A student must satisfactorily complete each unit within the course to receive a passing grade. An introduction to silviculture and water resources management. In silviculture students learn about the regeneration and tending of forest stands, study the used various silvicultural treatments used in the Northeast, and are introduced to silvicultural systems in other major forest regions. Lectures and field labs in water resources cover measurements taken at weather stations, snow courses, stream-gauging stations, and other stream sample points. The hydrologic cycle, concept of flow, and the water balance equation are studied in detail.
Students learn the forest management practices used to control erosion and water quality.
A student must satisfactorily complete both units within the course to receive a passing grade. In this course a practical field problem requires students to use professional methods of collecting, analyzing and presenting forest resources inventory data. Inventory of the timber resource and the development of a forest type map are emphasized. Students gain technical competence in timber sale contract administration and basic timber appraisal. Students also learn to administer, locate, design, construct and maintain a forest gravel road.