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Course Code:
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FORE
206
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Calendar Description:
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FORE 206 will provide students with skills and knowledge necessary for jobs in silviculture in British Columbia. FORE 206 is part one of two courses in Silviculture required for graduation from the Forest Resources Technology Program. This course will cover topics extending from harvesting to free-growing including silviculture systems, ecosystem classification, silviculture prescriptions, reforestation (natural and artificial), site preparation, and silviculture surveys. The biological, operational, legislative, and economic factors that affect silvicultural activities and decision-making will be considered.
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Date First Offered:
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2007-09-01
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Hours:
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Total Hours:
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75
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Lecture Hours:
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2
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Field Experience Hours:
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3
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Total Weeks:
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15
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This course is offered online:
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No
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Pre-Requisites:
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FORE 111, FORE 116, or permission of instructor
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Non-Course Pre-Requisites:
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None
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Co-Requisites:
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None
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Rearticulation Submission:
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No
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Course Content:
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- Stand dynamics and forest development patterns.
- Plant requirements for growth and physiological development.
- Physical environment and plant response.
- Artificial and natural regeneration:
species selection,
site factors,
equipment/tools,
safety,
microsite selection,
nursery operations,
seedling production and processing
stock type selection,
handling and transportation,
timing of planting,
density management,
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Learning Outcomes:
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Students will be able to:
Proficiently and safely:
- Plant seedlings
- Evaluate planting quality
- Operate manual/mechanical and chemical vegetation control equipment.
- Classify ecosystems using the biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification approach through diagnosis and interpretation of stand and site conditions.
- Select appropriate silviculture systems for sites given ecological, social and economic considerations.
- Interpret and integrate ecosystem classification with social, economic and environmental factors to prepare a silviculture strategy which deals with silviculture systems choice, and plantation establishment/monitoring.
- Match a site preparation strategy with species selection, and site factors.
- Select vegetation management options that meet stand, site, social, economic and environmental concerns.
- Conduct silviculture surveys (planting quality, plantability, brushing and weeding, and free-growing).
Students will be able to describe, discuss, or examine:
- The role of silviculture in British Columbia.
- The socio-political, economic and environmental factors which pertain to silviculture operations.
- The concepts of the major silvicultural systems.
- Seedling production, processing, transportation and handling techniques.
- The micro-site concept of tree planting.
- Species selection and planting timing issues.
- Site preparation equipment and methods, their effectiveness, costs and impacts.
- The effectiveness, costs and impacts of various vegetation control techniques,
Students will improve:
- Team work skills.
- Interpretive and descriptive skills.
- General field skills.
- Participatory discussion skills.
- Written and oral communication skills.
Performance tasks:
- Mid-term and Final Exam (40%):
Using a variety of testing methods the examinations will evaluate comprehension of:
The role of silviculture in British Columbia.
Biogeoclimatic ecosystem classification.
Socio-political, economic and environmental factors which pertain to silvicultural operations.
The concepts of the major silvicultural systems.
Seedling production, processing, transportation and handling techniques.
The microsite concept of tree planting.
Species selection, and planting timing issues.
Site preparation equipment and methods, their effectiveness, costs and impacts.
The effectiveness, costs and impacts of various vegetation control techniques
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Grading System:
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Letters
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Passing Grade:
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D
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Grading Weight:
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Final Exam:
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25 %
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Midterm Exam:
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15 %
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Lab Work:
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15 %
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Field Experience:
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40 %
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Participation:
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5 %
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Number of Assignments:
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8
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Nature of Participation:
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field and lab sessions
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Writing Assignments:
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8 lab reports
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Course Offered in Other Programs:
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No
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Text Books:
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Optional - Haeussler, S.D., Coates, and Mather, J., 2006, Field Sampling Procedures (www.for.gov.bc.ca)
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Optional - Oliver, C.D., and Larso, B.C., 1996, Forest Stand Dynamics (John Wiley and Sons, Toronto)
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Optional - Barbour, M.G., Burk, J.H., Pitts, W.D., Gilliam, F.S., and Schwartz, M.W., 1999, Terrestrial Plant Ecology (Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., Don Mills)
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