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Publications

Most of the publications listed below are in a PDF format and are downloadabe or viewable by the free Adobe Reader. You may also go to our Education Store to purchase a copy or purchase the CD's, DVD's, videos or books.

Black Walnut

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FNR 254

Laminitis Caused by Black Walnut Wood Residue - Cassens

2005

340

$2.00

FAQ 1

Facts About Black Walnut - Roberts

1995

36

$ .00

FNR 148

Predicting Black Walnut Prices - Hoover

1995

27

$1.00

Christmas Trees

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FNR 244

A Choose-and-Cut Pine and Fir Christmas Tree Case Study - Daniel & Victoria Cassens

2004

484

$2.00

FNR 118

Growing Christmas Trees - Seifert

1984

26

$ 1.00

Economics, Marketing & Taxation

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FNR 271W

Who Does That Job? - A Forestry & Natural Resources coloring book

2007

1.2mb

Web only

FNR 177W

2007 Forest Products Price Report and Trend Analysis - Hoover

2007

163

Web only

FNR 269W

Are Newsletters Effective? Assessing Their Role as a Communication Tool

2007

262

Web only

NCR 343

Minimizing Federal Income Tax for Forest Landowners

2005

 

Web only

FNR 93

Use of Urban and Development Site Trees for Lumber- Cassens, McKenzie

2002

78

$1.00

FNR 111

Marketing Timber - Hoover

2002

338

$ 1.00

FNR 138

Tips on How to Get the Most from Your Timber Harvest - Hoover

2002

154

$ 1.00

FNR 190W

Buck Your Logs to NHLA Rules? - Cassens

2001

261

Web only

FNR 191

Log and Tree Scaling Techniques - Cassens

2001

144

$1.75

FAQ 2-W

Determining Tax Basis of Timber - Hoover

1995

40

Web
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FAQ 3-W

How to Treat Timber Sale Income - Hoover

1995

34

Web
only

FNR 91

Financial Maturity: A Guide to When Trees Should Be Harvested - Mills, Callahan

1981

346

$1.00

FNR 101

Timber Harvesting and Logging Practices for Private Woodlands - Pope, Fischer, Cassens

1980

261

$ 1.00

FNR 86

The Economics of Timber Stand Improvement - Mills, Fischer

1980

181

$1.00

FNR 4

How to Make and Use the Tree Measuring Stick - Fix

1978

9mb

$ 1.00

 

Environmental Contaminants

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FNR 245

Brownfields: A Rural Community Problem

2004

362

Web
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FNR 241

Understanding Why Some Organic Contaminants Pose a Health Risk - Dorworth

2004

335

Web
Only

FNR 242

Understanding Contaminated Sediments: Bioavailability of Contamination - Dorworth

2004

370

Web
Only

Fisheries

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FNR-IDNR 103W

Fishing in Indiana, Attitudes of Indiana Anglers Toward Policies and Regulations - 2005 Survey

2007

618

Web Only

FNR-IDNR 102W

Fishing in Indiana, Information Use, Preferences, & Specialization of Indiana Anglers - 2005 Survey

2007

586

Web Only

FNR-IDNR 101W

Fishing in Indiana, Motivations of Indiana Anglers - 2005 Survey

2007

737

Web Only

FNR 69

Fish Kills in Indiana-Their Causes and Prevention - Krauch

1999

560

$ 1.00

Forest and Plantation Management

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FNR 260

Natural Oak Regeneration following clearcutting on the Hoosier National Forest

2005

1.7mb

$2.00

FNR 102

Woodland Wildlife Management - Miller

2000

47

$ 1.00

FNR 164

Indiana Forest Issues and Recommendations - FNR

1998

14

$ .00

FNR 151

Management of Forested Wetland Ecosystems in the Central Hardwood Region - Roberts, Rathfon

1996

5

$15.00

FNR 150W

Forest Policy Issues in Indiana - Le Master, Rans

1995

44

Web
only

FNR 147

Management of Biological Diversity in Central Hardwood Region - Roberts, Dunning, Miller

