Forestry Related Sites

Categories:

• General
• Education
• GIS
• Fire Program
• Aerial Photography
• Forest Health Protection
• Forest Products Utilization and Marketing
• Karner Blue Butterfly
• Private Forestry
• Urban/Community Forestry
• Reforestation Resources
• Vegetation Identification

Please note that all links below exit the DNR site.

General

• Wisconsin Council on Forestry [exit DNR]
• EPA's Green Landscaping with Native Plants [exit DNR]
• University of WI Madison [exit DNR]
• University of WI Stevens Point [exit DNR]
• National Association of State Foresters [exit DNR]
• Society of American Foresters [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service  [exit DNR]
  • Northeastern Area - State and Private Forestry [exit DNR]
  • Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest [exit DNR]
  • Eastern Region [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin County Forest Association [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Walnut Council [exit DNR]

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Education

• Project Learning Tree
• Wisconsin Forest Resource Education Alliance [exit DNR]
• LEAF-The Wisconsin K-12 Forestry Education Program [exit DNR]
• WisconsinForestry.org [exit DNR]

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Fire Program

Go to Fire...

• USDA Forest Service, Eastern Area Cordination Center [exit DNR]
• National Interagency Fire Center [exit DNR]
• Federal Firefighting Jobs [exit DNR]
• FIREWISE Home Page [exit DNR]
• Smokey Bear's Home Page [exit DNR]
• Fire links from the USDA Forest Service [exit DNR]
• Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact
 [exit DNR]

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Wisconsin Statewide Aerial Photography Program

Go to Aerial Photography...

• Arthur H. Robinson Map Libaray [exit DNR]: On the UW-Madison Campus, the Robinson Map Library houses large quantities of historic aerial photography for across the state.
• County Websites [exit DNR]: Many counties have current, high resolution digital orthophotos on their website or available for purchase. Try that county’s webpage for more information or call the county directly. Datasets available for each county will vary.
• HAS Images, Inc. [exit DNR]
• TerraServer [exit DNR]
• USGS PhotoFinder [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin State Cartographer's web site [exit DNR]: Go to the "Wisconsin Catalog of Aerial Photography" to see what aerial photography is available throughout the state and where you may be able to view or purchase photographs.
• WisconsinView [exit DNR]: WisconsinView cotains free download of many statewide digital orthophoto initiatives (see description of DOPs above), including 2005 and 2006 NAIP imagery (National Agriculture Imagery Program). For more information on NAIP imagery, go to the USDA's Farm Service Agency [exit DNR] and search for "NAIP".

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Forest Health Protection

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Forest Health Issues In the News

• Deer Ticks Control in Wisconsin - UW Extension [exit DNR]

Forest Tree Care

• USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area Publications [exit DNR]
• UW Extension's Horticultural Publications [exit DNR]
• Herbicides for Forest Management [exit DNR]

Other Forest Health Protection Programs

• USDA Forest Service [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service, Morgantown Field Office [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Area [exit DNR]

Hazard Trees

• USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area - Hazard Trees [exit DNR]

Forest Health Monitoring

• USDA Forest Service St. Paul Field Office [exit DNR]

Invasives

• DNR Invasives
• "Invasive Plants Field and Reference Guide: An ecological perspective of plant invaders of forests and woodlands" [exit DNR]
• Invasive Plant Association of Wisconsin [exit DNR]
• Invasive Plant of the Week - Northeast Area of USDA Forest Service [exit DNR]
• Door County Invasive Species Team [exit DNR]

Insects

• Forest Tent Caterpillar
  • USDA Forest Service:
    Insect and Disease Leaflet 9: Forest tent caterpillar [exit DNR]
    
  • Minnesota DNR:
    Forest tent caterpillar [exit DNR]
    
    
  • University of Minnesota, Extension Service:
    Forest Tent Caterpillars in Minnesota [exit DNR]
    
• Asian Longhorned Beetle
  • US Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office [exit DNR]
  • USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services'(APHIS) Asian Longhorned Beetle Information [exit DNR]
  • APHIS' Plant Protection and Quarantine [exit DNR]
  • APHIS' New Pest Advisory Group Report [exit DNR]
  • College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Longhorned Beetle Information (includes video) [exit DNR]
• Gypsy Moth

  Go to Gypsy Moth...

