Implementing NRCS Practice Standard Feed Management

Learn the basics of using the Feed Management practice standard to increase adoption, improve economic efficiency, and reduce manure nutrient content, thus reducing acreage needed for spreading manure.

Forest*A*Syst: A web-based tool for natural resource professionals

By participating in this webinar professionals will learn about a tool they can use to assist landowners in better understanding their land. The tool is the web-based application Forest*A*Syst. Participants will learn how to use this tool to assist landowners in making informed decisions about the goals and objectives they have for their property. Participants will receive a...

Essential Principles for Conservation Planning on Pastures

Participate in this webinar to gain an understanding of essential grazing components and measurements that should go into every grazing plan.

Timber Tax Update for 2011 Tax Filing Season

The tax rules for timber differ significantly from the general tax rules for other activities. Learn the federal income tax laws on timber transactions that affect your 2011 tax return filing. We will explain the tax laws on timber income and deductions, provide practical tips, and answer your questions.

Wildlife for Lunch: Conservation & Income through Nature Tourism, ie Guest Operations

This Presentation provides an overview of the opportunities and economics of nature tourism in Texas. Terms, Concepts and Resources for development of nature tourism operations will be addressed along with operation examples. There will also be opportunity for live questions and answers.

Nutrient Management in Organic Systems

Viewers learn about nutrient sources appropriate for organic production, management strategies for using legume cover crops to balance nitrogen needs, and planting date and species factors affecting nutrient release to meet production goals.

Wildlife for Lunch:Factors Influencing Efficiency of Intensive Deer Management

Deer managers in Texas have a bewildering array of management tools available, ranging from supplemental feed to selective harvest and introduction of deer, and attempts to alter genetic characteristics of wild deer. New management approaches constantly surface, some of which are not biologically sound or feasible. This webinar will provide biological background and informati...

What happens when we are at the table together? A case study from Sumner County, Tennessee

The 2011 Changing Roles webinar series has a theme: Considering Natural Resources in Land-Use Decision Making Processes. Natural resource professionals often refer to "being at the table" in reference to their participation in multi-stakeholder processes such as land-use planning and therefore, this same language is used in the session titles of this series. Each session will a...

Large Flower Partridge Pea in Longleaf Pine Plantings: The Plant, Issues and Answers

What you will learn: Large flower partridge pea - Chamaecrista fasciculata aka Cassia fasciculata, is a native, annual legume occurring across the native range of longleaf pine. It has been utilized widely in food plots for quail, and cultivars have been included in many native herbaceous seed mixes that have been broadcast or drilled into young longleaf pine plantations acros...

Wildlife for Lunch -Aging White-tailed Deer on the Hoof

This presentation will show participants some of the characteristics to look for in white-tailed deer to better age deer live on the hoof. Which in turn can help your overall management goals for your whitetail herd.

Changing Roles: Why we need you at the table? and How do you get to the table? Land-use planners' perspectives

This session's speakers will highlight the growing need for natural resource professionals to become active participants in local planning processes. The presentation will provide an overview of the key elements of local planning, explain how and when resource professionals can become engaged in the process, and discuss what is expected of participants. Craig and Jim will pro...

Changing Roles: Why should we be at the table? Natural resource managers' perspectives

This session will begin with an interactive exercise in which participants will explore the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with considering natural resources in land-use planning. Next, Susan Stein will discuss findings from the Forest on the Edge project including the impacts of increased development surrounding both private and public forestland...

Social Indicators: a Tool for Increasing Conservation Adoption

View this webinar to learn about the social dimensions of watershed management and how understanding farmers can help increase the adoption of conservation practices.

Wildlife For Lunch - Using technology to age and score white-tailed deer in photographs

Knowledge of a buck's age and quality is critical for successful white-tailed deer management programs. In the past, deer enthusiasts have subjectively aged and scored deer "on the hoof" or have collected age and antler data from harvested animals. Although aging and scoring live deer is a skill that most hunters can develop with practice, many people don't have the experienc...

