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Publications Relating to Windbreaks and Shelterbelts

Updated 05/08/2013

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Publications Types
Technical Notes
Major Publications
Plant Fact Sheets
Plant Guides
Release Brochure
Information Brochures and Flyers
Other Publication Types

Technical Notes

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)

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)

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)

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

Trees and Shrubs Tested in Western North Dakota and South Dakota. (PDF; 1,575K) Mike Knudson. 2010. USDA, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. January 2010. 32p. (ID# 9423)

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

Warm-Season Grass Cover Between Tree Rows. (PDF; 350 KB) Tober, Dwight; Craig Stange; and Wayne Duckwitz. 2006. USDA, NRCS, Bismarck, ND. March 2011. 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

Hunter Germplasm ponderosa pine release brochure. (PDF; 146K) Scianna, J.D. 2013. Bridger PMC, Bridger PMC. 2013. 2p. (ID# 11682)

Trapper Germplasm western snowberry brochure. (PDF; 193K) Scianna, J.D. 2013. Bridger PMC, Bridger PMC. 2013. 2p. (ID# 11683)

'Cardan' Green Ash. (PDF; 300K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2012. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11307)

'Homestead' Arnold Hawthorn. (PDF; 296K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2012. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11303)

'Oahe' Hackberry. (PDF; 392K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2012. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. August 2012. 2p. (ID# 11301)

Prairie Harvest Germplasm hackberry. (PDF; 1,231K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2010. USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. September 2010. 2p. (ID# 9902)

Riverview Germplasm American black currant. (PDF; 1,515K) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2010. USDA- NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, ND. September 2010. 2p. (ID# 9903)

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

Information Brochures and Flyers

Announcing the Release of Prairie Harvest Germplasm Hackberry. (PDF; 203k) Bismarck Plant Materials Center. 2010. USDA, NRCS Plant Materials Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. January 2010. 1p. (ID# 9424)

Plot Guide - Tree Evaluation Plots, Bottineau, North Dakota. (PDF; 277 KB) 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)

Other Publication Types

Windbreaks: For New Employees. (PDF; 1.9 MB) Houck, M. 2004. USDA-NRCS Knox City Plant Materials Center, 41p. (ID# 5769)

Windbreaks: Their Use. (PDF; 2.15 MB) Houck, M. 2004. USDA-NRCS Knox City Plant Materials Center, 41p. (ID# 5584)