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Publications Relating to Windbreaks and Shelterbelts

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Publications Types
Release Brochure
Technical Notes
Major Publications
Plant Fact Sheets
Information Brochures and Flyers
Newsletters
Miscellaneous Popular Articles
Progress Report
Newspaper Articles
Release Notices
Other Publication Types

Release Brochure

Affinity Northern White Cedar Brochure. (PDF; 215 KB) Rissler, J., D. Burgdorf, and E. Gerona. 2002. USDA-NRCS Rose Lake Plant Materials Center, East Lansing, MI. 2p. (ID# 4523)

Major Publications

Twenty-five Years of Tree Planting Trials at the Highmore, SD Field Evaluation Planting. (PDF; 381 KB) Knudson, M. 2004. Bismarck, ND. Sept. 2004. 53p. (ID# 5697)

Thirty Years of Tree Planting at the McKenzie Field Evaluation Site 1972-2001. (PDF; 658 KB) Knudson, M. 2002. USDA NRCS, Bismarck PMC. September 2002. 83p. (ID# 3899)

Plant Fact Sheets

Warm-Season Grass Cover Between Tree Rows. (PDF; 350KB) Tober, Dwight; Craig Stange; and Wayne Duckwitz. 2006. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. February 2006. 2p. (ID# 6468)

Information Brochures and Flyers

Announcing the Cultivar Release of 'Prairie Red' hybrid plum. (PDF; 3.4 MB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. September 2006. 1p. (ID# 7275)

Fact Sheet: Cross Wind Trap Strips - Conservation Practice 589C. (PDF; 134 KB) Alderson, J. 1999. USDA-NRCS, Temple, TX. Sept. 1999. 2p. (ID# 79)

Fact Sheet: Herbaceous Wind Barriers - Conservation Practice 422A. (PDF; 257 KB) Alderson, J. 1999. USDA-NRCS, Temple, TX. Sept. 1999. 2p. (ID# 82)

Fact Sheet: Windbreaks and Shelterbelts - Conservation Practices 380 and 650. (PDF; 79 KB) Alderson, J. 1999. USDA-NRCS, Temple, TX. Sept. 1999. 2p. (ID# 86)

Newsletters

Plant Chat, Spring 2007. (PDF; 440 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. Volume 7, Issue 2. 1p. (ID# 7274)

Plant Chat, Spring 2005. (PDF; 164KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2005. USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. Volume 5, Issue 2. 1p. (ID# 6029)

Plant Chat, Fall 2004. (PDF; 170KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2004. Bismarck, ND. Volume 4, Issue 4. 1p. (ID# 5736)

Miscellaneous Popular Articles

Mountain Home Air Force Base windbreak installation and demonstration (summary). (PDF; 8 KB) St. John, L. 1997. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 1p. (ID# 2810)

Progress Report

2007 Report, Off-Center Evaluation of Woody Plant Materials, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (PDF; 367 KB) Tober, D., R. Bergsagel. 2008. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2008. 4p. (ID# 7928)

2007 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Becker, Minnesota. (PDF; 436 KB) Tober, D., R. Bergsagel. 2008. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2008. 5p. (ID# 7929)

2007 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Morris, Minnesota. (PDF; 420 KB) Tober, D., R. Bergsagel. 2008. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2008. 5p. (ID# 7927)

2006 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Apple Valley, Burleigh County, North Dakota.. (PDF; 97 KB) Knudson, Michael and Rachel Bergsagel. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2007. 3p. (ID# 7280)

2006 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Becker, Minnesota.. (PDF; 141 KB) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2007. 4p. (ID# 7283)

2006 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Brookings, South Dakota. (PDF; 157 KB) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2007. 3p. (ID# 7284)

2006 report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (PDF; 128 KB) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2007. 4p. (ID# 7281)

2006 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Morris, Minnesota. (PDF; 183 KB) Tober, Dwight and Rachel Bergsagel. 2007. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. April 2007. 5p. (ID# 7282)

Field Windstrip New Technology from the Los Lunas PMC. (PDF; 5 KB) Goodson, D.G. 2000. USDA-NRCS Los Lunas Plant Materials Center, Los Lunas, NM. Aug. 2000. 1p. (ID# 892)

Mountain Home Air Force Base windbreak installation and demonstration - 1997 Progress Report. (PDF; 7 KB) St. John, L. 1997. USDA-NRCS Aberdeen Plant Materials Center, Aberdeen, ID. 2p. (ID# 2811)

Newspaper Articles

Windbreaks in Texas. (PDF; 13KB) Morris J Houck. 2005. Knox City PMC, Knox City, TX. November 2005. 2p. (ID# 6325)

Release Notices

Notice of Release: Legacy late lilac (Syringa villosa). (PDF; 43 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 1999. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. 1999. 7p. (ID# 192)

Notice of Release: Midwest manchurian crabapple (Malus mandshurica). (PDF; 377 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 1973. USDA-NRCS Bismarck Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. 2p. (ID# 174)

Other Publication Types

Windbreaks: For New Employees. (PDF; 1.9MB) Houck, M. 2004. USDA-NRCS Knox City Plant Materials Center, 41p. (ID# 5769)

Windbreaks: Their Use. (PDF; 2.15 MB) Houck, M. 2004. USDA-NRCS Knox City Plant Materials Center, 41p. (ID# 5584)

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