1. FFA Forestry CDE – Elba High School – Mr. Davis

2. A. Tree Diameter (DBH)

3. B. Tree Height

4. C. Pulpwood Card 1.Fill out cards w/ info. 2.Measure DBH 3.Mark DBH
4.Measure Height
5.Mark Height(convert
to feet, 16’=1 log,rounded
to the nearest 1/4 log, 4’)
6.Figure Cu.Ft. w/ chart
7.Add up Cu.Ft. column
for total on 1/5 ac.

5. C. Pulpwood Card(cont..) 8.Write in 1/5 ac total
9.Multiply by 5 to get total
for 1 acre.
10.Divide total Cu.Ft. by
75 to convert to Cords/ac

6. C. Pulpwood Volume Table

7. C. 8 11 9 16 15
1.5
2.75
1.75
3.5 24 44 28 56
5.1
15.8
7.1
40.4
29.9
98.3
491.5
6.55

8. D. Saw timber Card 1.Measure DBH. 2.Write DBH in.(“)
3.Measure Height(logs)
4.Write in to nearest ½
log (8’).
5.Use the saw log chart
to figure the volume(bdft)
6.Repeat 1-5 for all trees
7.Add up all marked trees
for volume on 1/5 ac.
8.Multiply by 5 to get total for 1 acre.

9. D. 15 18 10 20 26 3
3 ½
2 ½ 4
4 ½
121
232 21
346
793
1513
7565

10. E. Timber Stand Improv. (TSI)
25 trees will be done
All within 1/5 ac.
Stand needs some
work.
4. Unmarked trees will
be part of the stand.
5. Information:”wildlife
habitat, markets,
present condition of
stand, and final goal”.
6. Information is given
to help to arrive at a final decision.

11. E. Timber Stand Improv. (TSI)
Example:
Landowner wants to continue to grow pines
on his property by natural regeneration.
He wants to harvest as much timber as
possible now. He is not interested in
hardwoods or wildlife habitat.

12. F. Tree I.D. 3

13. G. Compass Course The course will be laid out starting with
a stick labeled A and going through F.
You must figure out the distance to each
stick and the bearing, given in degrees.
ft.

14. H. Forest Management Rec.
Establish Fire Breaks – A plowed barrier
often made by bulldozer, designed to stop
advancing wildfire. They should be
established around young stands of pines.
(less than 10”dbh). They do not have to
be established where existing firebreaks
or natural barriers exist.

15. H. Forest Management Rec.
Maintain Existing Fire Breaks – Fire
breaks should be maintained each year.
Burnable materials should be removed
from fire breaks prior to the spring and fall
fire seasons.

16. H. Forest Management Rec.
Prescribe Burn – should be applied to
either reduce the danger of wildfire when
the depth of litter is over 2”, to improve
forage resources, to improve wildlife
habitat, to control brown-spot disease on
Longleaf Pine, or to be used as a site
preparation tool.

17. H. Forest Management Rec.
Control Undesirable or Weed Species –
removing undesirable trees and shrubs
that are in competition with desirable trees.
Undesirable vegetation may be removed
by either mechanical means, chemicals, or
prescribed burning.

18. H. Forest Management Rec.
Establish Game Food Plots –
To clear an area to plant foods such as
clover, grain, etc., in order to provide a
food source for certain types of wildlife.

19. H. Forest Management Rec.
Control Erosion –
This practice applies where skid trails,
logging roads, loading sites or other critical
eroding areas need close-growing
permanent vegetation established to
control erosion.

20. H. Forest Management Rec.
Continue to Manage Stand –
Manage in present condition, evaluating
the management needs of the stand on an
annual basis. Stands in this category are
vigorous, well spaced, fast growing stands
composed of desirable species. It would
not be good to clear cut and replant when
a good, well growing stand is already
established.

21. H. Forest Management Rec.
Precommercial Thinning –
Consists of removing overcrowded trees
that are too small to sell so that the
remaining trees can make maximum
growth. Precommercial thinning applies
primarily to natural and direct seeded
stands. Planted stands would not need
thinning unless they have natural
regeneration within them. Needed when
average spacing between trees is 2’ or
less.

22. H. Forest Management Rec.
Harvest Trees Selectively –
This practice is the thinning of
merchantable trees to provide adequate
room for trees to grow and to improve the
quality of the timber stand. Trees that are
either diseased, have insects or insect
damage, or low quality should be removed
in thinnings.

23. H. Forest Management Rec.
Control Insects and/or Diseases –
To end destruction of the forest stand by
insect and diseases by use of chemicals
or mechanical means.

24. H. Forest Management Rec.
Clear Cut – Refers to the removing of all
trees on an area in order to plant trees.
Clear cutting is recommended in the
following situations: (1) when all the trees
of a stand are mature or over mature and it
contains no desirable seed trees, (2) when
the stand is stocked with undesirable
species, (3) when the stand is seriously
damaged by fire, insects, or disease, or
(4) when it is required to regenerate certain
species. Clear cutting is not recommended
on steep lands subject to erosion.

25. H. Forest Management Rec.
Leave Filter Strips Along Streams –
Leaving of vegetation in an area adjacent
to the bands of streams where extra
precaution is necessary in carrying out
forest practices to protect stream band
integrity and water quality. Also called
Streamside Management Zone (SMZ).

26. H. Forest Management Rec.
Prepare Site for Planting –
Prepare land for planting, direct seeding,
or natural reproduction by clearing,
herbicide application, burning, disking,
bedding, windrowing, and/or raking.

27. H. Forest Management Rec.
Plant Recommended Trees –
This practice applies when either tree
planting or direct seeding is needed to
establish a stand of trees. This consists
of either spot planting or planting a new
stand. Areas to be planted should be at
least ¼ acre.

28. H. Forest Management Rec.
Hardwood Regeneration –
A forest stand of hardwoods originating
primarily from stump sprouts, but also
includes cuttings and seeds.

29. H. Forest Management Rec.
1.Write down how
many practices will be
selected(they will tell
you).
2.Select the
appropriate practices.
3.Circle the
corresponding number
on the card (make
sure you have as
many as you are
supposed to).
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