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Minnesota Division of Forestry
About this Resource: The Minnesota Division of Forestry works to sustain and enhance functioning forest ecosystems, to provide a sustainable supply of forest resources, and to protect lives and property from wildfire. The site provides information about tree care and management, forest fire, forest insects and disease, utilization and marketing, forest certification, and their partner programs. There are links to state forests, state forest nurseries, forestry education, timber harvesting, a timber auction sales calendar, subsection forest resource management planning, community forestry, forestry region and area offices, a fire management section, and a forest management section.

Woodland Steward
About this Resource: Woodland Steward is a quarterly publication promoting the wise use of Indiana's forest resources. This site provides users access to the current issue of Woodland Steward and information about Indiana's forest resources. There are also past issues available for viewing.

North Dakota Forest Service
About this Resource: The site provides information about the North Dakota Forest Service, community forestry, fire management, forest resource management, education information, state forests, sustainable forestry, and funding opportunities. There are links to the Towner State Nursery, a personnel directory, a page of related links, North Dakota State University, North Dakota Tree Information Center, and USDA Forest Service.

Forest Practices Code Guidebooks | Ministry of Forests - Government of British Columbia
About this Resource: The Ministry of Forests (Government of British Columbia) provides a series of practical forestry related guidebooks. Offerings are categorized: bark beetle management; biodiversity; boundary marking; channel assessment procedures;community watersheds; defoliator management; and dwarf mistletoe management. There are guidebooks for specific forest regions; the rest involve: fish streams; forest development; forest roads; generic forest health; wildlife management; landscape units; terminal weevils; pine stem rust; pruning; riparian management; root disease management; seed and vegetative material; silviculture prescription; soil conservation; soil rehabilitation; stand management; trails; tree wounding and decay; visual imapct assessment and watershed assessment.

European Forest Institute
About this Resource: The European Forest Institute's (EFI) mission is to conduct, promote and cooperate in the research of forests, forestry and forest products at the pan-European level, and to make the results of the research known to all interested parties, notably in the areas of policy formulation and implementation, in order to promote the conservation and management of forests for producing goods and services in a sustainable way. The website divides into three sections. EFI describes its' organization, its' activities, and offers a news service. Research emphasis concentrates on: forest ecology and management; forest products; markets and socioeconomics; policy analysis, forest resources and information. EFI is currently advancing seven database services from this website; while most is open, certain parts may be limited to EFI members and partners. These services include: EFIDAS (the European Forestry Information and Data Analysis System); EFISCEN (the EFI Forest SCENario Project); DFDE (the Database of Forest Disturbances in Europe); the Database on Forest Capacities in 18 European Countries; CIS (the Certification Information Service); the Forest Research Network; FINE (the Forest Information Services Network for Europe) and EFIS (the European Forest Information System). EFI offers details on publications; mostly descriptive, pointers identify: research reports, working papers, proceedings, discussion reports, internal papers and related documents.

North East State Foresters Association
About this Resource: The NEFA's website allows users to obtain information about the Association's goals and mission, their board of directors and staff, the small-grants program, and the Northern Forest Lands Council conference. The site also provides links to other forestry sites and online publications from the Association.

National Hardwood Lumber Association
About this Resource: The NHLA strives to serve members in the North American hardwood lumber industry by maintaining structure in the hardwood marketplace, by providing member services, by assuring sustainable and available sawtimber, and by building relationships within the hardwood community. The website provides links to lumber inspection services, an inspection school, forest resources, an online catalog, and information about heat treatment, government affairs, and the annual convention. There are also links to a member directory, North American hardwood exporters, an events calendar, and information about lumber referrals, jobs, and NHLA news.

Forest Policy and Environment Programme (ODI)
About this Resource: The FPEP is a product of the Overseas Development Institute and focuses on policy in tropical forest districts. The website discusses the research being done and the people involved with it. The site also provides news, network information, publication information and ordering, and links to other related sites.

Illinois Division of Forest Resources
About this Resource: At this site from the Illinois DNR users can access directories of sawmills and district forester offices. Also available is information on forestry assistance programs, fire assistant grant programs, resources, tree identification, history, and the timber licensing act.

