There are a lot of factors that can impact your deer management: weather, habitat quality, neighbors, road kills, poachers, disease and even your fellow hunt club members. However, if you will use your trail cameras to intensively scout your property…
Excerpt : For a consulting forester, perhaps the best equivalent of the axe is the tree marking gun & paint. With it, we can impact the forested landscape for years if not decades to come. Read Full Article
Excerpt: Why can this be important? One reason is that in Florida, anyone can use the business title of Forester or Wildlife Biologist even if they have no formal training or experience. Our neighboring states have Registered Forester laws; you…
Excerpt: I have come to suspect that, more often than not, it is non-living or abiotic factors that often result in tree decline or death. These factors are often manifested by declining or yellowing foliage, dieback of the branches, or…
Excerpt: I’ve only lived in Citrus County for 3 ½ years but I have learned that a good percentage of residents are from places such as Massachusetts, New York, and Michigan. I am originally from western New York (Buffalo) so…
Excerpt: Over the years, we have all read or seen first-hand the damage trees can cause when a conflict arises with infrastructure – lifted sidewalks and driveways, topped trees under powerlines, crushed roofs, etc. We are all familiar with the…
Excerpt: In today’s world, technology is everywhere and the use of technology has grown exponentially. It might be hard to believe, but the first iPhone did not hit the US market until 2007. The growth of applications (apps) for smartphones…
Excerpt: Whether you’re a homeowner interested in learning what energy benefits and cost savings your nearby tree is providing or an urban forester looking at the canopy coverage of your city, i-Tree has six applications that can assist you. These…
Excerpt: In the early part of my career, we thought it was OK to top trees to reduce their size. You were supposed to apply a black tar-like substance after pruning limbs to “seal” the wounds. And, you were supposed…
