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| Course ID: | FORS 4650/6650. 4 hours. | | Course Title: | Forestry Field Camp | Course
Description: | The forestry field camp is an off-campus field practicum for
students majoring in forestry. Field skills will be demonstrated,
practiced, and honed in the forest environment in the areas of
applied silviculture, harvesting, and forest inventory. In
addition, a series of visits to forest products manufacturing and
utilization facilities will provide first-hand knowledge of pulp,
paper, solid wood, and engineered forest products and the
resources required for their manufacture. | | Oasis Title: | Forestry Field Camp | | Nontraditional Format: | The course will be offered over three weeks during the Maymester
of summer session. It will meet eight hours per day from
Monday-Friday. The course will be held in a field/forest
location. There will be one hour of lecture per day (five hours
per week) and six hours of field work per day (thirty per week). | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] | | Graduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | Course Objectives: | Students will gain field skills in the areas of applied
silviculture, harvesting and utilization, and forest
measurements and inventory. The field camp course will prepare
students to:
Prescribe even-aged and uneven-aged regeneration harvests.
Prescribe and mark partial tending harvests, such as thinning,
timber stand improvement cuts, and release.
Identify key weed complexes and prescribe weed control
treatments.
Measure and quantify site index.
Measure and quantify stand density measures.
Identify forest health problems and nutrient deficiencies and
prescribe treatments to mitigate them.
Identify, mark, and prescribe management for streamside
management zones (SMZs) according to best management
practices (BMPs).
Design and mark a timber harvest.
Understand the role of forest products manufacturing and the
forest resources supply/demand in the local and regional
economy.
Scale timber at a wood yard, accounting for weight, volume,
quality and defect.
Understand the basics of pulp, paper, chip-and-saw, sawtimber,
plywood, and engineered forest products manufacturing and the
raw materials required in each process.
Conduct fixed are plot timber cruise.
Conduct a point sample timber cruise.
Conduct inventories for intermediate forest management
decisions.
Prescribe inventory methods and intensity for forest management
information systems, timber/land sale decisions, and other
resource issues. | | Topical Outline: | Week 1 -- Applied Silviculture
Soils, Sites, and Forest Types
Even-aged Management
Harvest/Regeneration systems
Thinning and partial cutting
Intensive management prescriptions
Uneven-aged management
Selection systems
Regulation
Week 2 -- Forest Products and Utilization
Pulp and Paper manufacturing
Solid Products manufacturing
Engineered wood products manufacturing
Woodyard scaling
Forest harvesting and thinning operations
Other forest products and resources
Week 3 -- Forest Measurement and Inventory
Timber cruising
Fixed area plots
Point sampling
Other Resource Inventories | | Honor Code Reference: | The UGA honor code and academic honesty policy will be fully
adhered to. | |
| Course ID: | FORS 4650/6650. 4 hours. |
| Course Title: | Forestry Field Camp |
Course
Description: | The forestry field camp is an off-campus field practicum for
students majoring in forestry. Field skills will be demonstrated,
practiced, and honed in the forest environment in the areas of
applied silviculture, harvesting, and forest inventory. In
addition, a series of visits to forest products manufacturing and
utilization facilities will provide first-hand knowledge of pulp,
paper, solid wood, and engineered forest products and the
resources required for their manufacture. |
| Oasis Title: | Forestry Field Camp |
| Nontraditional Format: | The course will be offered over three weeks during the Maymester
of summer session. It will meet eight hours per day from
Monday-Friday. The course will be held in a field/forest
location. There will be one hour of lecture per day (five hours
per week) and six hours of field work per day (thirty per week). |
| Undergraduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] |
| Graduate Prerequisite: | [(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)] and [(FANR 3200W and FANR 3200L) or (ECOL 3500 and ECOL 3500L) or (ECOL 3505H and ECOL 3505L)] |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will gain field skills in the areas of applied
silviculture, harvesting and utilization, and forest
measurements and inventory. The field camp course will prepare
students to:
Prescribe even-aged and uneven-aged regeneration harvests.
Prescribe and mark partial tending harvests, such as thinning,
timber stand improvement cuts, and release.
Identify key weed complexes and prescribe weed control
treatments.
Measure and quantify site index.
Measure and quantify stand density measures.
Identify forest health problems and nutrient deficiencies and
prescribe treatments to mitigate them.
Identify, mark, and prescribe management for streamside
management zones (SMZs) according to best management
practices (BMPs).
Design and mark a timber harvest.
Understand the role of forest products manufacturing and the
forest resources supply/demand in the local and regional
economy.
Scale timber at a wood yard, accounting for weight, volume,
quality and defect.
Understand the basics of pulp, paper, chip-and-saw, sawtimber,
plywood, and engineered forest products manufacturing and the
raw materials required in each process.
Conduct fixed are plot timber cruise.
Conduct a point sample timber cruise.
Conduct inventories for intermediate forest management
decisions.
Prescribe inventory methods and intensity for forest management
information systems, timber/land sale decisions, and other
resource issues. |
| Topical Outline: | Week 1 -- Applied Silviculture
Soils, Sites, and Forest Types
Even-aged Management
Harvest/Regeneration systems
Thinning and partial cutting
Intensive management prescriptions
Uneven-aged management
Selection systems
Regulation
Week 2 -- Forest Products and Utilization
Pulp and Paper manufacturing
Solid Products manufacturing
Engineered wood products manufacturing
Woodyard scaling
Forest harvesting and thinning operations
Other forest products and resources
Week 3 -- Forest Measurement and Inventory
Timber cruising
Fixed area plots
Point sampling
Other Resource Inventories |
| Honor Code Reference: | The UGA honor code and academic honesty policy will be fully
adhered to. |
Syllabus:
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