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1001

Fall 2011

Quote of the Day

“I urge no [person] to make forestry [their] profession, but rather keep away from it if [they] can. In forestry a [person] is either altogether at home or very much out of place. Unless [they] have a compelling love for the Forester’s life and the Forester’s work, let him keep out of it” – Gifford Pinchot

Housekeeping Items

Lab write-upsNo particular format

Type answers, but can hand write out calculations

Lab bus leaves at 12:30

Must have your OWN compass this Thursday

Dr. John A. Kershaw, Jr.

Office: 200B Forestry and Geology (across from student lounge)

453-4933(office phone)

455-3065(home phone < 9pm)

email: kershaw@unb.ca

email: forestry1001@gmail.com

Skype: jak5280

Office Hours:

Whenever my door is open

By Appointment & Facebook

Text Books

Forest Mensuration 4th edition

Husch, Beers and Kershaw

(may use text during indoor tests)

Trees in Canada

Farrar (recommended)

Field Equipment ListGood quality boots (safety preferred)

Appropriate Clothing

Ranger Compass

Diameter-Tape

Angle Gauge

Clipboard

Pencils

Calculator

Rite-in-the-Rain Paper

Course Objectives

• The main objective of Forestry 1001 is to assist students in developing skills necessary to become professional foresters and resource managers.

• A successful professional is not only a person who possesses technical knowledge but also someone who is a reflective practitioner.

Course Objectives

• use common forestry equipment to obtain basic forest measurements

• summarize field data into meaningful stand and forest level information

• integrate field data, technical knowledge and professional judgment to solve common forestry problems

Course Delivery

Tuesday Lecture on Mensuration Theory and Data Summary and Analyses, Exercises and mini-problems related to current week’s topic

Thursday (most weeks)Field Lecture on Mensuration Techniques

Field Exercises

Problem Solving Data Collection

Course Grades

• Lab Reports (about 9)

• Midterms (2) – Oct 2, Nov 1

• Field Tests (2q & 1F)

• Tree ID Tests (2)

• Species Report & Final Twig Key

• Problems (1)

• Field Notes

• Integrated (Final) Exam (1)

Forestry 1001 Webpage

• http://ifmlab.for.unb.ca/People/Kershaw/Courses/For1001/

index.html

• Announcements

• Lab handouts

• Syllabus and Course Schedule

• Additional Course Materials

• Links to Mensurational Resources

Species Report

• Sign-up sheet on hand-in box

• Brief report (2 pages max)– Meaning of scientific name and the family it

belongs to

– Brief biography of naming authority

– Habitat (where it grows/competes best)

– Ecological importance

– Historic and current uses

• Due: September 22nd

Forest Mensuration

The art and science of measuring, sampling and analyzing forest

resources to solve forestry problems

What is Forest Mensuration?

Measurement and Quantification of Forest Resources

Analysis and Presentation of Forest Structure Information

Role of Forest Mensuration in Forest Management

• If you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it

• Good management decisions require good data

What is a Measurement?

What is Forest Structure?

Forest Structure is the size and spatial distribution of tree species within a forest or stand.

A Stand is a group of trees that have similar structural characteristics and are distinctly different from those surrounding.

A Forest is a collection of stands.

A View from the Past

A More Recent View

A closer look1952 1982

Is this a forest?

What about this?

Forest are Dynamic Systems

Sometimes things happen quickly

Natural Disturbances

Human Induced Disturbances

Stand Structure

• Size and spatial distribution of tree species

• Components– Where the trees are

– What the trees are

– How big the trees are

What is Problem Solving?

Design Process

A framework for moving from where you are to where you want to be

What is a Problem?

Exercise - A situation where you do not know the answer, but do know an algorithm for obtaining the answer

Problem - A situation where you not only don’t know the answer, but also do not know an algorithm for obtaining the answer

Problem Solving Process

Problem Definition

Solution Strategy

Solution Implementation

Solution Evaluation

A Walk in the Woods