A Management Guide for Invasive Plants in Southern Forests

Nonnative plants continue to invade and spread through forests in the South. These infestations increasingly erode forest productivity, hinder forest use and management activities, and degrade diversity, habitat, and our recreational experiences. Managers, landowners, and homeowners need to have the latest information on how to prevent entry to their lands, build strategies wit...

Managing Cover Crops for Nutrient Management

View "Managing Cover Crops for Nutrient Management - A Farmer's Perspective," presented by a farmer with over 30 years of experience using cover crops, overcoming challenges, and making it work on his farm, to increase your practical understanding and ability to promote the use of cover crops.

The Most Prevalent Invasive Plants in Southern Forests: Part 2 – Non-Woody Plants

Nonnative plants continue to invade and spread through forests in the South. These infestations increasingly erode forest productivity, hinder forest use and management activities, and degrade diversity, habitat, and our recreational experiences. Managers and landowners need to recognize and be able to identify these threats. In the second of two webinars, we will introduce yo...

The Most Prevalent Invasive Plants in Southern Forests: Part 1 - Woody Plants

Nonnative plants continue to invade and spread through forests in the South. These infestations increasingly erode forest productivity, hinder forest use and management activities, and degrade diversity, habitat, and our recreational experiences. Managers and landowners need to recognize and be able to identify these threats. In the first of two webinars, we will introduce you...

Deer Population Survey Methods: Which One is Right for You?

Participants will learn how to conduct several types of surveys: incidental, spotlight, aerial, and camera. Pros and cons of each will be discussed as well as types of situations in which each would be most effective. Limitations, accuracy vs. precision, GPS/GIS integration, and means to achieve objective data will be discussed with application to each method’s overall valu...

Soil Quality the Foundation for Resource Management

Participate to learn about Natural Resources Conservation Service conservation planning principles to improve soil health and the impact soil health has on other resource concerns, such as water quality.

Role of Soil Biology in Improving Soil Quality

Learn about the role of soil biology in improving soil quality, and how the soil food web can be managed to increase nutrient cycling, water holding capacity, and other dynamic soil functions.

The Carbon Impact of Forest Products

July 20th, 2011 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Eastern) 11:00 am - 12:00 pm (Central) 10:00 am - 11:00 am (Mountain) 9:00 am - 10:00 am (Pacific) What You Will Learn: Wood products from the eastern US hardwood forests have a number of potential ‘green’ advantages. Documenting and publicizing these merits will be important to the future competitiveness of the hardwood i...

Economics of Poor Grazing Management

Viewers learn about the many factors that can turn poor into excellent grazing management and the economic losses of poor management even when poor grazing is profitable.

Exploring the Findings of the Southern Forest Futures Project

The webinar focuses on the interaction of urbanization, land use and ownership changes, forest pests, and other challenges identified by the Southern Forest Futures Project (Futures Project), which forecasts changes to southern forest conditions between 2010 and 2060.

State of the Science

The International Panel on Climate Change concluded that as the atmosphere warms the potential for more frequent and potentially more severe events increases. Following the hottest year ever recorded on Earth, the US is now experiencing numerous extreme events such as a record month for number of tornadoes (April) , a record for loss of life from a single tornado (the May F...

Dove Biology and Management in Texas

May 19th, 2011 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Central) 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (Eastern) Presented by: Dale Rollins, Ph.D. Professor & Extension Wildlife Specialist Texas AgriLife Extension Service

How to claim a timber casualty loss.

Damage and destruction of timber due to weather events, such as the recent storms, is considered a casualty loss. Claiming a timber casualty loss on the federal tax return is not as simple as determining the fair market value of the damaged timber. As a capital asset, the loss is determined by the loss in fair market value or the basis in timber, whichever is less. Determini...

Wildlife for Lunch - Aquatic Weed Control in Texas Farm Ponds

Participants will learn identification of various aquatic plants and the chemical, mechanical and biological control options available for each. Also, information on calculation of pond size and volume for chemical treatment rates will be discussed.

