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Results: 42 Publications found
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A Homeowner’s Guide to Northeastern Bats and Bat Problems
This 28-page publication describes the important role that bats play in our environment and explains what to do if you find yourself sharing living quarters with them. It also discusses the reality behind the most commonly held misconceptions surrounding these beneficial mammals. It includes information on bat-proofing materials and bat box construction plans.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH081
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Agricultural Water Use in the Allegheny/Monongahela/Ohio River Basins
2002 agricultural water use regulations in the Allegheny, Monongahela, and/or Ohio River basins. Note: Available in PDF only; not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Catalog Number:
F-201
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Bat-Free Belfries: A Guide to Bat Proofing
$35.00
This video explores the role of bats in northeastern ecosystems and highlights the need for their protection and management. It gives detailed guidelines on dealing with a single bat or a colony of bats in a building, identifying bat entrances, sealing buildings to prevent bat access, and providing alternative roosts—bat boxes—for displaced maternity colonies to occupy. The program is intended for homeowners seeking solutions to a bat problem, county extension agents, pest control operators, and wildlife conservation officers confronted with bat nuisance complaints. (VHS-23:00) To order this video, call 814-863-2822; do not contact the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
L37073VH
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Biodiversity: Our Living World
Our survival depends on the web of life created by the interactions of the millions of different animals, plants, fungi, and other microscropic organisms that share the earth with us. Together, all of these species make up "biodiversity." This 20-page, richly illustrated publication details how our lives and our economy depend on biodiversity, and the current risks that threaten many of the world's species.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
UF017
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Environment and Ecology Series: Threatened, Endangered & Extinct
This full-color publication is part of the Environment and Ecology Series, which is intended for third- and fourth-grade students. The fourth in the series, this one focuses on the difference between threatened, endangered, and extinct and how species adapt to their changing environment.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH185
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Farmlands and Wildlife of Pennsylvania and the Northeast: Developing a Wildlife Management Plan for Your Property
$9.00
This 72-page, full-color publication emphasizes the importance of agriculture in maintaining habitat for our region's wildlife. It is also meant as a guide to farmland wildlife for landowners, habitat management methods and their benefits, methods of wildlife damage control, sources of financial assistance for habitat projects, and additional educational resources.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
AGRS-104
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Landowners Guide to Wildlife Control and Prevention Laws in Pennsylvania
This four-page publication provides basic information for Pennsylvania landowners regarding their rights to control nuisance wildlife.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH140
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Management Practices for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat
By enhancing wildlife habitat on your property, you can improve the habitat quality for wildlife while increasing wildlife viewing and recreational opportunities. This 12-page publication offers brief and general descriptions of the most common habitat management practices for wildlife.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH107
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 1: Wildlife–Habitat Relationships
Both the general habitat type and the specific features of the habitat help to determine the wildlife species found in an area. This eight-page fact sheet describes some of the most important wildlife-habitat relationships to help you determine which species may be present on your property and how to improve the habitat for certain types of species. Additional fact sheets in this series describe specific management practices.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH104
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 10: Neighborly Natural Landscaping: Creating Natural Environments in Residential Areas
Homeowners across America are changing the face of the typical American lawn. Using gardening and landscaping practices that harmonize with nature, they are diversifying their plantings, improving wildlife habitat, and reducing lawnmower noise, air and water pollution, and yard waste. This eight-page publication provides strategies for the natural landscape homeowner who is looking for neighborly ways to garden for nature.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH142
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 11: Winter Bird Feeding: The Basics
Feeding birds is a great way to brighten a dreary winter day. It's also a never-ending source of entertainment and enjoyment. Action, color, drama, song—it's all there at your backyard bird feeder. This eight-page publication covers different types of birds, food and feeders, bird seed and other foods, feeder placement, landscaping for birds, and more.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH151
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 12: Warm-Season Grasses and Wildlife
Warm-season grasses, prairie grasses native to Pennsylvania, are planted for wildlife habitat, erosion control, and for use as pasture and hay. This publication outlines the importance of planting these bunch grasses for wildlife habitats, controlling weeds while establishing the grasses, and maintaining the grasses for agricultural and wildlife use. [
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH158
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 13: Managing Habitat for American Kestrels
American kestrels are small birds of prey that can co-exist with humans if given the right habitat. From this fact sheet, number 13 in the Pennsylvania Wildlife series, landowners can learn about the identification, biology, habitat requirements of American kestrels. Tips on management practices are also provided.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH159
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 14: Water for Wildlife: Bird Baths and Backyard Ponds
Adding a bird bath to your yard is the easiest way to provide drinking and bathing water for birds. This 8-page publication provides information on bird baths and backyard ponds with sections on creating a simple backyard pond, choosing materials for your pond, adding plants to your pond, and caring for and maintaining your bird bath and pond.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH160
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Pennsylvania Wildlife 15: Vernal Ponds: Seasonal Habitats for Wildlife
Vernal pinds are temporary wetlands that fill after the snowfall each spring. This six-page fact sheet focuses on recognition, ecological importance, and protection of vernal ponds.
Department:
School of Forest Resources
Catalog Number:
UH161
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