FOR 235 - Timber Harvesting

Institution:

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

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Description:

4 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course is designed to develop not only an awareness of the techniques, operations and safety implications involved in felling, skidding, bucking, and marketing forest products, but also the communication and problem-solving skills and self-confidence needed to work effectively in most timber extraction situations. This course typically has a commercial operation in an area which the students have cruised in the Forest Mensuration (FOR 241) block; thus they have sufficient information available with which to develop and then implement the harvest plan from the forester's perspective and the woods worker's point of view. This includes estimation of fiber to be extracted, marketing of the trees to be removed, cutting down the trees using the OSHA-approved Swedish Felling Technique, skidding of the trees with College-owned equipment, and bucking the stems in a manner deemed to be the highest and best use for fiber. The communication skills are highlighted by meetings with various professionals in the field to see how the real world functions. (Five 28-hour weeks). Prerequisites: Introduction to Forestry (FOR 101) and Silviculture (FOR 260), or permission of the instructor.

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4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.paulsmiths.edu

Phone Number:

(518) 327-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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