Woodland Management: How to Determine Your Property Boundaries
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The Eastern Bluebird: More Than Just a Pretty Bird
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Natural Resource Income Opportunities Video ($18 or free online)

Actual producers provide insight into the business, financial, and marketing realities of enterprises such as fee fishing, sporting clays, shiitake mushrooms, firewood bundles, wood crafts, bed and breakfast, custom sawmilling, and more!

You can view these videos for free online.

The video is available for loan at your county Extension office or may be purchased for $18 per copy (includes shipping & handling). Make check payable to the University of Maryland and mail request to:
Maryland Cooperative Extension, Video Resource Center, 0119 Symons Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

Riparian Forest Buffers: The Link Between Land and Water Video
(contact for price)

Riparian- or streamside-forests are the link between land and water. These forests provide many benefits to streams, wildlife, fisheries, and humans. This educational video illustrates the functions and values of riparian forest habitat. It provides information on the "three-zone riparian management system" and visits both urban and rural buffer projects.

To order contact:
Robert Tjaden, Wye Research & Education Center, P.O. Box 169, Queenstown, MD 21658. (410) 827-8056.
E-mail: rtjaden@umd.edu

Branching Out: Maryland's Forest Stewardship Educator   (free)

A free publication available to the citizens of Maryland. This quarterly newsletter currently serves people interested in forest stewardship. Branching Out includes timely information on tax issues, incentive programs, legislative and other issues pertinent to forest stewardship. New publication and upcoming stewardship events are also listed in every issue.

Natural Resource Income Opportunities for Private Lands Conference
April 5-7, 1998              Hagerstown, MD               ($20)

Over 35 speakers, including landowners, consultants, Cooperative Extension faculty, economists, business management specialists, researchers, foresters, and lawyers, shared their expertise in the areas of legal liability, business planning, consumptive and non-consumptive recreation, forest farming and utilization-related opportunities, aquaculture, and growing and marketing ginseng and goldenseal.

This 288-page proceedings provides practical information needed to achieve an understanding of how to choose and manage a private land income opportunity while protecting natural resources and minimizing liability and financial risk.

The cost is $20 per copy (bulk discounts available and it is available from the Natural Resource, Agricultural, and Engineering Service (NRAES).

To order, make your check payable to NRAES and mail to NRAES, Cooperative Extension, 152 Riley-Robb Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-5701. (607)255-7654. You can order online at the web site using a credit card. e-mail: NRAES@cornell.edu

Deer as Public Goods and Public Nuisance: Issues and Policy Options in Maryland
October 27, 1997             College Park, MD     (Download or $5 for hard copy)

13 speakers who are experts as different aspects of deer including specific presentations on: deer biology; economic impacts of deer on forests, residential landscapes, and agricultural crops; social values of deer; integrated deer damage management by individuals; deer population management through hunting and alternative means of control; public deer management efforts; and human dimension approaches to citizen input.

This 106-page proceedings provides research-based information of use by individuals, organizations, and agencies throughout the country.

To order a hard copy send a check or money order for $5 to:
Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, 2200C Symons Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-5535 (301) 405-0057.
E-mail: cmason@umd.edu