1995

64

$ 1.00

FNR 137W

Forest Ecosystem Management in Indiana - Roberts (new web posting)

1994

5mb

Web only

FNR 145

Forest Ecosystem Management in the Central Hardwood Region - Roberts, Parker

1994

2mb

$ 1.00

FNR 139

Forests and Our Environment - Miller, O'Malley, Seifert

1993

15

$ 1.00

FNR 136

Electric Fences for Preventing Browse Damage by White-tailed Deer - Miller, O'Malley, Meyers

1992

29

$1.25

FNR 134

Planting Hardwood Seedlings - USDA Forest Service, NE Area Foresters, FNR-Purdue

1992

11

$ .00

FNR 114

Spray Equipment Calibration - Holt

1988

539

$ 1.00

FNR 85

Forest Pest Control Perspective - Holt, Newton

1987

2mb

$ 1.00

FNR 104

Some Soil fungi Are Beneficial to Tree Seedling Growth - Pope

1980

22

$ 1.00

FNR 86

The Economics of Timber Stand Improvement - Mills, Fischer

1980

2mb

$1.00

FNR 34

The Forests of Indiana - Fix

1980

8

$ 1.00

FNR 89

Criteria for Evaluating Forestry Activities in Relation to Water Quality Management - Pope

1991

26

$ 1.00

FNR 88

Forestry and Water Quality: Pollution Control Practices - Pope

1993

965

$ 1.00

Furniture Manufacturing

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FNR 179

Performance Test Method for Intensive Use Chairs-FNEW 83-269: A Description of the Test Method with Drawings - Eckelman, Erdil

2001

589

$3.25

FNR 176W

General Services Administration Upholstered Furniture Test Method-FNAE 80-1214: A Description of the Method with Drawings - Eckelman, Erdil

2000

750

$ .00

FNR 174W

Machine Usage in Manufacturing Value-Added Wood Products - Gazo, Vlosky

2000

100

$ .00

FNR 170

Joint Design Manual for Furniture Frames Constructed of Plywood and Oriented Strand Board - Eckelman, Erdil

2000

8607

$ 1.00

FNR 163

The Shrinking and Swelling of Wood and Its Effect on Furniture - Eckelman

1998

333

$3.75

FNR 156

Wood Moisture Calculations - Eckelman

1997

602

$1.50

FNR 155

Seasoning of Wood - Eckelman

1997

1322

$1.50

FNR 154

A Brief Survey of Wood Adhesives - Eckelman

1997

54

$3.50

Hardwood Log, Lumber and Veneer Manufacturing

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FNR 270

Wood from Midwestern Trees

2007

3.6mb

$5.00

CD-FNR-5

Hardwood Lumber of the Central Midwest - Cassens

2007

 

$25.00

FNR 240

Manufacturing Fine Hardwood Face Veneers - Cassens

2004

3179

$2.00

FNR 239

Factors Affecting the Quality of Hardwood Timber and Logs for Face Veneer - Cassens

2004

752

$2.00

FNR 132

Quality Control in Lumber Purchasing: Lumber Stress/Casehardening - Cassens

2002

449

$ 1.00

FNR 130

Quality Control in Lumber Purchasing: Hardwood Lumber Grades - Cassens

2001

693

$ 1.00

FNR 130

Quality Control in Lumber Purchasing: Hardwood Lumber Grades - Cassens Spanish Edition

2001

693

Web Only

FNR 131

Quality Control in Lumber Purchasing: Lumber Storage - Cassens

1992

238

$ 1.00

FNR 133

Quality Control in Lumber Purchasing: Surface, End and Internal Checking - Cassens

1992

136

$ 1.00

FNR 90

Sap Stain in Hardwood Logs and Lumber - Cassens

1991

287

$2.00

FNR 27

Some Important Indiana Hardwoods Their Characteristics and Uses - Cassens

1981

1 MB

$ 1.00

FNR 34

The Forests of Indiana - Fix

1980

2 MB

$ 1.00

FNR 37W

Drying Small Quantities of Hardwood Lumber-Understanding the Effects of Moisture on Wood - Cassens

