/21/08  The Ridge: Private ATV Trails & Camping
03/19/08  Life Style Changes Affect Outdoor Business
03/19/08  Natural Resource Enterprises
02/20/08  Longleaf Pine Straw
02/20/08  Longleaf Silvopasture
01/23/08  Cell Tower Leasing Advice
06/28/06  Gator Hunting is Big Game Opportunity
06/28/06  10,000,000 Forest Owners in U.S. Want Information After Storm or Fire
06/28/06  Can You Profit From a Clonal Pine Plantation?
05/17/06  Increase Current Income: CRP to Silvopasture
05/17/06  Wetlands Mitigation Banking: "New Found Money"
02/24/06  Pine Straw Biz
02/24/06  Conservation Easement + Development = Value Increase
01/18/06  Trails and Trail Systems on Private Land
09/21/05  Horse Trail Ride Business Potential Grows
08/17/05  Strength in Numbers Works in Hale County
06/15/05  Linden-Area Landowner Questions Credibility of Pulp Mill Proposal
02/16/05  ATV Club Provides Benefits for Landowner and Community
01/19/05  Family Manages Two Recreational Off-Road Trails
09/15/04  Starting a Sawmill Business from Scratch - A Success Story
06/16/04  ATV Trail Riding Club on Private Land in Lee County
06/16/04  Can You Hear Me Now?
03/17/04  Durhamtown Plantation: Family Entertainment
01/21/04  Agri-Tourism: Alternative Income Source
10/15/03  SynFuels: Is it Time?
09/17/03  Fun and Profit: Trails for Bikers & Hikers
03/19/03  Energywood Produces Commercial Power in Florida
03/19/03  Portable Wood Fueled Power Plant Tested in West
02/19/03  Ecotourism translation: new source of income
07/18/02  Water Quality Trading Rights...Income Opportunity
04/24/02  Investment Secrets Revealed in Soil Maps

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Computers & Apps

05/08/24  Tree Planting in Alabama: Which, Why, How Many?
05/11/22  Likely Impact of Inflation on Forest Management Costs
11/10/21  When Should I Plant Seedlings on My Land?
10/13/21  Updates in Vegetation Management
05/12/21  The Benefits of Managing Hardwoods and Pines Together
03/10/21  The Benefits of Prescribed Burning
02/10/21  Which Species of Pine Should I Plant?
01/13/21  Pine Poles -- the Highest Valued Pine Trees in the Southeast
08/12/20  Drone Delivered Herbicides are Here
06/10/20  Prescribed Fire: Management Uses and Landowner Training
06/10/20  Herbicides: Site Prep for Planting, Road & Trail Maintenance, and More
06/10/20  Grazing: Reduce Fire Hazards and Clean Up Land Goats
05/13/20  Pine or Hardwood...or Both
05/13/20  Hardwood Forest Management
11/13/19  Using Fire to Manage Hardwood Stands. Oil & Water?
03/16/16  Pitfalls of the First Thinning
11/18/15  Herbicides for Road & Trail Maintenance & Clean Pine Straw
07/15/15  Strength of Lumber Result of Growing Conditions and Market Forces
07/15/15  Black Warrior Waterdog -- ESA Status
03/18/15  Direct Seeding Loblolly Pine
03/18/15  Most Common Forestry Practices
03/18/15  Regenerating & Growing White Oak
07/16/14  Forestry Herbicide Update
07/16/14  Bumper Cone Crop for Longleaf This Fall
05/21/14  Greater Revenue Potential from Improved Pine Genetics
03/19/14  The Northeast Timber Growing Contest
03/19/14  Forest Management How-to Videos
03/19/14  Crop Tree Management
03/19/14  Sawtimber Quality Will Impact Price
01/15/14  Observations on Planting Hardwoods
09/18/13  Cost & Cost Trends for Forestry Practices in the South
07/17/13  High Value Utility Poles from Pine Plantations: Yes!
