Trees are graded for their potential as growing stock. This is an introductory course to the analysis of digitized spatial data. Students practise basic skills in manipulating and presenting data with emphasis on applications in natural resources management. The core of this course is to learn to identify logs in mill yards, standing trees in the forest in their winter condition, and wood product. The course emphasizes methods and techniques of forest inventories, analysis of data and auditing of work.
Students practise log scaling in the field.
This course examines the specifications and processes used in Canada to convert raw timber resources into various products. The class makes field visits to primary and secondary manufacturing sites, i.e., pulp and paper, veneer, lumber, poles, and fibreboard. Systems of wood supply and product marketing are studied. The course emphasizes developing skills to prepare prescriptions for managing forest stands and ecosystems. This course explores the equipment, layout, and procedures employed in different harvesting systems.