Best Management Practices Poplar Manual For Agroforestry Applications in Minnesota
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J.G. Isebrands
Environmental Forestry Consultants, LLC
New London, WI 54961
September, 2007
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Contents
Part I
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- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Advanced Planning
- Site Selection and Suitability
Part II
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- Plantation Design
- Windbreaks/shelterbelts/timberbelts
- Animal confinements
- Livestock waste disposal
- Riparian buffers
- Block plantings
- Biomass/energy plantings
- Wellhead designs
- Other agroforestry practices
- Phytoremediation
- Site Preparation
- Year one
- Year two – Year of planting
- Plant Material Selection – Species and Clones
- Introduction and caution
- Poplar clones
- Willows and prairie plants
- Agricultural crops for Agroforestry
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Part III
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- Planting Methods
- Planting stock
- Time of planting
- Planting
- Planting Maintenance
- Weed control
- Planting protection
- Insects
- Diseases
- Animal browsing
- Fertilization
- Irrigation
- Thinning
- Pruning
- Coppicing
- Organic poplar farming practices
- Harvest
- Overview
- Post harvest options
- Utilization Opportunities
- Growth and yield of poplars in Minnesota
- Traditional wood products
- Pulp and paper
- Solid wood products
- Composite products
- Bioenergy 33
- Animal feed products
- Agroforestry benefits
- Intangible products
- Soil erosion control
- Protection
- Wildlife benefits
- Livestock operations benefits
- Emerging opportunities
- Carbon sequestration
- Phytoremediation
- Other opportunities
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Part IV
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- Economics
- References
- Useful Websites – Links
- List of Tree Nurseries
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Part V
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- List of Prairie Seed Nurseries
- List of Photos
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
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