05/15/13  Cottonwood Nurse Trees Improve Quality of Planted Oaks
03/27/13  Maximizing Economic Returns
01/16/13  Improving Return on Your Forestry Investments
11/28/12  Herbicides for Improved Forest Management
11/28/12  Growing & Marketing Pole Timber
09/19/12  Four Forest Management Lessons
07/18/12  What Makes a Softwood Tree Valuable?
11/16/11  Confidence Builds with Long-Term Research
09/21/11  Plain Talk about Forestland Investments
09/21/11  How Trees Grow
07/20/11  Fertilization's Effects on Growth & Wood Properites
05/18/11  Does Reforestation Still Pay?
05/18/11  Feral Hogs -- Damage & Control
01/19/11  High Impact Regeneration Treatments for Hardwoods
10/20/10  Reduce Tree Planting Costs
08/18/10  The Woods in Your Backyard
06/16/10  Five Ways to Protect Your Forestland from Wildfires
03/23/10  Thinning Planted Pines -- to Mark or Not
03/23/10  Planting Hardwoods -- Successfully
01/21/10  Eucalyptus for South Alabama
01/21/10  Costs for Common Forestry Practices
09/16/09  4-Legged Forestry Workers
09/16/09  Plantation Management Research Cooperative
08/19/09  Forest Management and Planning
07/15/09  Prescribed Fire Associations
06/17/09  It's a good time to plant trees
02/18/09  There Could Be a "Pot of Gold" on Your Land
01/21/09  Useful Non-Natives Need a Break
09/17/08  Sweetgum is Not a Weed
08/20/08  Timber Inventory -- Why?
08/20/08  Stoddard-Neel Approach
08/20/08  Uneven- versus Even-Aged Management
07/16/08  Marked Thinning Best
06/18/08  Soils Maps with Assist from Forest*A*Syst
05/21/08  Woody Plant Seed Manual
03/19/08  Hardwood Corridor Thinning
03/19/08  14 Reasons Why Bareroot Loblolly Seedlings Die
02/20/08  What Does a Quality Tree Look Like?
02/20/08  Longleaf Silvopasture
02/20/08  Longleaf Pine Straw
01/23/08  Herbicides:  Falling Prices
01/23/08  Maps Made Simple!
09/19/07  Growing Quality Hardwoods
09/19/07  Best Management Practices Guide
08/15/07  Upland Oak Regeneration
07/18/07  Restricted Use Pesticides: License Requirements
06/27/07  When Planting Loblolly Pine Seedlings, Timing is Almost Everything
09/20/06  Current "Katrina" Assistance Programs
09/20/06  Alabama Timber Industry Assessment
06/28/06  Effects of Prescribed Burning on Soil Quality
06/28/06  Tree plantings Drop Throughout the South
05/17/06  Landowner Assistance Programs: State & Federal
03/15/06  Unintended Consequences
02/24/06  Hurricanes Damage Different Trees Differently
02/24/06  Alternatives to Intensive Forest Management
01/18/06  Producing Fully Stocked, High Value Hardwood Stands
01/18/06  “TIMBER!” What Women Need to Know
01/18/06  Packaging the Perfect Forester
10/19/05  Work with Your Neighbors to Kill Cogongrass
10/19/05  Edge Effect: The Land Between
10/19/05  Build Your Cabin in the Woods
09/21/05  Good Road Design Saves Money
09/21/05  How Much Timber is on Your Land?
08/17/05  You Control Wood Quality
08/17/05  Funds Available for CRP Mid-Rotation Forest Management
07/20/05  So, Who Works for YOU?