Wetlands Management for Attracting Waterfowl

March 24th, 2011 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (Central) 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm (Eastern) Presented by: Jim Cathey, Ph.D Assistant Professor & Extension Wildlife Specialist Texas AgriLife Extension Service Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences jccathey@tamu.edu

Timber Tax Update

February 25, 2011 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (Central) What You Will Learn: We will discuss the latest changes to the timber tax laws that will help you prepare your 2010 tax return. The webinar will provide provides tax tips for woodland owners and their tax advisors in the preparation of the 2010 individual tax return. Please be aware the information presented here is not leg...

Timber Tax Update

The webinar will provide a timber tax update for the 2010 tax season, including the latest tax law changes. It provides tax tips for woodland owners and their tax advisors in the preparation of the 2010 individual tax return. Please be aware the information presented here is not legal or accounting advice. Consult your legal and tax advisors for more complete information.

Consumer Benefits of Grass-fed Beef

The health benefits of grass-fed beef are presented to help land managers and conservation planners promote improved grazing management on pastureland.

Wildlife Tax Valuation

January 20th, 2011 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM (Central) 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (Eastern) Presented by: Jim Cathey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Extension Wildlife Specialist Texas AgriLife Extension Service Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences jccathey@tamu.edu Interest in wildlife management for fun or profit has gained tremendous momentum in the last few y...

Trophy Quail Management

Presented by: Dale Rollins, Ph.D. Professor & Extension Wildlife Specialist Texas AgriLife Extension Service Quail populations, and quail hunting, are "on the ropes" across much of Texas and the southeastern U.S. This webinar examines (a) similarities and differences between quail and deer hunting, (b) root causes of "quail decline", and (c) a primer on how to improve ...

Biofuels Basics: Farming, Community, and Regional Impacts

View this webinar to develop an understanding of how the production of biofuels impacts farm, community, and region.

Short-rotation forestry and growing biofuel crops between trees

October 20, 2010 12:00 (noon) - 1:00pm Eastern (11:00 Central) Presented by: Michael Blazier, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Forestry LSU Ag Center Hill Farm Research Station This presentation will provide an overview of the rationale for producing biofuels with forests as well as the current knowledge of planting, controlling competition, fertilization, and harvesting te...

Timber Owners and Oil & Gas Development

10 Essential Things for Timber Owners to Know about Oil & Gas Development October 14, 2010 12:00 (Noon) - 1:00pm (Central) Presenter by: Gregg Owens Hays & Owens L.L.P. Participants will learn some of the basics rules, red flags, and protocol that forest landowners must consider when dealing with Oil & Gas Development

Changing Roles- Emerging Issues: Ecosystem Goods and Services

Ecosystem services have recently been promoted as a strategy for conserving forests, a means for quantifying benefits to people, and a term that describes the importance of nature. However, the recent rates of urbanization, the lack of prioritization of forest conservation by local and regional governments, and different uses of this term by land managers often brings into ques...

Changing Roles - Emerging Issues: Green Infrastructure

At the wildland urban interface, both people and wildlife are at risk -- people risk losing lives and property from wildfire while wildlife lose habitat as development encroaches into areas that were once rural or undeveloped. This risk is expected to increase as land development continues into previously undeveloped landscapes. Forest fragmentation from land development is one...

Climate Change in Texas: Rising Above the Noise Level

Thursday, September 9, 2010 3:00 - 4:00 PM (Central) Presented by John W. Nielsen-Gammon Professor and Texas State Climatologist Climate change takes place on many time scales, and both natural and anthropogenic factors are seen to be at work. This webinar will examine the decade-scale and longer-term variability of temperature and precipitation in Texas, using a stab...

Urban Forest Management Planning Tool

To be covered during the webinar: 1. Overview of the Urban Forest Management Plan Writing Tool available on-line through the Urban Forestry South website. 2. Demonstrate how to create a basic management plan using the interactive tool. 3. Review the components of a completed management plan.

