Forestry

How U.S. Forest Products Exporters Use the World Wide Web. In this working paper we examine the use of the World Wide Web by primary wood products exporters. The study discovered that respondents used the Web mostly for promotion activities. The study also found that currently, multilingual Web sites are not likely to be more successful in reaching their objectives than English-only Web sites. Extranets: A Comparison of the U.S. Forest Products Industry and Other U.S. Industries. This paper compares the use of extranets between the forest products industry and other U.S. business sectors. Extranets are secure networks that electronically link companies over the Internet. Results of the study indicate that the forest products industry uses extranet-based business applications with less frequency than other industrial sectors, receives fewer benefits and has greater concerns from using this business tool. [Image: Portable band sawmill]Directory of Portable Sawmills Listing of portable sawmill manufacturers. Contact information can be used to purchase a unit or to get a listing of owners within viscinity. more...

Insects and Relatives

[Image: Biting Mosquito]Mosquito Landing Rate Counts As a part of a state-supported aerial mosquito spraying program coordinated by the Louisiana Department of Heath and Hospitals, mosquito landing rate counts are required before and after aerial spraying is conducted. [Image: Red Imported Fire Ants Quiz]Fire Ant Quiz This interactive and fun quiz will challenge your knowledge of Red Imported Fire Ants. [Image: strawberry/scarlet-bodied wasp moth]Bugs, Bugs, Bugs January 2009 Bugs for January. more...

Wildlife

[Image: Wildlife News]Louisiana Wildlife News Louisiana Wildlife News is a bi-monthly publication intended to serve as an outlet for wildlife issues relevant to Louisiana and the Southeast. In addition to current news events, profiles on specific plant, wildlife and nuisance wildlife species are included in each issue. [Image: Dovument image]Crops for Wildlife Plantings The purpose of this publication is to document what is deemed as accepted and approved planting, management and harvest procedures for a variety of species planted in Louisiana for wildlife management purposes by LSU AgCenter personnel. In all cases, the greatest possible window of opportunity has been provided as to planting dates, planting practices and other management activities as they relate to overall management. more...

Conservation

[Image: Students dig up sea oats]Improved Dune Plants Goal Of AgCenter Research Hundreds of sea oat plants bent in the breeze on a sandy beach as LSU AgCenter researchers walked among them, looking for plants with potential to help stem erosion on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast. [Image: Craig Adam]Louisiana ‘Master Farmers’ Lead the Nation Louisiana has stepped out ahead of all other states in the nation in helping farmers learn to voluntarily comply with stricter environmental regulations governing water quality. This has happened because of the LSU AgCenter’s Master Farmer Program. more...