  • Gypsy Moth Informational Website at UW-Extension  [exit DNR]
    (Identification, management and biological control)
  • "Slow the Spread" Spray Operations at DATCP [exit DNR]
  • Biological Evaluation of Program (exit DNR, PDF)
  • Environmental Assessment - Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact. (exit DNR, PDF)
  • Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread Foundation [exit DNR]
  • Gypsy Moth: Slow the Spread Program factsheet, April 2003 - APHIS, Plant Protection and Quarantine (exit DNR PDF)
  • Results of Gypsy Moth Monitoring Program Decision-Support System for the Slow-the-Spread of the Gypsy Moth Project (exit DNR)
    Department of Entomology
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • County and Municipal Website Links
  • City of Stevens Point [exit DNR]
  • Columbia County [exit DNR]
  • Dane County [exit DNR]
  • Marinette County [exit DNR]
  • Ozaukee County [exit DNR]
  • City of Appleton [exit DNR]
  • Village of Elm Grove [exit DNR]
  • Village of Grafton [exit DNR]
  • Village of Howard [exit DNR]
  • Gypsy Moth in North America [exit DNR]
    US Forest Service Northeastern Research Station
  • The Homeowner and the Gypsy Moth: Guidelines for Control [exit DNR]
    US Department of Agriculture
  • Gypsy Moth in Virginia [exit DNR]
    Department of Entomology
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Ohio Department of Agriculture [exit DNR]
    Gypsy Moth Management Program
  • Ohio State University Extension [exit DNR]
    Lucas County OSU Extension at Toledo Botanical Garden
  • Multicolored Asian Lady beetles [exit DNR]
    PowerPoint presentation by The Ohio State University Extension
  • Center for Exotic Species [exit DNR]
    School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
    Michigan Technological University
  • For the classroom: EEK's Gypsy Moth pages and additional classroom activities.
    
  • Gypsy moth management information for homeowners and woodlot owners from Michigan State University (exit DNR)
    
  • Gypsy moth bulletins from Michigan State University Extension (exit DNR)
  • "Containing Gypsy Moths" [exit DNR](article in Aug./Sept. 1998 issue of Wisconsin Natural Resources)
  • Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection's Gypsy Moth Web Site [exit DNR]
  • Indiana Gypsy Moth Information [exit DNR]
  • USDA Forest Service, St. Paul Field Office's Pest Alerts Publications (Exit DNR)
  • Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection's Pest Survey Bulletin (exit DNR)
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute's entomology department offers information and excellent photos. (exit DNR)
• Emerald Ash Borer

Go to EAB...

• Wisconsin's Emerald Ash Borer Resource (exit DNR)
• EmeraldAshBorer.info  (exit DNR)
• University of Wisconsin - Madison Extension (exit DNR)
• USDA Forest Service (exit DNR)
• USDA Forest Service Emerald Ash Borer Pest Alert (PDF, exit DNR)
• Homeowners Guide to Emerald Ash Borer Treatments (PDF, exit DNR)
• Linden Borer
http://cecommerce.uwex.edu/pdfs/A3813.PDF [exit DNR]
• Sirex woodwasp

USDA Forest Service - Pest Alert Sirex woodwasp [exit DNR]

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Forest Products Utilization and Marketing

Go to Forest Products Utilization and Marketing.

