Forestry: Web Resources

The TreeGenes database provides custom informatics tools to manage information resulting from high-throughput genomics projects in forest trees from sample collection to downstream analysis.

The Forest History Society identifies, collects, interprets, and disseminates historical information on the relationship of humans and forests, contributing to informed natural resource decision-making.

A US Department of Agriculture site that features a searchable database of information on wood and wood use from the nation's leading wood research institute in Madison, Wisconsin

This online catalog for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service Library Network is a useful research tool for identifying books and documents related to forestry and natural resources. Also includes tens of thousands of "records and links to Forest Service Research publications dating back to 1904" and thousands of full-text documents.

Images of forest plants, insects, silvicultural practices, invasive organisms, and general natural scenes. Each image page includes a catalog number, Latin and vernacular nomenclature, and photographer's name. Images can be viewed and downloaded in a variety of sizes. Source: University of Georgia and USDA Forest Service.

A UWSP student authored journal

The State of the World's Forests from the United Nations reports on the status of forests, recent major policy and institutional developments and key issues concerning the forest sector. It makes current, reliable and policy-relevant information widely available to facilitate informed discussion and decision-making with regard to the world's forests. The ninth biennial issue of State of the World’s Forests, published at the outset of 2011, the International Year of Forests, considers the theme ‘Changing pathways, changing lives: forests as multiple pathways to sustainable development’

From US Forest Service