Ralph Eads

Ralph Eads served as a District Forester for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for almost 37 years. He worked in Northwestern Illinois . He retired in December 2007, and, while planning on doing some forestry consulting, looks forward to spending more time traveling, hunting, and fishing.

To view a pdf version of the Iowa State University Extension publication F-374, "Become a Tree Detective" click here. (781 KB)

To view a pdf version of the Iowas State University Extension publication 1384,
"Identification of Hardwoods" click here. (125 KB)

To view a pdf version of a tree identification powerpoint (Mark Vitosh, 2006), click here. (3.34 MB)