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Business Management

A Planning Guide for Small & Medium Size Wood Products Companies: The Key to Success (Web site)

Construction

Wood Frame House Construction (Web site)

District Office Information Map

Drying

Air Drying of Lumber (Web site)
Drying Hardwood Lumber (Web site)
Dry Kiln Operator's Manual (Web site)

Education 

Adopt-A-Tree Journal (PDF, 1.73 MB)
Fire! A Teacher's Guide (PDF, 4.3 MB)
How a Tree Grows (PDF, 760KB)
Why Leaves Change Color (PDF, 88KB)
Louisiana's Stream & River Bottomland Hardwoods (PDF, 3.6KB)
Products from the Forest (PDF, 2.8 KB)
Life in a Tree Cookie (PDF, 2.8 KB)

Forest Fire

Forest Fire Laws of Louisiana (PDF, 1.9KB)
Fire Forest Enemy #1 (PDF, 2.6 KB)

Forest Management

Consulting Foresters of Louisiana (PDF, 32KB)
Forest Investments: Risk and Return (PDF, 1.7 MB)
Forest Management and Wildlife (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Louisiana Forest Productivity (PDF, 1.5 KB)
Louisiana Forest Type Map (PDF, 470 KB)
Louisiana Smoke Management Volunteer Guidelines (PDF, 1.93 MB)
Managing Your Timberland - Yourself vs. Leasing (PDF, 5.4 KB)
Recommended Forestry Best Management Practices for Louisiana (PDF, 4.17 MB)
Sample Timber Sales Contract (PDF, 36 KB)
Silvics of North America Website (Web site)
What a Landowner Should Do Before Selling Timber (PDF, 6.4 MB)

FPMU&D Personnel Directory

Forest Products Conservation & Recycling Personnel Directory Website (Web site)

General Information

Baldcypress Louisiana's State Tree (PDF, 495 KB)
Louisiana Forestry Facts 
Louisiana's Fourth Forest Update 
Louisiana Summary - Agriculture & Natural Resources (Web site)
Products from the Forest (black & white, 448 KB)
U.S. Timber Production, Trade, Consumption and Price Statistics 1965-1997 (Web site)

Grading

A Guide to Hardwood Log Grading (PDF,
A Simplified Procedure for Developing Grade Lumber from Hardwood Logs (Web site) 

Industry

Louisiana's Timber Industry - An Assessment of Timber Product Output and Use, 1996 (Web site)
Louisiana's Timber Industry - An Assessment of Timber Product Output and Use, 2002 (Web site)

Marketing

A Guide to Exporting Solid Wood Products (Web site)
Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products (Web site) 

Newsletters / Listings

List of USFS Forest Products Laboratory Publications (Web site)

Pine Straw

Pine Straw Mulch in the Landscape (PDF, 9.3 KB)
Pine Straw: Mother Nature's Mulch (PDF, 9.4KB)
Production & Marketing of Louisiana Pine Straw (PDF, 1.63 MB)

Sawing

Circle Sawmills and Their Efficient Operation (Web site)

State Forest

Alexander State Forest & Indian Creek Lake (PDF, 3.0 KB)

Storage

Storage of Lumber

Taxation

National Timber Tax Website

Timber Theft

Timber Theft - Don't be a Victim (PDF, 19.5 KB)

Tree Planting

Forest Tree Seedlings and How to Plant Them (PDF, 2.2 KB)

Urban Forestry

Guideline for Fertilizing Yard Trees (PDF, 491 KB)
Pruning Shade Trees (PDF, 635 KB)
Planting Instructions for Shade Trees (PDF, 437KB)
Landscaping the Home for Energy Conservation (PDF, 346 KB)
Protecting Trees During Contruction (PDF, 592 KB)
Additional Tips for Successful Shade Trees (PDF, 747 KB)

Wood Technology

Hardwoods of North America
Tropical Timbers of the World
Softwoods of North America
Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material (Web site)