1980

3 MB

$ .00

FNR 43

How to Identify Some Common Indiana Woods - Fix, Cassens

1978

118

$ 1.00

FNR 84

Hardwood Log Grades and Lumber Grades: Is There a Relationship? - Cassens, Fischer

1978

1 MB

$ 1.00

Hardwood Lumber and Veneer Species

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FNR 272W

Ash

2007

1.3mb

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FNR 273W

Aspen

2007

700

Web only

FNR 274W

Basswood

2007

620

Web only

FNR 275W

Beech

2007

555

Web only

FNR 276W

Black Cherry

2007

623

Web only

FNR 277W

Black Locust

2007

491

Web only

FNR 278W

Black Walnut

2007

773

Web only

FNR 279W

Birch

2007

1mb

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FNR 280W

Butternut

2007

706

Web only

FNR 281W

Coffeetree

2007

563

Web only

FNR 282W

Cottonwood

2007

808

Web only

FNR 283W

Elm

2007

1.2mb

Web only

FNR 284W

Hackberry/Sugarberry

2007

1mb

Web only

FNR 285W

Hickory and Pecan Species

2007

1.7mb

Web only

FNR 286W

Honey Locust

2007

682

Web only

FNR 287W

Hard or Sugar Maple

2007

674

Web only

FNR 288W

Red Oak

2007

1.3mb

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FNR 289W

Sassafras

2007

813

Web only

FNR 290W

Soft Maple

2007

804

Web only

FNR 291W

Sycamore

2007

613

 

Web only

FNR 292W

White Oak

2007

1.4mb

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FNR 293W

Yellow-Poplar

2007

647

Web only

FNR298W

Black Gum and Tupelo

2007

610

Web only

FNR 299W

Buckeye

2007

642

Web only

FNR 300W

Sweetgum

2007

686

Web only

FNR 301W

Willow

2007

758

Web only

Land Use

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FNR 257

Open Space Planning - Prokopy, McCormick, Reimer

2005

210

$1.25

FNR 256

Storm Water and Non-point Source Polution - Prokopy, McCormick, Reimer

2005

188

$1.25

FNR 255

Storm Water Runoff - Prokopy, McCormick, Reimer

2005

308

$1.25

FNR 251

Status of Reforested Mine Sites in Southwestern Indiana - Rathfon

2004

3.7mb

$2.00

FNR 245W

Brownfields A Rural Community Problem - Dorworth

2004

660

Web Only

FNR 201

Protection of Forest Land in Indiana - Hoover

2002

660

$ 1.00

ID 275

Tax Treatment of Conservation Easements - Hoover

2002

93

2.00

 

More Land Use publications are available at the Agricultural Economics publications web page.

   

 

Outdoor Recreation

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FNR 269W

Are NewslettersEffective? Assessing Their Role as a Communication Tool

2007

262

Web Only

CD FNR 2

Fifty Trees of Indiana - An interactive tool to identify trees - Mckenzie

2004

 

$15.00

FAQ 5

Why Leaves Change Color - The Physiological Basis - Chaney

1997

132

$ 1.00

FNR 121

Pathways for People-Trail Design to Minimize Environmental Damage and Enhance User Enjoyment - Hultsman, Hultsman

1986

187

$1.00

Planting and Care of Fine Hardwood Seedlings, a Series

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FNR 235

Planting & Care of Fine Hardwood Seedlings: The complete series in binder format (FNR 210-226)

2007

846

$19.95

FNR 227

Insects Affecting Hardwood Tree Plantings

2008

756

$2.00

FNR 226

Resources and Assistance Available for Planting Hardwood Seedlings

2007

846

$2.00

FNR 225

Enrichment Planting of Oaks

2007

580

$2.00

FNR 224

Weed Competition Control in Hardwood Plantations

2007

750

$2.00

FNR 223

Planning the Tree Planting Operation

2006

166

$2.00

FNR 222

A Guide to Legal and Genetic Terminology Used in the Sale of Hardwood Seeds and Planting Stock