Reaching the South's Absentee Forest Landowners: Part 2 of 3

12:00 noon Eastern (11:00am Central) Presented by Wayne Clatterbuck Professor of Silviculture and Forest Management University of Tennessee

Reaching the South's Absentee Forest Landowners: Part 1 of 3

Recent information (2008) from the National Woodland Owners Survey indicates that 2 out of every 5 acres of family forest land are owned by absentee landowners. Three webinars are scheduled on how to promote, develop, and evaluate absentee forest landowner workshops in metropolitan areas. Part I covers: 1) Who are absentee forest landowners? 2) What are their demographics? a...

Wildlife for Lunch - Feral Hogs

June 17, 2010 12:00 noon - 1:30pm (CENTRAL) Billy Higginbotham Professor and Wildlife & Fisheries Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service Feral hogs continue to expand their range and populations across the United States. Landowners often bear the brunt of the damage caused by feral hogs, including depredation of newly established pine plantations, row crops, pastu...

Pine Stand Establishment: Pest Considerations

Presented by H.A. (Joe) Pase III Entomologist, Texas Forest Service Regeneration pests can hinder the growth and survival of newly planted pine trees and cause economic losses. This presentation will discuss the treatments available to manage common insect pests that damage pine seedlings.

Hardwood Regeneration Options for Private Woodlands

Properly regenerating natural hardwood stands is a key to ensuring long-term sustainability. Historically, hardwood stands have often been mistreated and mismanaged. Often selective harvesting has hurt the species composition and future value of the trees left standing and has decreased the regeneration important species for timber and wildlife. The ultimate and most intensive ...

Timber Tax Tips for the 2010 Tax Season (repeat)

The webinar will cover tax filing tips for timber transactions for the 2010 tax season. Presenters will discuss * Tax tips * New tax forms * Incentives * Latest IRS regulations on timber This webinar will be of interest to Foresters, Landowners, Government agency staff and program leaders, Extension agents, and tax professionals

Timber Tax Tips for the 2010 Tax Season

The webinar will cover tax filing tips for timber transactions for the 2010 tax season. Presenters will discuss * Tax tips * New tax forms * Incentives * Latest IRS regulations on timber This webinar will be of interest to Foresters, Landowners, Government agency staff and program leaders, Extension agents, and tax professionals

Forest Certification Applications and Impacts for Small Private Forest Landowners

This webinar will discuss research that the presenters have performed on the impacts of forest certification for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and American Tree Farm System (ATFS). The new program that is being developed by FSC for small landowners and the new ATFS standards and group certification and their application to small l...

Wildland Urban Interface: Communicating with Interface Leaders and Residents (Module 4)

October 29th, 2009 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (Eastern) This webinar will explore the communication skills and concepts that natural resource and extension professionals will find useful to resolve challenges in the wildland-urban interface.

Wildland Urban Interface: Managing Interface Forests (Module 2)

September 30th, 2009 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM (Eastern) This Webinar will introduce management practices desired by owners of forests located in the wildland-urban interface. It will begin with an overview of the big picture challenges and solutions of developing a forest industry to service interface forests. The bulk of the webinar will then focus on active forest management prac...

Southern Pine Bark Beetle 101

September 25, 2009 NOON to 12:45 PM Central Standard Time 1:00 PM to 1:45 PM Eastern Time Presented by Michael Murphrey - Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Forester, Texas Forest Service This special combination program will first provide participants with a thorough understanding about the description, damage, prevention, and control of the five common pine bark beetles...

Announcement: New Conservation Stewardship Program

Wednesday, September 23, 2009 NOON to 1:00 PM (Central Standard Time) Presented by Jeanna Childers This is a presentation regarding the sign-up for the new Conservation Stewardship Program to assist agricultural and forestry producers. CSP is a new program authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill. Details of the program as well as eligibility and the application process will be...

Using Remote-Sensing Cameras in Wildlife Management

Billy Higginbotham Professor and Wildlife & Fisheries Specialist, Texas AgriLife Extension Service 12:00 noon to 1:00 PM (Central) 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (Eastern)

Forest Conservation Strategies in Chile

This webinar will present information on the following topics: Native forest management and conservation –Pablo Donoso, Univ. Austral de Chile Achieving old-growth conditions through uneven aged silviculture – Scott Sink, NCSU Dept. of Forestry & Env. Resources Forest ecosystem services as an economic opportunity – Erin Sills, Associate Professor, Forest Econo...