National Association of Conservation Districts
About this Resource: The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) represents America's 3,000 conservation districts and the 17,000 adults who serve on their governing board. NACD seeks to empower the Nation's conservation districts through a pooling of resources. NACD's defines our notion of a conservation district and provides a number of tools for identifying them: the site maintains a National Contact Directory for every state in the Nation. There are resources, online, that are specifically designed for the districts. The website has a section describing NACD's governmental affairs efforts,as well as NACD's educational and outreach efforts. The site also includes an events calendar , and a variety of conservation links.

Montana Tree Farm System
About this Resource: The Montana Tree Farm System is a nationwide community of nearly 70,000 landowners who strive to manage their woodlands effectively. The site provides forestry tips, links to contacts, a calendar, newsletters, and pictures. They also provide current Montana wildfire information.

Finnish Forest Research Institute
About this Resource: Established in 1917, the Finish Forest Research Institute (Metla) is a signifigant resource realtive to Finland's forests. The website accomodates both English and Finish speaking audiences. Metla provides organizational background for site visitors, with staff introductions and descriptions of research, experiments, services and products. The Institute is making its' publications accessible in full-text and there is an explanation of the METINFO services. A sitemap faciliates site navigation and Metla places emphasis on currency by highlighting news items. The Finnish Forest Research Institute reports to Finland's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The journal "Silva Fennica" is full-text accessible - beginning in 1998 (with pdf formatting), abstracts date back to 1994. The "Working Papers of the Finnish Research Institute" was launched in 2004.

Global Forest Information System
About this Resource: GFIS is an Internet gateway to forest information resources from around the world. Users can locate maps, datasets, web resources, journal articles, books and other resources relevant to their forest information needs.","GFIS is an internet gateway that provides access to various types of information resources through partnerships with information providers. GFIS search facilities (in the style of commonly used Internet search facilities), allows the user to locate forest related information through a single entry point based on the different search options.","* An updated version of a previous GFIS metadata search provides users with the ability to search the catalogues of information resources (a total of 130,000 metadata records) provided by GFIS partners. The metadata search allows users to search all metadata fields for specific terms or phrases.","* Browsing is a way of navigating among categories and their subcategories to pinpoint the resources that you want to search. GFIS offers browsing among selected information sources from its partners, organized by key types of resources.","* A GFIS Online resource search service uses the Google Web APIs, which is an experimental and free program. The Google API currently makes it possible to carry out 1,000 queries per day with a maximum of 10 keywords. Each query is confined to one single domain.","To describe the content of this information GFIS uses a standardized metadata format and provides conversion facilities for metadata submitted in other formats. In addition a universally accepted terminology facilitates the search operations and the respective results.

Washington Forest Law Center
About this Resource: Founded in 1996, the Washington Law Center is a 501(c)3 public interest law firm providing legal sevices for forest cases within the state of Washington. The Center specializes in timber harvest and public resource issues that involve state and private lands. The website offers background on the Center, comments on its strategic goals and points to both news stories and active cases, germane to Washington state and the Center's activities.

Washington State Department of Natural Resources
About this Resource: The Washington State DNR's responsibilities include protecting and managing state land and protecting public resources through fire prevention and suppression and regulating forest practices. Their website provides information about recreation, fire and natural hazards, education, and employment. They also provide information about product sales, events, publications, programs, and divisions of the Washington State DNR.

Potential water yield reduction due to forestation across China
About this Resource: It is widely recognized that vegetation restoration will have positive effects on watershed health by reducing soil erosion and non-point source pollution, enhancing terrestrial and aquatic habitat, and increasing ecosystem carbon sequestration. However, the hydrologic consequences of forestation on degraded lands are not well studied in the forest hydrology community as a whole. China has the largest area of forest plantations in the world now, and the hydrologic consequences of massive forestation are unknown. We applied a simplified hydrological model across the diverse physiographic region to estimate the potential magnitude of annual water yield response to forestation. Our study suggests that the average water yield reduction may vary from about 50 mm/yr (50%) in the semi-arid Loess Plateau region in northern China to about 300 mm/yr (30%) in the tropical southern region. We conclude that forestation in China that often involves a combination of tree planting and engineering (e.g., terracing) may have even a higher potential to greatly reduce annual water yield in headwater watersheds, especially in the semi-arid Loess Plateau region. However, the forestation area is relatively small for most large basins with mixed landuses in China, thus the regional effects of forestation on water resource management may not be of major concern. Comprehensive science-based evaluation of roles of forests on regulating regional water resources is critical to the current forestation endeavors in China.

