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	Tree Talk: Why we need silviculture and how it should work Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 4/15/2004; ; 538 words ; Silviculture is the science of controlling forest establishment, composition and growth. Foresters use silviculture to manage the forests in their care. In many parts...There are many reasons to apply the practices of silviculture to a forest stand. Many forest landowners manage their... Read more
	Career change. Silviculture contractor Brinkman & Associates and long-time employee Jean-Francois Tremblay have long had their eyes on the wacky world of commercial thinning. Last year they took the plunge and signed on to a long-term contract in Alberta Magazine article from: Canadian Forest Industries; 8/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; At first glance, the leap from silviculture contracting to commercial thinning...tree planting, slashing, and other silviculture work, doing both hands-on jobs and...Sylva. Working with Steve MacPhail, silviculture harvesting technician for Millar Western... Read more
	Impact of the western balsam bark beetle, Dryocoetes confusus Swaine (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), at the Sicamous Creek research site, and the potential for semiochemical based management in alternative silviculture systems Magazine article from: Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...select stands at the Sicamous Creek Silviculture Systems Project. Single tree and twotree...less than 5 ha in size), two of the silviculture systems applied at the Sicamous Creek...Ministry of Forests established a silviculture systems project at Sicamous Creek near... Read more
	The North American Forests: Georgraphy, Ecology, and Silviculture Magazine article from: Northeastern Naturalist; 1/1/2000; ; 101 words ; The North American Forests: Geography, Ecology, and Silviculture. Lawrence C. Walker. 1999. CRC Press, Boca Raton...detailed information on geology, history, ecology, and silviculture for all forest types. Includes many unusual photographs... Read more
	Dear Santa: though similarities between myself and St Nick are remote at best - I'm slim without a touch of grey - with Christmas just around the corner,I asked others in the silviculture industry to make some Christmas wishes. The results are interesting, if a little unsettling Magazine article from: Canadian Forest Industries; 11/1/2003; ; 643 words ; ...employee morale. Dale Likes, RPF, Senior Silviculture Forester, Canadian Forest Products, Prince...resource issues through the practice of good silviculture. In today's era, to be a silviculture forester in BC is a real challenge. Economic... Read more
	The extra mile: Richard Countway Silviculture of Nova Scotia has found a simple formula for long-term success: do more than expected to keep the landowner and log buyer happy Magazine article from: Canadian Forest Industries; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Richard and his crew have completed Silviculture II courses and are active members of...is the essence of Richard Countway Silviculture, a small but growing harvesting operation...from doing the harvests to managing silviculture treatments. He also has his own 250-ac... Read more
	Top silviculture success Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 7/4/2000; 232 words ; ...system, which won him recognition as the country's runner-up silviculture trainee. ``The module system gives people something to aim...Gene Bryant who is under contract to Carter Holt Harvey key silviculture suppliers Forest Management Resources. ``You've got to keep... Read more
	Production efficiency of agro-forestry farms in silviculture system Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...out the economics of tree growing, two important tree spices, namely, Subabul and Casuarina, grown as pure tree crops in silviculture system were selected for the present study. In each category 50 farmers were surveyed and thus a total sample of 100 farmers... Read more
	Rural: Why cast out the woodlander? Duff Hart-Davis meets 'Bodger' White, ex-Hammersmith, ex-Army, forest dweller and expert in sustainable silviculture, whose lifestyle is threatened by local regulations Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/2/1998; ; 700+ words ; If someone chooses to live rough in the middle of a forest, with the agreement of the owner, why should the local council seek to evict him? That is the question now being asked with some anger by supporters of Michael "Bodger" White, who for the past two years has occupied an encampment in Ashen Read more
	SILVICULTURE APPLICATIONS WITH MSW COMPOST Magazine article from: BioCycle; 10/1/2005; ; 585 words ; BIG IMPACT ON GROWTH Florida trials analyze tree responses and economics of using MSW compost with fertilizer for growth of eucalyptus, cottonwood and cypress species. A THREE-YEAR project at the University of Florida's School of Forest Resources and Conservation addresses the need for economically Read more

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	Undoing the damage; silviculture for ecologists and environmental scientists.(Brief article)(Book review) Magazine article from: SciTech Book News; 12/1/2006
	Top Silviculture Contractors in Northern Ontario. (Forestry).(Directory)(Illustration) Magazine article from: Northern Ontario Business; 3/1/2002
	Top silviculture contractors in Northern Ontario.(ranked by seedlings planted in 2002) Magazine article from: Northern Ontario Business; 4/1/2003

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