2006

166

$2.00

FNR 221

Diseases in Hardwood Tree Plantings

2006

166

$2.00

FNR 220

Site Preparation for Tree Planting in Agricultural Fields and Hardwood Forests

2006

166

$2.00

FNR 219

Importance of Hardwood Tree Plantings

2006

166

$2.00

FNR 218

Native Hardwood Trees of the Central Forest Region - Pijut

2005

500

$2.00

FNR 217

Environmental and Management Injury in Hardwood Tree Plantations - Seifert, Woeste

2005

1.2mb

$2.00

FNR 216

Diagnosing and Controlling Wildlife Damage in Hardwood Plantations - McKenna

2005

3.6mb

$2.00

FNR 215

Fertilizing, Pruning, and Thinning Hardwood Plantations, McKenna, Woeste

2004

335

$2.00

FNR 214

Financial and Tax Aspects of Tree Planting, Hoover

2004

1152

$2.00

FNR 213

Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife - MacGowan

2003

257

$2.00

FNR 212

Nursery Production of Hardwood Seedlings - Jacobs

2003

367

$2.00

FNR 211

Regenerating Hardwoods in the Central Hardwood Region: Soils - Ponder, pope

2003

193

$2.00

FNR 210

Planting Hardwood Seedlings in the Central Hardwood Region - Pijut

2003

319

$2.00

Right of Way Maintenance

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V- FNR 5

Roadside Applicator Training Set (Video/Man Revised 2001)

2001

  

Request by email

VM- FNR 5

Manuals - Roadside Application Training

2001

 

Request by email

FNR 114

Spray Equipment Calibration - Holt

1988

15

$ 1.00

Spanish Language Publications

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FNR 196

People Need Trees: Benefits & Values (Spanish)

2002

1198

$1.00

FNR 198

Tree Have Needs: Plant the Right Tree in the Right Place (Spanish)

2002

1198

$1.00

FNR 200

Trees Need People: Prune It Right (Spanish)

2002

1198

$1.00

Info in
English

Agroforestry Development Posters in Spanish based on SUCO's Machete Verde

2002

Request by email

Info in
Spanish

Agroforestry Development Posters in Spanish based on SUCO's Machete Verde

2002

Request by email

A Landownowners Guide to Sustainable Forestry

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FNR 180

Part 1 - Sustainable Forestry-What Does It Mean for Indiana?

2001

347

$2.00

FNR 181

Part 2 - Planning for the Future

2001

349

$2.00

FNR 182

Part 3 - Keeping the Forest Healthy and productive

2001

860

$3.00

FNR 183

Part 4 - Conserving Nature

2001

260

$2.00

FNR 184

Part 5 - Forests and Water

2001

518

$2.00

FNR 185

Part 6 - Maintaining the Aesthetic Beauty and Enhancing the Recreational and Cultural Values of Your Forest

2001

327

$2.00

FNR 186

Part 7 - Managing for a Diversity of Value-Added Forest Products

2001

562

$2.00

FNR 187

Part 8 - Help!

2001

302

$2.00

Tree Identification

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CD-FNR-4

Fifty Trees of the Midwest - CD with an interactive tool to identify trees - McKenzie

2004

 

$15.00

CD-FNR-2

Fifty Trees of Indiana - CD with an interactive tool to identify trees - McKenzie

2004

 

$15.00

FNR 238

Indiana's Native Magnolias - Weeks

2003

4500

$1.25

FNR 237

Red and White Mulberry in Indiana - Weeks

2003

2857

$1.00

CD FNR 1

Trees of Indiana - Parker, Weeks

2002

137

$25.00

FNR 43 How to Identify Some Common Indiana Woods 1991 1 MB Web only

FNR 12

Identification of Common Indiana Conifers - Fix

1979

7 MB

$ 1.00

4-H 15-80

Fifty Trees of Indiana

1980

 

$3.00

Wetlands

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FNR 171W

Wetlands, Regulations and You: What Every Indiana Needs to Know - Miller, MacGowan

