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Spring 2021 | FNRM 5431 Section 001: Timber Harvesting and Road Planning (52666)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 2 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Partially Online
- Class Attributes:
Delivery Mode
- Enrollment Requirements:
- Graduate Student
- Meets With:
FNRM 3431 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 01:55PM - 02:45PM
UMTC, St Paul
Green Hall 110
Mon,
Wed 01:55PM - 02:45PM
UMTC, St Paul
UMN ONLINE-HYB
- Enrollment Status:
Open (1 of 5 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Introduction to forest operations. Terminology, basic engineering, equipment and harvesting system options, productivity/costs. Relationship to forest management and silviculture. Road planning, forest management guidelines, approaches for mitigating potential impacts to forest resources. Environmental implications of method/equipment choices. Selling timber. Sale design, layout, and administration. One all-day field trip. prereq: grad student
- Class Notes:
- This course will include an all-day field trip to northern Minnesota on January 27, 2021.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to timber harvesting and road planning. The course begins by reviewing timber harvesting equipment. With that background, we visit several active timber harvesting operations during a one-day field trip. We then explore some basic concepts about logging costs and productivity before discussing road and timber sale planning. This course is primarily intended for upper division students in the Forest Ecosystem Management and Conservation specialization within the Forest Resources curriculum. Course information is also pertinent to anyone interested in timber harvesting, soils, conservation of natural resources, and road or trail building. Introduction to forest operations. Terminology, basic engineering, equipment and harvesting system options, productivity/costs. Relationship to forest management and silviculture. Road planning, forest management guidelines, approaches for mitigating potential impacts to soil/water resources. Environmental implications of method/equipment choices. Selling timber. Sale design, layout, and administration. Two all-day field trips.
- Grading:
- 24% Midterm Exam
18% Final Exam
10% Reports/Papers
10% Special Projects
33% Written Homework
5% In-class Presentations
- Exam Format:
- All three exams are a mixture of True/False, short answer, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions.
- Class Format:
- 55% Lecture
5% Film/Video
5% Discussion
5% Small Group Activities
15% Student Presentations
10% Field Trips
5% Guest Speakers
- Workload:
- 20 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
3 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
6 Homework Assignment(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/52666/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 18 November 2013
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2021 Forest and Natural Res. Mgmt. Classes