Forest History Society, Environmental History Bibliography
About this Resource: The Environmental History Bibliography contains over 35,000 annotated citations to books, articles, and dissertations dealing with the utilization, management, and appreciation of forest-related resources. The Bibliography contains citations published from 1633 to the present and is updated quarterly.

Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC)
About this Resource: The RECOFTC website provides information about the organization, regional services, and annual reports. There is also information about country support and common topics. Also on the page is a resource center containing a database, calendar, job listings, links, and a dictionary.

Forest Resource Environmental Educational Network | University of Minnesota
About this Resource: A coalition composed of state and federal agencies that are working with and include the University of Minnesota, and various forest product companies in Minnesota; F.R.E.E. (the Forest Environmental Education Network) is facilitating the dissemination of educational information about forest resources and their products. Educational resources are provided for teachers and children. Includes research resources as well.

Pacific Forestry Centre
About this Resource: The Pacific Forestry Centre focuses on research in forest biology and forest resources. This includes research in remote sensing, biological control of weeds and insects, insect and disease management, alternative silvicultural systems, timber production, fire management, and ecosystem dynamics. Their website provides information about their research as well as information about related programs, policies, and publications.

North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
About this Resource: The Division of Forest Resources' primary purpose is to ensure adequate and quality forest resources for the state by providing forest management assistance to private landowners and aiding with reforestation, forest fire prevention and suppression, and insect and disease control. Their website provides information about starting a forest, urban forestry, fire, forest health, and water quality. They also provide access to information about careers, publications, forms and grants. There are links to burning permits, fire weather updates, wildfire updates, and a list of educational state forests.

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management and Geomatics
About this Resource: The Department of Forest Resource Management and Geomatics focuses on education and research in the fields of statistics, forest management planning, remote sensing, forest inventory, and environmental monitoring. Courses are offered in statistics, computer science, forest management planning, forest inventry, remote sensing, GIS, and environmental monitoring. There is information about the program on the site. There are links to the Swedish National Forest Inventory and the National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden, which is a national program for the monitoring of biodiversity.

North Carolina Division of Forest Resources
About this Resource: This site provides information about starting a forest, urban forestry, fire, water quality, careers with NCDFR, forms and grants, tending your forest, forest health, education and training opportunities, news, and publications. There are also resources for kids, such as the Junior Forest Ranger Program, forest facts, and a Smokey Bear Slide Puzzle.

Forest Vegetation Management | USDA-Forest Service
About this Resource: A website, published by the Forest Service. Provides innovative vegetation management tools. Involves a grass-roots approach to the sharing of information and project data that is used to restore and maintain forest health. Sections of the website identify resources that emphasize: specific tools; scientific aspects, data and monitoring; palnning; business applications; techniques. Includes an events calendar.

Community Forestry Resource Center
About this Resource: CFRC offers information and assistance in the following areas: Organizational development, technical assistance and forest management and certification. The webpage offers current news information and newsletters, a calender of upcoming events, a library of online publications, resources, and affiliated organization links and contact information.

Pennsylvania Forestry Association
About this Resource: The Pennsylvania Forestry Association (PFA) is the nation's oldest state timber harvesting organization devoted to forest conservation. The website gives information about the Association such as member information, news releases, a calender of events, and scholarships. Also available is information about becoming a member and ordering publications and products online. Links are available to other resources as well.

FAO Forestry
About this Resource: This organization focuses on "how to use trees, forests and related resources to improve people's economic, environmental, social and cultural conditions while ensuring that the resource is conserved to meet the needs of future generations." The website provides information about the organization and also about forest management, forest products and services, forest and the environment, people and forests, policy and institutions, sector studies, assessment and monitoring, and interdisciplinary issues. The site also contains forestry department country profiles, an events calendar, a database and library, publication information, and processes information.

Longleaf Alliance
About this Resource: The Longleaf Alliance was established in 1995 with the express purpose of coordinating a partnership between private landowners, forest industries, state and federal agencies, conservation groups, researchers, and other enthusiasts interested in managing and restoring longleaf pine forests for their ecological and economic benefits. The page provides conference and other activity and event information, as well as award information and member information such as how to become a member. The website is also a resource for basic longleaf pine forest information and how to manage and restore these forests. There is educator information, job listings, current event information, and a forum for discussion. There is also a video entitled "Partners in Action" that can be watched.