General

• Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials [exit DNR] (CORRIM)

Green Building

• Building Green at WDNR
• Forest Certification

Logging

• Status of the Logging Sector [exit DNR]
• Certified Master Loggers [exit DNR]
• Great Lakes Timber Professionals Association  [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Paper Council  [exit DNR]
• Lake States Lumber Association  [exit DNR]
• Forest Industry Safety Training Alliance,
• Hardwood Value Improvement Project  [exit DNR]

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Karner Blue Butterfly

Go to Karner Blue Butterfly...

• Butterflies of Wisconsin [exit DNR]
  This U.S. Geological Survey site provides identifying characteristics, life histories, ecological profiles and photos of many butterfly species in Wisconsin. The Karner blue is a subspecies of the Melissa blue (Family Lycaenidae).

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Karner Blue Information [exit DNR]
  This site includes information about the Karner blue's relationship to wild lupine, threats to its continued survival and ongoing conservation efforts. For more detailed information, check the Karner Blue Butterfly Recovery Plan (PDF, opens in new window) (Exit DNR).
• See how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) landowner assistance program can help you restore Karner blue habitat on your land. Also visit the FWS landowner program website [exit DNR].

• Wisconsin Habitat Descriptions and Photos [exit DNR]
  Learn more about pine barrens, savannas and other habitat types in Wisconsin.

• Necedah National Wildlife Refuge - The Beauty and Benefits of Savannas [exit DNR]
  Savannas at Necedah are important for the Karner blue and many other species.

• Rhapsody in Blue [exit DNR] article from the Nature Conservancy

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Private Forestry

Go to Private Forestry...

• Wisconsin Woodland Assistance [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Woodland Owners Association [exit DNR]
• Bad Axe WWOA Chapter  [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Tree Farm Committee [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Family Forests [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service Publications
  • Estate Planning for Forest Landowners [exit DNR](PDF, 2MB).
  • A Forest Landowner's Guide to Internet Resources
• USDA Forest Services' St. Paul Field Office Publications
  • Silvics of North America [exit DNR]
  • General List of Publications [exit DNR]
• University of MN-Extension Resources
  • Forest Woodland and Management [exit DNR]
  • Timber Marketing & Harvesting [exit DNR]
  • Windbreaks, Shelterbelts & Agroforestry [exit DNR]
  • Woodland Owners’ Guide to Oak Management [exit DNR]
  • Woodland Advisor Program [exit DNR]
• University of WI-Extension Publications
  • Forest Management [exit DNR]
  • Forestry Facts series [exit DNR]
  • Marketing Urban Logs [exit DNR]
  • NEW Forests and Regional Development: Economic Impacts of Woodland Use for Recreation and Timber in Wisconsin [exit DNR]
  • Wisconsin's Recreational Use Statute - Limiting the injury liability of private landowners [exit DNR]
  • Timber Marketing (Lake States Woodlands Series) [exit DNR]
  • Wisconsin Woodlands: Wildlife Management [exit DNR]
  • UWEX Forestry Facts No. 94: "Understanding the Sample Timber Sale Contract [exit DNR]"
• USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area Estate Planning Options for Family Forests [exit DNR]
• National Timber Tax Website  [exit DNR]
• Federal Register Volume 68, No 107 [PDF, 39KB] "Wisconsin Forest Landowner Grant Program; Determination of Primary Purpose of Certain Payments for Federal Tax Purposes"
• IRS Website [exit DNR]

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Urban & Community Forestry

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Organizations

• American Association of Botanical Gardens & Arboreta [exit DNR]
• American Forests [exit DNR]
• American Horticultural Society [exit DNR]
• American Nursery and Landscape Association [exit DNR]
• American Planning Association [exit DNR]
• American Society of Landscape Architects [exit DNR]
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) On-line [exit DNR]
• Minnesota Shade Tree Advisory Committee [exit DNR]
• National Arbor Day Foundation [exit DNR]
• National Arborist Association [exit DNR]
• National Tree Trust [exit DNR]
• National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council [exit DNR]
• Society of Municipal Arborists [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service NA Urban & Community Forestry [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Arborist Association [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Landscape Federation [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Park and Recreation Association [exit DNR]

