FORESTRY 313
                                                            HARVESTING FOREST CROPS

The objective of this course is to examine timber harvest engineering methods, tree and log sale layouts, and development of timber sale contracts.  Field trips will focus on methods used to cruise timber, to evaluate log value, and to harvest timber.  Environmental considerations of harvesting will be addressed.

Instructor:   John Phelps
Office:  Room 184C

About the course:

Lectures will cover material in the text and from additional readings.  Field trips will be conducted on Monday afternoon during the semester.   Field trips will include the following (tentative):  Road building, timber sales, timber cruising (softwoods and hardwoods), log scaling in log yards, and logging operations.  A fee of $25.00 is required to cover the costs of the vans.  This must be paid to Bonnie Middleton before the first field trip.

Textbook:  Logging Practices:  Principles of Timber Harvesting Systems, Revised    Edition by Steve Conway.   Miller Freeman Publishing, Inc.

Additional reading: "A Guide to Logging Aesthetics"; "The Timber Producer"; "The Logger and Lumberman"; "Timberman and Trucker"; "A Guide to Harvesting    Small Diameter Timber"; Log Grading material.  All available in the    reading room.

Grading system: Two one-hour exams - 100 points each
Final exam - 150 points

Grading scale:  90 to 100 - A
80 to 89 - B
70 to 79 - C
60 to 69 - D

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