07/20/05  Practical Ideas on How to Kill Weeds and Brush in Your Timber Stand
07/20/05  Alabama Tree Planting Contractor Not in the News
06/15/05  Pine Plantation Thinning Crew
06/15/05  Hardwood or Longleaf Pine Management Consulting Fee Paid
06/15/05  Dressing Up the Front "40"
06/15/05  How to Value Land
05/18/05  Herbicide Use Equals Higher Financial Returns
05/18/05  Rancher's Range Burning "Chore" Sparks a New Venture
05/18/05  Tools to Support Burn Tourism
03/16/05  Oak Regeneration: Another Perspective
02/16/05  The Right Saw for the Job
02/16/05  Do-It-Yourself Timber Cruise
01/19/05  An Introduction to Agroforestry
11/17/04  Avoid Chainsaw Massacre: Pulpwood Marking Versus Operator-Select
09/15/04  Forest Management: Fourth Edition
09/15/04  Forestland Fertilization: A Primer 
08/18/04  Wood Quality Measurements Improve Value Estimates
08/18/04  Timber Volumes and Tree Measurements
08/18/04  Simple Concept, Complex Science
08/18/04  Reforestation Contracts and Considerations
07/21/04  Pre-commercial Thinning Worth the Cost
07/21/04  Renting Farmland: Some Cautions and Advice
07/21/04  Agricultural Biomass Company Fueling the Way
06/16/04  Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
01/21/04  Forest Products and Technological Improvements
03/17/04  Timely Forest Management Tips
06/16/04  Forest Fertilization Pays Big Dividends
11/20/03  Planting Pine Trees: Still a Good Idea.
11/20/03  Timber Trespass: Prevention & Recovery
10/15/03  Trends and Opportunities for Rural Land Use
10/15/03  ORV Riders Seek Land
09/17/03  Cleaning Urban Runoff: A Forest Product Worthy of Payment
09/17/03  Prescribed Burning Short Course: October 14-17, Starkville, Mississippi
08/20/03  Another New Pinestraw Buyer for Alabama
06/18/03  Wanted: Pinestraw
05/21/03  Reality Check
05/21/03  Precommercial Thinning of Planted Pine -- Is it Worth it?
05/21/03  Increasing Species Diversity with Growing Season Fire
05/21/03  Why would a forest owner need a survey?
04/23/03  Alternatives to Clear-cut and Plant
04/23/03  A Written Forest Management Plan
03/19/03  As Ye Sow So Shall Ye Reap
03/19/03  "May I Introduce You to..."
03/19/03  Growing & Using Medicinal herbs
03/19/03  Forest Biotechnology: a new horizon
03/19/03  A Unique Perspective
02/19/03  Improving Our Liquid Assets
02/19/03  Quality vs. Quantity
01/15/03  Timberland Decisions Support System
11/20/02  Online Forestry Encyclopedia for Northeast Alabama
11/20/02  The Bugwood Network
09/18/02  Management of Existing Hardwood Stands
09/18/02  Extending the Knowledge of the University: Mississippi's Better Farming Radio
09/18/02  Pine-Grasslands Restoration: Why & How
08/21/02  Regenerating Upland Hardwoods
08/21/02  Improving Existing Stands of Trees (Timber Stand Improvement)
08/21/02  Cost-Share Funds Go Unused for Timber Stand Improvement
08/21/02  America's Fires
07/18/02  Forest Fires & Forest Management
07/18/02  Turn Your Trees Into Lumber
06/19/02  Poultry Litter as Forest Fertilizer
06/19/02  Pruning Pines Improves Quality
06/19/02  Forest Research: How does it help us?
06/19/02  Older is Better
06/19/02  Trees are the Answer
05/15/02  Silvopasture: Cattle & Trees Working Together
04/24/02  Alabama Prescribed Burning Act Designed to Encourage Use of Fire
04/24/02  Nontimber Forest Products in the United States
03/20/02  What Makes You Do That?
02/20/02  Alabama Forest Survey: Significant Growth
02/20/02  Forest Sustainability: The History, The Challenge, The Promise
01/16/02  Spacing of Planted Trees Controls Income
01/16/02  New Handbook on Forest Road Construction
01/16/02  Preventing Timber Theft
11/14/01  "Practical" Gifts for the Forest Owner
10/17/01  Lessons of the Past - Challenges for the Future
08/15/01  Improve Hardwood Planting Success
08/15/01  Don't Sweat the Small Stuff
07/18/01  Big Oaks From Little Oaks Grow. Remember that!
