Forestry Tools

Backpack Fire Pump

• This hand operated pump can be used to extinguish small areas of burning grass for wildfires.

• 5 gallons

Bark Gauge

• Measures bark thickness• A large wooden handle (bulb shaped) is used to drive the

gauge into the bark by hitting it with the palm of your hand. • A scale on the handle goes from 0 to 2 1/2" to measure the

thickness of the bark.

Chainsaw

• Used to fell trees, prune branches, and cut up logs

Chaps

• To protect the users legs from injury• Snake bites, briars and thorns• Rain, snow and mud• fire

Fire Rake

• Used for raking fire lines to mineral soil, digging, rolling burning logs and cutting grass, leaves, needles and other light ground litter during controlled burns and wildfires.

Fire Swatter (flap)

• For smothering fires in grass, straw and low weeds• to control or direct flames during controlled burns

or in conjunction with mop-up details after fires.

Diameter Tape

• When wrapped around the trunk of a tree, provides readings of trees diameter

Drip Torch

• Used to widen fuelbreaks by burning out fuels between the break and the oncoming fire

• used in wildfire suppression, controlled burning, and other forestry applications to intentionally ignite fires.

Fire Weather Kit

• Used to measure wind up to 60 mph speed, a compass for direction and location of fire, humidity, temperature and a 100-page notebook and mechanical pencil

Hand Compass

• Used to navigate to known locations and to determine ones location

Increment Borer

• Used to extract cores of wood from trees to determine growth rate and age with minor injury to the tree

Log Rule

• Used to measure logs and determine board foot volume

Loggers Tape

• Used to measure tree diameter as well as ground distance

Plastic Flagging

• Used to mark utility lines and plot corners

Pulaski Forest Axe

• Designed for chopping, grubbing, and digging fire lines in brush filled or rocky terrain

Safety Goggles

• Protects eyes

Safety Hat

• Protects from falling material

Tree Caliper

• Used to measure trees diameter

Planting Bar/Hoe

• Used to create a slot in which to plant tree seedlings

Tree Stick

• Use to determine number of logs in a tree, diameter, height, and volume to scale logs

Wedge Prism

• To help determine tree spacing

Altimeter

• Measures height of trees and to measure slope• Also help verify ones location. More accurate than a GPS receiver

for measuring altitude.

Canthook

• Used to roll and position logs

Clinometer

• Used to measure height of trees, slopes, and vertical angles

Data Recorder

• Used to electronically store data in the field to transfer back to the office

Densiometer

• Used to help estimate the spacing of trees and to determine when thinning practices are needed

Dot Grid

• Used to calculate acreage

Planimeter

• Used to determine acreage from aerial photo or map

Relaskop

• Used to measure tree height, diameter, and basal area

Soil Sampler

• Used to remove cores of soil to determine soil type and other soil attributes

Staff Compass

• Used in surveying, much more accurate than a hand compass

Stereoscope

• Used to observe and measure slope and aerial photos

Tally Book

• Height, diameter, and number of trees are recorded when cruising

Tally Meter

• Used in cruising, tree survival checks, and other times when items are being counted

Tree Marking Gun

• Used to squirt paint on trees to be removed during thinning or other operations

Wheeler Caliper

• Used to measure diameter and height of trees

Fiberglass Measuring Tape

• Used to measure distance in meters or feet

Flow/current Meter

• Used to determine water velocity in streams

GPS Receiver

• Determines exact longitude/latitude position

Hand Lens/Field Microscope

• Used to help identify items in the field

Hip Chain

• Used to determine distance by tying the end of the string to an object and walking

Hypo-Hatchet

• Used to selectively kill undesirable trees in a forest without harming other trees

Ph Meter

• Used to determine the PH

Plant Press

• Used to flatten leaves and other plant parts for preservation as part of a collection

Soil test Kit

• Used to determine soil properties such as PH and the relative abundance of various minerals

Survey Instrument

• Used to determine slope

Water Sampler

• Used to remove a small quantity of water for use in testing its quality

Water Test Kit

• Used to determine water quality in terms of such measures as dissolved oxygen, temperature, Ph, and turbidity