2000

169

Web
only

FNR 202-W

Are Constructed Wetlands a Viable Option for Your Waste Management System? - Miller, MacGowan, Reaves

2003

418

Web only

FNR 151

Management of Forested Wetland Ecosystems in the Central Hardwood Region - Roberts, Rathfon

1996

54

$15.00

FNR 89

Criteria for Evaluating Forestry Activities in Relation to Water Quality Management - Pope

1978

953

$1.00

V-FNR 4

Restoring Wetlands on Your Property (Video) 11 minutes

 

 

$15.00

V-FNR 3

The Value of Hoosier Wetlands (Video) 11 minutes

 

 

$15.00

Wildlife

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FNR 401W

Small woodlots: Important Rest Stops for Migratory Songbirds

2008

295

Web only

FNR 267

Identification of Wildlife Crop Depredation

2006

 

$4.95

DVD
FNR 266

Wildlife CSI: Unraveling the Mysteries of Wildlife Crop Damage

2006

 

$9.95

FNR 265-W

Corn and Soybean Crop Depredation by Wildlife - Macgowan, Humbert, Beasley, DeVault, Retamosa, Rhodes. Jr.

2006

 

Web only

FNR 264-W

Truths and Myths about Wild Turkey

2006

 

Web only

FNR 261

Salamanders of Indiana

2006

 

$7.50

FNR 258

Managing Wildlife for Sustainable Forests/Managing Forests for Sustainable Wildlife, Conference Abstracts (Various authors)

2005

1.44 MB

Request by email

CD-FNR-3

Snakes of the Midwest - this CD focuses on snakes found in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin and their behavior, ecology, distribution and other habits. - MacGowan, Kingsbury

2004

 

$14.95

FNR 243

Turtles of Indiana - MacGowan, Kingsbury, Williams

2004

 

$7.50

FNR 249W

Attracting Hummingbirds to your Yard - Miller, MacGowan

2004

 

Web only

FNR 248W

Attracting Butterflies to Your Yard - MacGowan, Miller

2004

516

Web only

FNR 247W

Putting a Little Wildlife in Your Backyard this Spring - Miller, MacGowan

2004

1129

Web only

FNR 246W

Size Does Matter - Nest Boxes for Wildlife - MacGowan, Miller,

2004

458

Web only

FNR 213

Designing Hardwood Tree Plantings for Wildlife - MacGowan

2003

 

$2.00

FNR 169W

EQIP: Opportunities for Wildlife Management on Your Land - MacGowan, Miller (new web posting)

1999

 

Web only

FNR 125W

Managing Forest & Wildlife Resources; An Integrated Approach -Miller, Stiles, Wilds (new web posting)

1990

 

Web only

FNR 203

Why Do Animals Eat Bark and Wood from Trees and Shrubs? - chaney

2003

5,119

$2.00

FNR 38

Tree Windbreaks for Farms and Homes - Miller, MacGowan

2003

18,000

$3.00

FNR 194

Food Plots for White-Tailed Deer - MacGowan

2002

118

$1.25

FNR 193W

The Basics of Managing Wildlife on Agricultural Lands - MacGowan, Miller

2002

6385

Web
only

FNR 192W

Hoosier Farmland Wildlife Notes: Enhancing Your Farm for Northern Bobwhite Quail

2003

107

Web only

FNR 188W

Hoosier Farmland Wildlife Notes: Warm Season Grasses, Why All the Fuss? - MacGowan

2001

51

Web
only

FNR 189W

Hoosier Farmland Wildlife Notes: Windbreaks for Farms and Wildlife - MacGowan, Miller

2001

114

Web
only

FAQ 16W

Animal Damage Management-Rules and Regulations in Indiana - MacGowan, Loven, Whitford

2001

384

Web
only

FNR 173

Snakes of Indiana - MacGowan, Kingsbury
(Available as book or on CD.)

2001

 

$6.50

FNR 172

Conserving Endangered and Threatened Species on Private Land, MacGowan

2001

 

$1.00

FNR 175W

Assessing Your Land's Potential for Wildlife - Miller, MacGowan

2000

390

Web
only

FNR 102