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Forest Harvesting and Roads

Analytical Thinking
Critical Thinking

Course Description

Techniques and systems for harvesting and roading forests. Production, cost, quality, safety, and environmental protection measures. Field exercises stress planning of harvesting and road construction operations to achieve desired objectives.

Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
A written report.

Athena Title

Forest Harvesting and Roads

Prerequisite

(FANR 3000 and FANR 3000L) or (FORS 4050/6050 and FORS 4050L/6050L)

Undergraduate Pre or Corequisite

FORS 4010-4010L

Semester Course Offered

Offered fall

Grading System

A - F (Traditional)

Student Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course, students will be able to describe harvesting systems operating in the South and globally
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to analyze harvesting system productivity and cost.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to develop harvest plans that consider environmental, logistical, and financial constraints.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to identify and implement appropriate best management practices on harvest sites.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to locate forest roads and choose appropriate stream crossing structures.
  • By the end of this course, students will be able to communicate professionally.

Topical Outline

  • Introduction and Terminology
  • Felling Methods and Equipment
  • Moving Wood to Roadside on the Ground
  • LAB-Local Logging Operation
  • Delimbing and Bucking
  • Loading and Transportation
  • Cut-to-Length Logging Systems
  • LAB-Truck Weights
  • Cable Logging Systems
  • BMPs & Logging Site Impacts
  • LAB-BMP Compliance Check on Local Logging Operation
  • Systems for Wet Ground, Thinnings, In-Woods Chipping
  • Production Estimation
  • LAB-Analysis of Logger Production Data
  • Hourly Cost Estimation
  • LAB-Cash Flow Analysis of a Logging Business
  • System Balancing and Analysis
  • LAB-System Balancing and Analysis
  • Logging Safety and OSHA
  • Workers Compensation Insurance
  • LAB-OSHA Compliance Check on Local Logging Operation
  • Employer-Employee Relationships, Independent Contractors
  • Contracts for Logging Services and Timber Sales
  • Forest Roads
  • LAB-Whitehall Forest Road Tour
  • Direct Location of Forest Roads
  • Curve Layout and Practice Problems
  • LAB-Curve Layout and Practice Problems
  • Culverts and Drainage Structures
  • Forest Roads Wrap-Up
  • LAB-Road Location Exercise at Whitehall Forest
  • Logging Planning
  • LAB-Forestry Aesthetics
  • Forestry Certification-SFI, FSC, ISO, PEFC, CSA
  • LAB-Harvest Plan for a Local Tract
  • Antitrust Laws

Institutional Competencies

Analytical Thinking

The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.


Critical Thinking

The ability to pursue and comprehensively evaluate information before accepting or establishing a conclusion, decision, or action.


Syllabus

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