Forests & Wildfire Publications

Arson

• Arson Alert Association [ 1.6 MB ]
• Woods Arson: Burn and Get Burned [ 344.8 kB ]

Best Management Practices

• Forestry Wildlife Best Management Practices Manual [ 8.4 MB ]
• Silviculture Best Management Practices Manual [ 24.5 MB ]

FFA Forestry Contest Study Materials

• Introduction to Forestry [ 4 MB ]

Fire Safety

• Be Firewise After the Storms [ 1 MB ]
• Mobile Home Fire Safety [ 1.1 MB ]
• Ready, Set, Go! Your Personal Wildfire Action Plan [ 3.1 MB ]
• What to Do If You Encounter Smoke on the Highway [ 495.2 kB ]
• Wildfire Evacuation Plan Is More Than You May Think
• Wildfire Mitigation in South Florida: Understand the Work to Reduce Your Risk [ 1.8 MB ]
• Wildfire: Protect Your Home and Property
• Wildfire Risk Reduction in Florida: Home, Neighborhood and Community Best Practices [ 12.6 MB ]

Environmental Stewardship

• When Nature Is Your Neighbor: How to Be a Responsible Neighbor to Florida's Conservation Lands [ 275.6 kB ]

Forest Health/Pests and Diseases

• Common Causes of Oak Mortality
• Forest Health Fundamentals
• Forest Health Publications
• Fusiform Rust of Pines [ 262.7 kB ]
• Ips Engraver Beetles [ 267.8 kB ]
• Kermes Scales on Oaks [ 135.3 kB ]
• Needlecasts of Pines [ 482 kB ]
• Needle Rusts of Pine [ 250.2 kB ]
• Oak Leaf Blister [ 208.7 kB ]
• Pine Chlorosis & Decline in Florida Landscapes [ 182.4 kB ]
• Sick Trees? Tree Doctoring Has Its Limits . . . Get a Second Informed Opinion
• Southern Pine Beetle

Outdoor Burning

• Know the Law Before Burning Outdoors (English Version) [ 619 kB ]
• Know the Law Before Burning Outdoors (Spanish Version) [ 1.6 MB ]

Prescribed Fire

• Florida's Certified Smoke Management Plan 2014 [ 2.9 MB ]
• Good Fire, Bad Fire [ 584.3 kB ]
• The Natural Role of Fire
• Prescribed Fire in Florida: Strategic Plan 2013-2020 [ 2.6 MB ]

Reforestation

• Tree Improvement in Florida
• Tree Planting: Success or Failure Depends on You

Tree Identification

• Forest Trees of Florida

Tree Protection Manual for Builders and Developers

The Tree Protection Manual for Builders and Developers (published in October 1985) went out of print years ago. Surviving copies of this publication would contain too much obsolete information to be reproduced.

Any recommendations that our agency provides on this topic are based on the book Trees and Development: A Technical Guide to Preservation of Trees During Land Development, written by Nelda Matheny and James R. Clark. You may also wish to consult the appropriate chapter of the Urban Forestry Manual.