Publications Relating to Windbreaks and Shelterbelts

Updated 11/24/2009

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Publications Types

Technical Notes

Major Publications

Plant Fact Sheets

Plant Guides

Release Brochure

Information Brochures and Flyers

Newsletters

Miscellaneous Popular Articles

Progress Report

Newspaper Articles

Release Notices

Other Publication Types

Conservation Shrubs and Trees for the Intermountain West. (PDF; 1.7 MB) Ogle, Dan, Loren St. John and Mark Stannard. 2008. USDA-NRCS, Boise, Idaho. Idaho Plant Materials TN No. 50 - January 2008. 19p. (ID# 7711)

Herbicide Weed Control in Windbreaks and Shelterbelts. (PDF; 171 KB) Stange, Craig, and Dwight Tober. 2007. USDA-NRCS, Bismarck, ND. May 2007. 3p. (ID# 7587)

Tree and Shrub Planting, Care and Management. (PDF; 793 KB) Ogle, Dan, Loren St. John and Craig Stange. 2007. USDA - NRCS, Boise, ID. Idaho Plant Materials TN No. 43 - October 2007. 32p. (ID# 7642)

Herbicide Weed Control in Windbreaks and Shelterbelts. (PDF; 171 KB) Stange, Craig, and Dwight Tober. 2007. USDA-NRCS, Bismarck, ND. May 2007. 3p. (ID# 7587)

Proper Installation, Maintenance and Removal of Rigid Seedling Protectors. (PDF; 259 KB) Scianna, J. and R. Logar. 2004. USDA - NRCS, Boise, Idaho. ID PM TN No. 46; April 2004. 4p. (ID# 5591)

Technical Note 1: Windbreak Plant Species for Odor Management around Poultry Production Facilities.. (PDF; 382 KB) Belt, S.V., M. van der Grinten, G. Malone, P. Patterson, R. Shockey. 2007. USDA, NRCS, National Plant Materials Center, Beltsville, MD. April 2007. 21p. (ID# 7166)

Technical Note (Forestry) 9: Tree / Shrub Establishment and Maintenance Guidelines. (PDF; 356 KB) 3. 2002. USDA-NRCS, Salina, KS. KS-TN9 (Forestry), June 2002. 14p. (ID# 4380)

Technical Note 43: Tree Planting, Care and Management with Tables. (PDF; 91 KB) Stange, C., D.G. Ogle, and L. St. John. 2002. USDA-NRCS-IDAHO, Boise, Idaho. PM TN No. 43, April 2002. 32p. (ID# 4356)

Technical Note 44: Using Windbreaks to Reduce Odors Associated with Livestock Production Facilities. (PDF; 285 KB) Ogle, Dan and Loren St. John (modified from NRCS-Missouri). 2005. USDA-NRCS-Missouri modified for use in Idaho and Utah, Boise, ID. TN 44, July 2005. 9p. (ID# 6111)

Technical Note 45: Temporary Storage and Handling of Container, Bareroot and Cutting Stock. (PDF; 144 KB) Scianna, Joseph, Robert Logar and Dan Ogle. 2005. USDA-NRCS Idaho and Montana, Boise, ID. TN 45, July 2005. 6p. (ID# 6112)

Technical Note 50: Final Report: Windbreak planting in the Antelope Valley RC&D Nursery. (PDF; 136 KB) Bishop, G. 1997. USDA-NRCS Lockeford Plant Materials Center, Lockeford, CA. CA-TN50, Sept. 1997. 2p. (ID# 154)

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

Stretchberry. (PDF; 63kb) Jim Jacobs and Joe Scianna. 2009. PLANTS database, 2p. (ID# 9098)

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)

Plant Guides

Little Walnut (Juglans microcarpa) Plant Guide. (PDF; 119 KB) Richard Wynia. 2008. PLANTS Database, Baton Rouge, LA. October 2008. 3p. (ID# 8318)

Release Brochure

'McDermand' Ussurian pear. (PDF; 646 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2009. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, North Dakota. January 2009. 2p. (ID# 8535)

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)

Information Brochures and Flyers

Plot Guide - Tree Evaluation Plots, Bottineau, North Dakota. (PDF; 277kb) Knudson, Mike. 2009. USDA- NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. June 2009. 1p. (ID# 8749)

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, Summer 2009. (PDF; 799kb) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2009. USDA NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. Volume 9, Issue 3. 1p. (ID# 9099)

Woody Notes, February 2009. (PDF; 972 KB) Mike Knudson. 2009. USDA, NRCS, Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. February 2009. 3p. (ID# 8542)

Plant Chat, Fall 2008. (PDF; 868 KB) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2008. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. Volume 8, Issue 4. 1p. (ID# 8283)

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

2008 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Becker, Minnesota. (PDF; 297KB) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2009. USDA-NRCS, Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. April 2009. 5p. (ID# 8655)

2008 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Brookings, South Dakota. (PDF; 251KB) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2009. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. April 2009. 4p. (ID# 8657)

2008 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Grand Rapids, Minnesota. (PDF; 377kb) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2009. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. April 2009. 5p. (ID# 8658)

2008 Report, Off-Center Evaluation Planting of Woody Plant Materials, Morris, Minnesota. (PDF; 406kb) Tober, Dwight, and Rachel Bergsagel. 2009. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. April 2009. 5p. (ID# 8656)

Los Lunas Plant Materials Progress Report Evaluation of Giant Sacaton for Use in Field Windstrip Plantings. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Danny G. Goodson. 2009. Los Lunas Plant Materials Center, Los Lunas, NM. 2008. 11p. (ID# 8548)

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)

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)

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