Current Status of Carbon Credits for Texas Landowners

This special 60-minute segment will provide an update of carbon trade for forest landowners in Texas, including the latest developments and the current conditions of the markets, and how a forest landowner can determine if their forestlands are a good candidate for the program.

Feral Hog Management

Feral hogs continue to expand their range and populations across the United States. Landowners often bear the brunt of the damage caused by feral hogs, including depredation of newly established pine plantations, row crops, pastures and even livestock.

National Update - Federal Biomass Definitions and The American Clean Energy and Security Act

Currently Congress is considering The American Clean Energy and Security Act (Waxman-Markey Bill) that include proposed biomass definitions. In this 2-hour webinar, we will review House and Senate biomass definitions and hear comments from a stakeholder panel from various sectors of the forestry community. Participants will have an opportunity to address speakers and panelists...

Getting the Attention of Family Forest Owners: Lessons from Social Marketing Research

This special one-hour program will discuss social marketing as an approach to reaching family forest owners to positively influence their attitudes and behaviors toward stewardship of their lands. Dr. Butler and Ms. Tyrrell will present results from the Sustaining Family Forests Initiative.

North Carolina Present Use Value Taxation and Recent Changes

Presented by Mark Megalos, Ph.D. Assistant Extension Professor of Forestry NC State University This webinar provides a brief overview of a complicated law, N.C. General Statutes 105-277.2 through 105-277.7, which is still evolving. Numerous legislative changes, court decisions, and property tax commission rulings have altered it over the years. In this webinar, participant...

CVal: A Carbon Valuation Tool for Foresters and Private Forest Landowners

This presentation will introduce participants to a just-released Carbon Valuation Spreadsheet and accompanying General Technical Report (GTR) written by Ted Bilek, Peter Becker, and Tim McCabee (2008). The spreadsheet is a powerful and valuable tool available to the forestry community (target audience: consulting foresters, state foresters) to be able to interface with private...

Biomass Removal Case Studies: Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success

Dr. Zander Evans, Research Director at the Forest Guild, will discuss the lesson learned from collecting and analyzing 45 case studies of biomass removal from across the country. The biomass removals include fuel reduction treatments, stand improvement harvests, habitat improvement projects, and extraction of fuel for biomass energy plants. The discussion will focus on the impo...

Pine Management in North Carolina

We will discuss pine management basics, the history of North Carolina pine forests, and how future markets should influence your management practices.

Forest Management During Climate Change

Climate change is expected to have significant effects on the condition and function of forested ecosystems; however, the exact nature of the stressors, their intensity, and the ensuing impacts on forests are quite uncertain. Forest managers will need to cope with this uncertainty, balancing the paucity of detailed information on future conditions against the demands of active ...

Interactions Between Carbon, Climate, and Forests

This presentation will set the stage for a broader discussion on climate change and forests by briefly examining interactions between climate change, carbon cycling, and forest sustainability. First, we’ll cover some key mechanisms and major trends in climate change, and then explore forecasts of future climate and associated uncertainty. Next, we’ll survey the global car...

Woody Biomass Energy in North Carolina

Topics include: "Why woody biomass?," "What is woody biomass?," "How is woody biomass produced?," "How markets can help you and your land," "Benefits to Landowners," and "Issues & Concerns."

Aquatic Organism Passage: An Overview of Ecology, Analyses, and Tools

Learn about the ecology of aquatic organism passage (AOP), barrier analysis and passage design methods, techniques for providing passage at dams and road-stream crossings, and 2006 changes in the Fish Passage standard (Code 396) and its attendant measurement.

Solid Separation Technologies for Animal Manure

This webinar provides viewers with an understanding of the principles of solid-liquid separation of manure and wastewater and includes description of separator efficiency, solid screening, and solid settling.