Massachusetts Bureau of Forestry
About this Resource: This site provides information on several of the Bureau's programs, including: the Service Forestry Program; the Urban and Community Forestry Program; the Management Forestry Program; the Forest Health Program; the Utilization and Marketing Program; and the Forestry Legacy Program. There are links to annual reports, directories and listings, and forestry laws and regulations. There are also links to state forest land and resource management plans.

Forest Statistics for Northeast Florida 1970
About this Resource: This report highlights the principal findings of the fourth Forest Survey of the timber resource in Northeast Florida. The survey was started in February 1969 and completed in November 1969. Findings of the three previous surveys, completed in 1934, 1949, and 1959, provide the basis for measuring changes that have occurred and trends that have developed over the past 36 years. However, in this report, the primary emphasis is on the changes and trends that have taken place since the last survey.

Forest Statistics for South Florida 1970
About this Resource: This report highlights the principal findings of the fourth Forest Survey of the timber resource in South Florida. The survey was started in February 1970 and completed in March 1970. Findings of the three previous surveys, completed in 1936, 1949, and 1959, provide the basis for measuring changes that have occurred and trends that have developed over the past 34 years. However, in this report, the primary emphasis is on the changes and trends that have taken place since the last survey.

Forest Genetic Resources
About this Resource: Forest Genetic Resources is a FAO Forestry publication. Issues from No. 1 (1973) to No. 30 (2003) are available online in English, French and Spanish. Most are in the html format but a few are in pdf form. Users can also request a hard copy of the resource. The site allows users to search through species and authors to find the articles needed.

Roundtable on Sustainable Forests
About this Resource: The Roundtable's origins are rooted in several decades of dialogue at the domestic and international levels concerning the role and commitment of the U.S. government in sustainable resource management. Knowing this history helps us see how the Roundtable, a process unto itself, is part of a larger and ongoing process of moving toward the goal of sustainable resource management.

Environment and Natural Resources : Tennessee Extension Service
About this Resource: Resources centered on environmental and natural resource matters, from the University of Tennessee. Clustered around the following: news and highlights, educational programs and services, departmental units and web services and publications.

CSIRO Tropical Forest Research Centre
About this Resource: This resource is a division of CSIRO which is a scientific global research organization. The site provides research project information and contacts. This information is sorted by topic or group for easy searching. Facilities and staff expertise are explained and a photo gallery is provided for educational purposes. Links to CSIRO divisions pertaining to tropical forestry are provided as well.

National Forestry Database Program
About this Resource: The National Forestry Database Program is used to compile national statistics provided by provincial or territorial resource management organizations and federal departments. The site provides links to the Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics, REGEN: a program for reporting regeneration results, and the framework for national reporting on wood supply. There are lists of forest inventory and silvicultural terms in Canada.

Douglas-Fir Beetle Response to Artificial Creation of Down Wood in the Oregon Coast Range.
About this Resource: Douglas-fir beetle populations were monitored before and after thinning and felling of trees to create down wood in an 88-year-old Douglas-fir plantation in the Oregon Coast Range. Treatments included an unthinned control, thinning to a target of 75 trees/ha, and thinning to a target of 150 trees/ha. Actual mean tree densities on the plots after thinning were 406, 102, and 154, for the control, 75 trees/ha, and 150 trees/ha treatments, respectively. Fifty trees/ha were felled and left on all thinned plots to create down wood for ecological values. Catches in pheromone-baited traps indicated that the local beetle population increased for 1 year in response to felling and leaving large diameter trees in partial shade. Douglas-fir beetle entrance holes and brood were significantly more abundant on the sides of felled trees and wood borers were significantly more abundant on the upper surface suggesting that treatments that provide maximum exposure of felled trees will create the least favorable habitat for Douglas-fir beetles. However, there were no differences in Douglas-fir beetle entrance holes or brood densities in felled trees between the two thinning intensities. Douglas-fir beetle-caused tree mortality was significantly higher on thinned plots with residual felled trees compared with unthinned controls, although infestation levels were low on all plots (<2 trees/ha). The small increase in beetle-caused tree mortality associated with leaving felled trees would be unlikely to interfere with resource management objectives. These results are applicable to mature, managed forests west of the Cascades with relatively low Douglas-fir beetle populations. In different regions and stand types, or under different environmental conditions, beetle populations could increase to higher densities, remain at high densities longer, and cause higher levels of tree mortality.

