Download or read book Forests of Florida 2013 written by Mark J. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This periodic resource update provides an overview of forest resources in Florida based on an inventory conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program at the Southern Research Station in cooperation with the Florida Forest Service. Estimates are based on field data collected using the FIA annualized sample design and are updated yearly. The estimates presented in this update are for the measurement year 2013, with comparisons made to data reported in 2007. The sample plot population in Florida consists of 7,089 plots distributed across the State, of which about 20 percent are collected annually. The 2013 estimates included 5 years of data collection that measured 100 percent of the plots to produce the updated estimates. Growth, removals, and mortality (GRM) estimates were derived from remeasurement data on 6,474 of the plots. The slightly smaller sample used for GRM estimates is due to a combination of new and/or lost plots. The data used in this publication were accessed from the FIA database on May 1, 2015 at http://www.fia.fs.fed.us/tools-data/.
Download or read book Florida s Forests 2013 written by Mark J. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The principal findings from the five panels of the ninth forest survey of Florida are presented. In 2013, forests covered 17.3 million acres of the State, of which 15.4 million were classified as timberland. Longleaf-slash pine was the most common forest-type group and covered 5.3 million acres of the timberland. The second most common forest-type group was oak-gumcypress, which covered 3.0 million acres of timberland. Nonindustrial private forest ownerships controlled 66 percent of the States timberland. Softwood tree species accounted for 57 percent of the 20.8 billion cubic feet of all-live wood volume that occurred on the States timberland. Total net growth of all-live trees on timberland averaged 870 million cubic feet and removals averaged 570 million cubic feet.
Download or read book Forests for the People written by Christopher Johnson and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests for the People tells one of the most extraordinary stories of environmental protection in our nation’s history: how a diverse coalition of citizens, organizations, and business and political leaders worked to create a system of national forests in the Eastern United States. It offers an insightful and wide-ranging look at the actions leading to the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911—landmark legislation that established a system of well-managed forests in the East, the South, and the Great Lakes region—along with case studies that consider some of the key challenges facing eastern forests today. The book begins by looking at destructive practices widely used by the timber industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s, including extensive clearcutting followed by forest fire that devastated entire landscapes. The authors explain how this led to the birth of a new conservation movement that began simultaneously in the Southern Appalachians and New England, and describe the subsequent protection of forests in New England (New Hampshire and the White Mountains); the Great Lakes region (Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota), and the Southern Appalachians. Following this historical background, the authors offer eight case studies that examine critical issues facing the eastern national forests today, including timber harvesting, the use of fire, wilderness protection, endangered wildlife, oil shale drilling, invasive species, and development surrounding national park borders. Forests for the People is the only book to fully describe the history of the Weeks Act and the creation of the eastern national forests and to use case studies to illustrate current management issues facing these treasured landscapes. It is an important new work for anyone interested in the past or future of forests and forestry in the United States.
Download or read book Florida s Forests written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florida National Forests written by United States. Forest Service. Southern Region and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Florida Forests written by Baynard Kendrick and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years ago, when Ponce de Leon landed on the shores of Florida, 27 million acres of virgin timber--chiefly longleaf, slash pine and large areas of cypress, loblolly pine, sand pine, palms, and oaks--covered the land that constitutes the state today. Of the 15 million acres now forested, 12 million are privately held. This lively, 500-year history of Florida's forests begins before the Spaniards colonized the state, when Native American tribes felled trees to build shelters and canoes, carve ritual masks and weapons, and make firewood. These tribes revered Florida's forests; they understood the dangers of wildfires set by lightning and were careful when burning underbrush to improve forage or aid in the hunt. Their closeness to nature and dependence on forests for their way of life made Native Americans Florida's first "forest managers." Florida historian Baynard Kendrick offers first-person accounts by the people who explored, logged, reforested, and managed Florida's forests. His chapters feature correspondence from conquistadors as well as memoirs by early settlers, loggers, and mill operators whose work triggered a forest conservation movement in the 1920s. Commissioned by the Florida Board of Forestry in 1966 on the eve of the environmental era, Kendrick's manuscript--titled "Florida's Perpetual Forests"--went unpublished for four decades. Barry Walsh has picked up where Kendrick left off, making this the first book to fully document Florida's forest history through the modern day. Enlightening and accessible to a broad audience, this book will appeal to historians, conservationists, foresters, agricultural leaders, archaeologists, anthropologists, legislators, and many more.
Download or read book Family Forest Ownerships with 10 Acres in Florida 2011 2013 written by Brett J. Butler and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florida s Forests and what to Do about Them written by Florida Forestry Council and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forests of Florida 2014 written by Mark J. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florida s Forests 1995 written by Mark J. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florida Forest Facts written by Florida Forest Industries Committee and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forests of Florida 2012 written by Mark J. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forest Resources of Northeastern Florida written by Frank Avery Ineson and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Timber for Florida Today and Tomorrow written by Florida. Division of Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forests and the Future in Florida written by Florida Forest Service and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How timber and wildlife work together on your national forests in Florida written by United States. Forest Service. Southern Region and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Florida s Future Wildlife Or Wealth written by Florida Board of Forestry and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
