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2.00 Credits
2 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course will cover the basics of interpreting, using and creating maps for a variety of forestry, recreation and natural resource applications. After being introduced to basic map reading skills, such as the use of scales, understanding map symbols and interpreting topographic contours, students will learn how to make basic field sketch maps by hand and progress to using and creating maps with computer software including both Computer- Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). While much of the work will be done at drafting tables and computers, field components will include the use of compasses and maps for navigating in the forest, drawing of field sketch maps, and an introduction to the use of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the field. (1 hour lecture, 2 hours lab).
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2.00 Credits
2 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This course is designed to train forestry students in the operating principles and maintenance of 2-stroke and 4-stroke cycle single cylinder gasoline engines. Lectures, videos, and discussions center on the disassembly, assembly and operating principles of small engines. Students learn the importance of lubricating oils and the application of scheduled maintenance to promote long engine life. (4 hours lab).
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2.00 Credits
2 Credit Hours d.b.a. This course is designed to train forestry students in welding, using oxygen/acetylene cutting, welding and brazing equipment and a variety of electric arc welding processes. Lectures, videos, and discussions are supplemented with applied laboratory activities and experiments. Students are encouraged to learn welding as it applies to future professional plans and the equipment of specific forestry operations. The ability to perform maintenance welding and evaluate the welding of others is emphasized as a potential employment advantage for forestry students. (4 hours lab).
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4.00 Credits
4 Credit Hours Summer Sess. This course is designed to train the student in the efficient and safe operation of sawmill and dry kiln facilities. Students will study the inter-relationships of log grading, log break-down into lumber, lumber grading (hardwood and softwood), and proper stacking procedures. The selection of drying schedules, wood/water relationships, kiln sample selection and monitoring, and kiln control will also be studied. (Four 40-hour weeks). Prerequisite: Sawmill Lecture (FOR 150).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. Students receive instruction and practical laboratory experiences in various phases of greenhouse management. This includes a study of the construction and function of a greenhouse. Students will learn how to propagate annuals and woody plants from seeds and cuttings. The turf study portion of this course is intended to provide students with a working knowledge of how to install and maintain various types of turf grasses. (2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab). Prerequisite: Enrollment in Urban Tree Management Program, or permission of the instructor.
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2.00 Credits
2 Credit Hours Fall Sem. This seven-week course is designed to give students an introduction to some of the most important factors that affect the health of forest ecosystems, especially forest fire, insects, and disease. The overall concept of "forest health" is introduced and important concepts of forest ecology that relate to forest health are covered. The bulk of the course is devoted to coverage of particular issues related to forest fire (effects, behavior, and control), insects and disease (major species, their effects, and control) and other factors, such as pollution and deforestation. (3 hours lecture for 7 weeks).
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4.00 Credits
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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2.00 Credits
2 Credit Hours Summer Sess. This course introduces the skills needed to measure land and timber resources using tools common in the field of forestry. It involves an introduction to orienteering using a hand compass and pacing, and land measurements using a staff compass and two-chain topographic tape. An introduction to individual tree measurements is completed, along with topographic and aerial photographic interpretation. Basic forest sampling and statistical analysis are introduced in preparation for the final project, in which a timber inventory is planned, executed, and analyzed. (Two 40-hour weeks). Prerequisite: Dendrology (FOR 110).
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4.00 Credits
4 Credit Hours Fall Sem. Forest Mensuration II builds on the foundation established in Forest Mensuration I (FOR 240). A variety of timber cruising techniques are discussed, executed, and analyzed, including fixed radius plot sampling, point sampling, timber trespass, continuous forest inventories, and 3-P cruising. Forest inventory skills (e.g., cull identification and estimation, simple linear regression, computer analysis of inventory data and technical report writing) are also emphasized and integrated into field project assignments. The emphasis is on more independent work by students that helps to better simulate working-world conditions and situations, as well as to develop self-confidence and a strong work ethic. (Five 28-hour weeks). Prerequisites: Forest Mensuration I (FOR 240) and Surveying I (SRV 201), or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credit Hours Spring Sem. This course introduces the measurement principles and techniques used in timberland inventory, including the use of technical forestry equipment and computers to set up, perform, compute, and analyze timber cruises of different types to determine volumes of merchantable timber in a given stand. Basic statistics, map and aerial photograph interpretation, land area measurements, and forest inventory skills (e.g., cull identification and estimation, simple linear regression and technical report writing) are emphasized and integrated into field-project assignments. (3 hours lecture, 4 hours lab). Prerequisites: Introduction to Forestry (FOR 101) and Dendrology (FOR 110).
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