Modeling trade-offs between fire threat reduction and late-seral forest structure.
About this Resource: Evaluating the effects of managing for one forest resource in terms of associated impacts on other resources is not easy. Yet methods to identify potential trade-offs among forest resources are necessary to inform people about the implications of management options on public land. This paper uses a case study from a forest reserve in the northwestern United States to quantify trade-offs between fire threat (FT) and late-seral forest (LSF) structure at stand and landscape levels. Simulation of forest dynamics was done with and without silvicultural treatments. A landscape optimization algorithm maximized FT reduction subject to constraints on amount of LSF structure and total area treated. Results suggest that compatibility between the two objectives is possible at the landscape level when LSF structure is about 45% or less of the total reserve area. Conflict can exist between them at the stand level and when more area is required to be in LSF structure in the reserve landscape.

Forestry AgNIC
About this Resource: This web site provides significant information, resources, associations, databases, and links on forestry and the related sciences such as agroforestry, wilderness management, and outdoor recreation.

Forest Inventory and Analysis National Program | USDA-Forest Service
About this Resource: A link to the research and development organization within USDA's forest Service responsible for assessing the America's forests. Presents information that allows site visitors to develop, analyze and maintain forest resource information. The program allows for projections into how the National firest system will appear in the future. Visitors can develop upon specific indices. The website features various tools and databases, data tables and data services. The FIA Library is a source for a publications; fact sheets; briefings; summaries; overviews; scientific papers; presentations; maps and field guides. External links are also online.

New Hampshire Division of Forests and Lands
About this Resource: The Division of Forests and Lands works to protect and promote the values provided by trees and forests by providing forest resource information and education to the public. The site provides links to news, events, a reference library, employment information, FAQs, and related links. There are also links to the following bureaus: Forest Management Bureau; Forest Protection Bureau; Community Forestry & Stewardship Bureau; Land Management Bureau; and National Heritage Bureau.

Forest Resources Association
About this Resource: The Forest Resources Association's goal is to promote the interests of forest products industry members in the economical, efficient, and sustainable use of forest resources to meet the needs of the wood fiber supply chain through private enterprise. From the home page, visitors can learn about FRA’s structure, goals, and program emphasis; review and order most-requested publications; and apply for membership. Also available are links to programs and other website "allies" and also a members only section.

Decision support systems for forest management: A financial analysis for South Carolina's state forests
About this Resource: Decision support systems (DSS), also known as forest resource information systems, focus on providing forest managers information to make better decisions. DSS in forestry organizations have evolved from the integration of geographic information systems and database management systems with common forestry applications. These types of systems are becoming widely used within forestry organizations as the planning and documentation of activities become ever more critical due to forest certification activities and increased public scrutiny. While methods to define the cost of these types of technologies are relatively straightforward, defining the benefits associated with system implementation is more difficult. A benefit/cost analysis of a DSS for South Carolina's state forests is presented. This analysis derives the majority of the benefits from improvements in business process, not the effects of individual applications or functions. Process alternatives currently available to forest managers and the benefits and cost of these alternatives are identified. While results presented apply specifically to South Carolina's state forests system, the alternatives and methodology have broad implications to medium and large forest landowners.

Forest Value Orientations in Australia: An Application of Computer Content Analysis
About this Resource: This article explores the expression of three forest value orientations that emerged from an analysis of Australian news media discourse about the management of Australian native forests from August 1, 1997 through December 31, 2004. Computer-coded content analysis was used to measure and track the relative importance of commodity, ecological and moral/spiritual/aesthetic forest value orientations. The number of expressions of these forest value orientations followed major events in forest management and policy, with peaks corresponding to finalization of Regional Forest Agreements and conflicts over forest management. Over the time period analyzed, the relative share of commodity value orientation decreased and the shares of the ecological and moral/spiritual/aesthetic value orientations increased. The shifts in forest value orientations highlight the need for native forests to be managed for multiple values and the need for continued monitoring of forest values.

