Cradle Of Forestry: Home The Weeks Act - USFS History - Forest History Society March 1, 2011, marked the centennial of the Weeks Act — the "organic act" of the eastern national forests. Signed into law by President William Howard Taft, the Weeks Act permitted the federal government to purchase private land in order to protect the headwaters of rivers and watersheds in the eastern United States and called for fire protection efforts through federal, state, and private cooperation. It has been one of the most successful pieces of conservation legislation in U.S. history. To date, nearly 20 million acres of forestland have been protected by the Weeks Act, land that provides habitat for hundreds of plants and animals, recreation space for millions of visitors, and economic opportunities for countless local communities. As one historian has noted, "No single law has been more important in the return of the forests to the eastern United States" than the Weeks Act. >> >> Next Page: The Lands Nobody Wanted
Home - SFI Supplements | Extension Forestry The following materials and handouts have been created by NC PLT facilitators and coordinators. Please feel free to use this page as a supplement for your classroom activities, at your environmental education center, or in your workshops. Though these materials are not copyrighted, please do not use them in any publications. To get the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, go here. Activity Supplements Available from National PLT The national PLT web site houses pdfs all the student pages from the PreK-8 Guide and Secondary modules. Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood Activity #1, The Shape of Things These shape cards have been made to help with the math/manipulative part of the activity if you set up a station of making twig shapes. Activity #11, Three Cheers for Trees Pre-made "tree product leaves" for the featured experience of decorating trees. PreK-8 Activity Guide Activity #11, Can it be Real? Activity #45, Web of Life Basic cards for a North Carolina based food chain. Key Contacts
Toilet Paper Facts | Toilet Paper Encyclopedia Toilet Paper Facts & Figures Popular toilet paper facts & figures: What is the difference between 1-ply and 2-ply? What makes it soft? What is the average sheet size? Toilet Paper Fun Facts Quick, Fun, Informative Facts – Who are the largest manufacturers? Toilet Paper Around the World How it is used, who consumes it the most, and who manufactures it around the globe.
Down To Earth > How Does Using Paper Lead to More Trees? If America’s private landowners can’t make money as tree farmers, many will turn to other income sources for the land. The U.S. could lose 44 million acres of forest to development in the next 30 years. What can be done? Understand Forest Ownership Land provides social, recreational and financial benefits. See the Forest and the trees Have you heard someone suggest that by using less paper you can “save a tree”? The future of our forests depends on slowing the conversion of these precious resources and by managing them sustainably to ensure their economic, social and environmental benefits for generations to come. NEXT Consider The Source
Society of American Foresters 4-H Virtual Forest Make sure you have Flash Player before getting started. Scale Stick Measurement — 4H Forestry Invitational Illustration 1 - Determiningthe board-foot volume equatesto how many rectangularboards can be cut fromthe tree. Standing trees sold for veneer or sawlogs are valued in terms of their board-foot volume, a board foot being a board 1 inch thick by 12 inches wide by 1 foot long. One of the basic tools for measuring the board-foot volume of standing trees is a calibrated tree scale stick. Other names used for this instrument are Cruiser's or Biltmore stick. Understanding Board-Foot Volume Illustration 2 - When a log is cutup into boards, wood is lost tosawdust created by the sawblade (saw kerf - black lines)and to slabs and edgings(gray areas). A tree (or the logs cut from it) is basically a large cylinder. Cutting rectangular pieces of wood (boards) from a cylinder (a log) means that there will be some wood that is unusable for lumber. Next Section - Diameter Measurement
Making Maths: Clinometer A clinometer is a tool that is used to measure the angle of elevation, or angle from the ground, in a right - angled triangle. You can use a clinometer to measure the height of tall things that you can't possibly reach to the top of, flag poles, buildings, trees. Follow the directions below to create your own clinometer. You will need: A protractor with a small hole on the centre spot orPrint out of paper protractor (see below)Poster board or card board (can be from a box) to back the protractor20 cm or about 8 inches of string or strong cottonWeight - such as a metal nut, paper clips or a small piece of clayGlue and ScissorsA strawClear TapeItems marked with the red check are needed with either type of protractor. Directions: If you are making a protractor, cut out the copy of the protractor.Get the piece of poster board or an empty box. To use the clinometer: The diagram shows what the assembled clinometer will look like when laying an a flat surface.
Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests: a field guide for identification and control Miller,James H.2003. Nonnative invasive plants of southern forests: a field guide for identification and control. Gen. Tech. Rep. Invasions of nonnative plants into forests of the Southern United States continue to go unchecked and unmonitored. Keywords: Alien plants, exotic plant control, exotic weeds, herbicide weed control, integrated vegetation management, invasive exotic plants, invasive nonindigenous plants, noxious plant control.
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