Forests/Forestry

• Stewardship of Forests
  • Forest Stewardship: Sources of Information and Guidance for Forest Stewards, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh076.pdf 
  • Forest Stewardship: Best Management Practices for Pennsylvania Forests, PSU Extension
    • 12 pg summary
      pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh102.pdf
    • 48 pg full version
      pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh090.pdf
  • Pennsylvania Forest Stewardship Program, PSU Extension and PA DCNR
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh138.pdf
  • Planning your Forest's Future, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh079.pdf
• Regeneration
  • Reestablishing the Vibrant and Majestic Eastern Forest, Brandywine Conservancy
    www.brandywineconservancy.org/stewardship_2003/woodlands.html
  • Fencing for Forest Regeneration: Does it Pay?, PSU Extension
  • pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uh145.pdf

Meadows

• Warm-season Grasses in Pennsylvania, NRCS:
  http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/news/FTPPublications/warmseasongreases04.pdf
• Native Warm-season Grasses, NRCS:
  http://www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov/news/FTPPublications/warmseasongrasses2.pdf
• Warm-season Grasses and Wildlife, PSU Extension
  pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/UH158.pdf
• Meadows and Prairies: Wildlife-friendly alternatives to lawn, PSU Extension
  pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh117.pdf

Wetlands

• General information on 
  • National Wetland Research Center (USGS)
    www.nwrc.usgs.gov/
  • PA DCNR Wetland Website http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wlhabitat/aquatic/wlthreats.aspx
  • Native Plants for Wet Soil Conditions, Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve www.bhwp.org/native/native_plant_info_sheets/Native_Plants_for_Wet_Soil_Conditions.pdf
• Protection of
  • Wetlands Reserve Program, Fact Sheet, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA (2004) www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/WRPFct.pdf 

Pasture Management

• Conservation Programs
  • Conservation of Private Grazing Land Program Fact Sheet (2004), NRCS, USDA
    www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/CPGLFct.pdf 
  • Environmental Quality Incentives Program Fact Sheet (2003), NRCS, USDA
    www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/eqip/eqipfact.html
  • Grassland Reserve Program Fact Sheet (2004), NRCS, USDA
    www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/farmbill/2002/pdf/GRPFactSheet9_04.pdf 
  • DEP Stream Bank Fencing Program Fact Sheet, PA DEP
    http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/wc/subjects/cdnm/Facts/fs1971.pdf 
  • Grassland Birds in Fields and on Farms, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University
    http://scnyat.cce.cornell.edu/grassland

Ponds

• Backyard (small)
  • Backyard Pond Tip Sheet, NRCS
    www.nrcs.usda.gov/feature/backyard/pdf/Pond.pdf 
• Construction and Management of 
  • Pond Management publications, PSU Extension
    http://water.cas.psu.edu/185.htm
  • Ecology and Management of Small Ponds; West Chester University, Chester County Water Resources Authority, and The Academy of Natural Sciences
    darwin.wcupa.edu/ponds/ 
  • Management of Fish Ponds in Pennsylvania, PSU Extension (2000)
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uh137.pdf

Riparian Buffers

• Importance of
  • Forested Buffers
    www.stroudcenter.org/press/PNASSumaryCHBayFdn06.pdf
  • Forested Stream Buffers, Brandywine Conservancy (1999)
    www.brandywineconservancy.org/forested_buffers/fsb_page1.html
  • Streamside forests and the physical, chemical and trophic characteristics of Piedmont streams in eastern North America, Bern Sweeney in Water Science Technology (1992)
    www.stroudcenter.org/about/pdfs/bs_StreamsideForests.pdf
  • Effects of Streamside Vegetation on Macroinvertebrate Communities of White Clay Creek in Eastern North America, Bern Sweeney
    www.stroudcenter.org/about/pdfs/bs_StreamVegWCC.pdf
  • Riparian Deforestation, Stream Narrowing, and Loss of Stream Ecosystem Services, Bern Sweeney et al. (2004)
    www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/101/39/14132
  • Where Rivers are Born, Sierra Club
    www.sierraclub.org/cleanwater/reports_factsheets/defending_streams.pdf
• Management of
  • Riparian Forest Restoration, Bern Sweeney
    www.stroudcenter.org/about/pdfs/bs_RiparianRestore.pdf
  • Adopt-a-Buffer Toolkit: Monitoring and Maintaining Restoration Projects, Delaware Riverkeeper Network (142 pgs)
    http://www.ser.org/sernw/pdf/DEL_RIV_KEEP_buffer_maint_and_monitor.pdf
• Fencing In Riparian Areas
  • DEP Stream Bank Fencing Program, Landowner Participation Fact Sheet
    www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/subject/pubs/water/wqm/FS1971.pdf 
• Fencing For Forest Regeneration
  • Fencing for Forest Regeneration: Does it Pay?, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uh145.pdf
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
  • CREP Questions and Answers, USDA
    www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area=home&subject=copr&topic=cep
  • CREP Frequently Asked Questions, PA Game Commission
    www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=483&q=151476

Lawn

• Diseases affecting 
  • Managing Turfgrass Diseases, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/uc148.pdf 
• General Management of
  • Lawn Management through the Seasons, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ec201.pdf
• Liming of
  • Liming Turfgrass Areas, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/ec415.pdf 
• Recycling of clippings from
  • Recycling Turfgrass Clippings, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/uc081.pdf
• Seeds for
  • Turfgrass Seed and Seed Mixtures, PSU Extension
    pubs.cas.psu.edu/FreePubs/pdfs/ec391.pdf
• Helping the Environment Starts in Your Backyard, DNREC:
  www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/Divisions/Soil/Stormwater/New/HealthyBackyard.pdf