Extension Forestry & Wildlife Programs

How to improve your Forest land

• Use the advice and services of a professional forester.
• Have a forest management plan prepared for your land. (The plan should tell you what you have, what you need to do, and when you need to do it)
• Reforest all of your idle or cut-over forestlands.
• Use good marketing techniques when you sell timber.
• Become familiar with timber tax laws.
• Be an active manager of your forestland.
• Get involved in The Sequatchie County Forestry Association to learn more about forestry.

Manage for Wildlife

4-H Forestry Judging Team

• Tennessee 4-H Project Materials
• National 4-H Forestry Invitational
• University of Georgia Bugwood Network an excellent resource for forest insects and diseases
• Tree ID from Virginia Tech (check the scientific names to make sure you are studing the right tree)
• Tennessee 4-H Forestry Key
• Wood ID Key
• Wood Id images at the UT Forest Products Center (scientific names are used)
• Wood ID video for 4-H contest the first video on the list is a great review of how to identify wood

4-H Wildlife Judging Team

The WHEP (Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program) is a 4-H youth natural resource program dedicated to teaching wildlife and fisheries habitat management to junior and senior level (ages 8-19) youth in the United States. Studying a scientifically-based manual, participants:

• Learn wildlife terms and concepts
• Learn about different wildlife habitats
• Learn how to identify common wildlife foods
• Learn how to judge the quality of wildlife habitat
• Learn about wildlife habitat management practices
• Learn about wildlife damage management

Check out the WHEP website by clicking here.
 

UT Links on Forstry and Wildlife

• UT Extension Forestry
• UT Extension Wildlfie
• The National Learning Center for Private Forest and Range Landowners 
• The University of Tennessee Forest Resources Research and Education Center - a 11,500 acre field research laboratory

• Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
• Tree ID from Virginia Tech - excellent Identification site
• American Forests Foundation
•  Forest Stewardship
• National Timber Tax Website
• Southern Center for Wildland Urban Interface Research and Information 
• Southern Alliance for the Utilization of Biomass Resources 
• Southern Regional Extension Forestry 
• Urban Forests Ecosystem Institute 
• USDA Forest Service Cooperative Forestry 
• USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station
• Other links

Contact
Sheldon Barker
UT Extension
PO Box 548
Dunlap, TN 37327
423-949-2611