Hill Country Landowner's Guide.
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TextSeries: Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment SeriesPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9781603443432
- Land use, Rural -- Environmental aspects -- Texas -- Texas Hill Country -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Landscape protection -- Texas -- Texas Hill Country -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Natural resources -- Management -- Texas -- Texas Hill Country -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- Ecosystem management -- Texas -- Texas Hill Country -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
- 333.7909764/3
- HD211.T4 -- S73 2009eb
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1The Philosophy -- 2The Real Experts -- 3In the Beginning -- 4What Have We Done? -- 5What's the Problem? -- 6Every Case Is Different -- 7Overgrazing -- 8Overbrowsing -- 9Cedar Management -- 10Erosion -- 11Deer -- 12Oak Wilt -- 13Exotics -- 14Riparian Areas -- 15Prescribed Burning -- 16Protecting Your Home from a Wildfire -- 17Restoration -- 18Managing for Songbirds -- 19 Native Grasses -- 20Native Woody Plants -- 21Miscellaneous Topics -- 22How to Manage Your Property Better -- 23Where to Go for Help -- Appendix 1Deer Browse Preferences -- Appendix 2Common and Scientific Hill CountryPlants Names -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
In this invaluable new book, Jim Stanley charts a practical course for understanding and handling a variety of problems that both new and established landowners in the Texas Hill Country will confront-from brush control, grazing, and overpopulation of deer to erosion, fire, and management of exotic animals and plants.
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