Streamflow Modification Through Management of Eastern Forests
About this Resource: Protection of the water resource was a primary objective in establishing the National Forest System in America, and improving quantity, quality, and timing of streamflow is an important objective of forest management in certain regions of the United States.Effective management of the forest for increased streamflow presupposes that impact of various management practices on water yield can be predicted, but prediction equations do not exist for most regions.

Effects of reduced-impact logging and forest physiognomy on bat populations of lowland Amazonian forest
About this Resource: 1. As human population size increases, demand for natural resources will increase. Logging pressure related to increasing demands continues to threaten remote areas of Amazonian forest. A harvest protocol is required to provide renewable timber resources that meet consumer needs while minimizing negative effects on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Reduced-impact logging (RIL) may be a viable option to achieve these goals. 2. Effects of RIL (18 m³ ha⁻¹) and forest physiognomy were assessed for populations of bats from Amazonian terra firme forest in Brazil at 20-42 months postharvest. 3. Based on 64 512 meter-hours of netting, 1468 bats were captured representing 47 species, 30 genera, four families and five feeding ensembles. Five species (one nectarivore and four frugivores) responded to management in a consistent manner: four were more abundant in logged forest and one was more abundant in undisturbed forest. Ten species (one nectarivore, two gleaning animalivores and seven frugivores) responded to forest physiognomy in a consistent manner: nine were more abundant in closed-canopy sites and one was more abundant in gaps. Three species (all frugivores) exhibited idiosyncratic responses to management that were contingent on physiognomy. 4. Using qualitative measures (changes in status from common to rare, or from present to absent), RIL elicited negative responses from 16 species, mostly rare taxa. After accounting for differences in total number of collected individuals, control forest harboured seven to 15 more rare species than did forest subjected to RIL. 5. Synthesis and applications. In the short term, RIL generally did not negatively affect populations of abundant bats. In contrast, reductions in abundance or local extirpation in response to RIL generally characterized uncommon or rare species. Arrangement of RIL sites in a matrix of undisturbed forest may allow source-sink dynamics to mitigate effects of RIL on rare or sensitive species and enhance sustainability at a regional scale.

Managing forest disturbances and community responses: Lessons from the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska.
About this Resource: Managing forest disturbances can be complicated by diverse human community responses. Interviews and quantitative analysis of mail surveys were used to assess risk perceptions and community actions in response to forest disturbance by spruce bark beetles. Despite high risk perception of immediate threats to personal safety and property, risk perceptions of broader threats to community and ecological well-being were found to be more likely to influence participation in community action. Results imply that increased dialogue between resource managers and local community residents contributes to broader risk assessment and prioritization of risk mitigation strategies. Identifying community risk perceptions, tapping into local capacities for action, and accepting controversy facilitate sound decisionmaking and give voice to local concerns regarding risk mitigation after forest disturbance.

Estimating a Family Forest Landowner's Likelihood of Posting against Trespass.
About this Resource: Hunters and other recreators face challenges to gain access to private forestland in the United States because of an increasing number of landowners posting their land. A landowners' decision to post their land is influenced by a variety of factors, including landowner characteristics, hunter behavior, and parcel attributes. We used a logit model to help understand why family forest landowners in Minnesota post their land against public trespass. Factors that increased the likelihood of posting included younger owners, a perception that allowing access would interfere with one's own hunting, a perception that allowing access would result in damage to one's property, hunting as the primary reason for forestland ownership, larger parcel size, having a management plan, higher property values, and a high percentage of surrounding area open to public hunting. Implications of increased posting by family forest owners on hunting access and wildlife management are discussed.

Forest Resources of Tennessee - 1972
About this Resource: This report states the principal findings of a new forest survey of Tennessee. Data for growth and cut are given for 1970, and the inventory is reported for January 1, 1971. A canvass of forest products output in 1970 also contributed information.

Forestscience.info
About this Resource: ForestScience.info is an online information resource for forest and wood science. Subject coverage includes agroforestry, community forestry, forest management, forests, nonwood forest products, and wood technology. The database is updated weekly and contains content from 1939 to the present. The site also includes links to the Global Forest Information Service (GFIS) and BIOME, a guide to resources in health and life sciences. There is a link to the Society of American Foresters homepage and information on the Forestry compendium.