Publication Databases

• Illinois Cooperative Extension - Horticulture Solutions [exit DNR]
• Infosource [exit DNR], provided by University of Wisconsin Extension, gives you text answers to hundreds of tree, landscape, environmental, and home and family living questions.
• Michigan State University Extension's Information Management Program [exit DNR]contains searchable databases of publications on Urban Forestry [exit DNR], An Urban Forestry Bibliography [exit DNR], Ornamental Plants [exit DNR], and many other topics. The search will provide a list of publications with either full text - some w/graphics, or abstracts of the publication. There is also a plant problem ID [exit DNR]site. Choose the plant on which you have a problem. Photos/names of problems will link you to information on that problem. Includes flowers, groundcovers, shrubs or trees. Very useful!
• University of Minnesota - Urban Forestry Searchable Bibliography [exit DNR]

Online Publications

• New book (Every Tree An Anchor: Wisconsin?s Famous and Historic Trees) available online
• Flooding and its Effect on Trees [exit DNR]
• A Guide to Street Tree Inventory Software [exit DNR]
How to Recognize Hazardous Defects on Trees [exit DNR]
• Journal of Arboriculture [exit DNR]
• Outreach Services Strategies for All Communities (PDF 365K)
• Storms Over the Urban Forest [exit DNR]
• Trees and Ice Storms 2nd Edition - Download the PDF version (PDF, 755KB, exit DNR)

Related Information Links

• Arboriculture and Plant Health Care Discussion Group-1998 [exit DNR]
• The Hazard Tree Web Page [exit DNR]
• ISA's Searchable Database of Certified Arborists
• State University of New York - Forest and Shade Tree Pathology [exit DNR]- Home Page
• TreeLink [exit DNR]- A national gateway to urban forestry sites and information.

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Reforestation Resources

Go to State Nursery Program...

• University of Wisconsin - Madison Forestry Extension [exit DNR]
• University of Wisconsin - Herbarium [exit DNR]
• USDA Forest Service Woody Plant Seed Manual [exit DNR]
• Silvics of North America, USDA Forest Service [exit DNR]
• University of Wisconsin Soil and Plant Analysis Labs [exit DNR]
• University of Wisconsin Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic [exit DNR]
• University of Wisconsin Pest Diagnosis Lab [exit DNR]
• Herbicides for Forest Management

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Vegetation Identification

• Iowa State University Extension's Interactive Key of Iowa Trees [exit DNR]
• Oregon State University's Tree Identification Page (includes dichotomous conifer key) [exit DNR]
• Texas A & M's Vascular Plant Image Gallery [exit DNR]
• USDA's Natural Resource Conservation Service - PLANTS database
• Michigan State University-Extension's UP Tree Identification Key [exit DNR]
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Botany [exit DNR]
• World Wide Flowering Plant Family Identification from Colby College [exit DNR]

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GIS Related Sites

Wisconsin Sites:

• Wisconsin Dept. of Administration, Office of Land Information Services, GIS Services [exit DNR] - includes US Census Bureau-derived data referenced to WTM83/91
• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse (WISCLINC) [exit DNR]
• Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS [exit DNR])
• Wisconsin Catalog of Aerial Photography [exit DNR]
• Wis Department of Transportation [exit DNR]

Federal, State, and other Sites:

• USGS Geospatial Data Clearinghouse [exit DNR] - also provides links to a wide variety of Federal, State, Foreign, Commercial, and other sources of geographic information
• USGS Digital Raster Graphics [exit DNR]
• USGS Upper Midwest Environmental Management Sciences Center (UMEMSC) [exit DNR]
• USGS Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata [exit DNR]
• USGS National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program [exit DNR]
• Illinois Dept. of Natural Resources [exit DNR]
• Iowa Dept. of Natural Resources [exit DNR]
• Michigan Spatial Data Library [exit DNR]
• Minnesota Land Management Information Center [exit DNR]

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