07/18/01  Reduce Risks Through Management Diversity & Selection System
07/18/01  Farmers Improve Water Quality with Forest Filters (by cutting trees)
06/20/01  Operator Select: Consulting Forester Uses Specialized Logger
06/20/01  Hardwood Growers How-to Book
05/16/01  Room to Grow: An Invisible Resource
05/16/01  Leaves Grow Trees Resources Grow Leaves
05/16/01  Prescribed Burning Course on the Web
05/16/01  Find Forestry Publications Fast
05/16/01  Control Begins With Early and Accurate Detection
04/13/01  How Much Does It Cost to: Plant Trees, Cruise Timber, & Prescribe Burn...
04/13/01  In the springtime, a young man's fancy turns to... Killing Kudzu!
04/13/01  Rising CO₂ & Global Temperatures
04/13/01  Free Market Environmentalism - Revised Edition
02/21/01  Forestry Correspondence Course
02/21/01  Research on Planted Longleaf Survival
11/15/00  Crop Tree Release Improves Hardwood Quality
10/18/00  Restoration Forestry
10/18/00  Preparing to Plant (restoration forestry?)
10/18/00  The BIG Picture
09/20/00  Natural Regeneration? Great idea, but it takes planning
08/24/00  Are My Pine Trees Ready to Thin?
08/24/00  Techniques for Longleaf Planting Success
07/27/00  Tree Seedling Availability and Nurseries

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Insect & Disease Information

Legal

05/08/24  Illegal Dumping: What Landowners Should Know
02/14/24  Real Estate Scams: One Landowner's Experience
05/11/22  Win in Tennessee Court Stops Trespassing Game Wardens -- Now What?
11/10/21  How to Prevent Timber Theft
03/10/21  Landowners Sue Over Black Pinesnake Habitat Designation
11/11/20  "Open fields": Your Property May Not Be Considered Private
10/14/20  Eminent Domain Issues Affecting Alabama Forest Owners
03/11/20  Stop Trespassing: Suggestions from the Chief
07/10/19  Big Property Rights Win at U.S. Supreme Court
07/19/16  EPA Forest Roads Decision Important to Forest Owners
07/19/16  Fighting for Property Rights from Coast to Coast
05/18/16  As a Burner, Are You a Good Neighbor?
01/20/16  Estate Planning Information on Extension Website
05/20/15  Fixing an Adverse Possession Problem
01/21/15  Timber Theft and Woods Arson Investigation - 2015
09/19/12  Attempt to Increase Regulations in Georgia Thwarted
05/16/12  Caught On Camera
05/16/12  Logging Notification Act
08/18/10  Precautions to take when buying foreclosed property
03/23/10  Do Fences Really Make Good Neighbors?
10/22/09  Advice Sought on Proposed Forestry Regulations
08/19/09  When a neighbors logger wants to cross your land
06/17/09  Pipeline Easement Negotiations
02/18/09  Prescribed Fire, Smoke & Public Safety
10/15/08  Old Cemeteries & Obligations
07/16/08  Your IRA & Forestland Investment
05/21/08  Refocusing Forestry Law Enforcement in Alabama
01/23/08  Cell Tower Leasing Advice
09/20/06  Timber Theft/Trespass Laws
08/16/06  LLPs, LLCs, FLPs: Business Models For What?
03/15/06  Oregon Supreme Court Supports Property Rights
10/19/05  Settle Timber Sale Disputes Through Arbitration
08/18/04  Court Rules in Favor of Property Rights
03/17/04  The Importance of Having a Written Will
10/15/03  "Well, there you go again!"
01/15/03  "What Is A Wetland?" asks EPA
01/15/03  LandGuard: Legal Protection From Regulations
11/20/02  Protection From Lawsuits
01/17/01  U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Landowners
01/17/01  Landmark victory For Property Rights in Oregon
11/15/00  Legal Aspects of Owning and Managing Woodlands

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