| Dates |
Lecture Topic |
Textbook Chapters |
| Aug. 24 |
What is Silviculture? (Notes
- PDF) |
1 |
| Aug. 26 |
Succession - Stages of Development (Notes
1 - PDF) & Disturbance (Notes
2 - PDF) |
|
| Aug. 31 |
Introduction to Silvicultural Systems & Reproduction Methods |
1, 2, 11 |
| Sept. 2, 7 |
Site Preperation (Notes
1 - PDF) & (Notes
2 - PDF) |
6, 8 |
| Sept. 9 |
Artificial Regeneration (Notes
- PDF) |
10 |
| Sept. 14 |
Ecology of Regeneration (Notes
- PDF) |
7, 9, 13 |
| Sept. 16 |
FIRST HOUR EXAM (7 lectures) |
|
| Sept. 21, 23 |
Even-Aged Systems - Clearcut & Seed Tree (Notes
- PDF) |
12, 14 |
| Sept. 28, 30 |
Shelterwood & Two Age (Notes
- PDF) |
14 |
| Oct. 5, 7 |
Uneven-Aged Systems - Selection Methods (Notes
- PDF) |
15 |
| Oct. 12, 14 |
FALL BREAK - No Classes |
|
| Oct. 19 |
No Class |
|
| Oct. 21 |
Required field trip to Bent Creek, NC |
|
| Oct. 26 |
Two Age Systems (Notes
1 - PDF) & Influence of Site Quality |
9 |
| Oct. 28 |
SECOND HOUR EXAM (7 lectures) |
|
| Nov. 2 |
Thinning Methods |
4, 5 |
| Nov. 4 |
Tree Response to Thinning - Initiating a Thinning Program
(Notes - PDF) |
3 |
| Nov. 9 |
Thinning Continued |
5 |
| Nov. 11 |
Crop Tree Release (Notes
- PDF) |
3, 4, 5 |
| Nov. 16 |
Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) & Salvage Cuts (Notes
- PDF) - Chris Oswalt will Lecture
|
3, 4, 5 |
| Nov. 18 |
THIRD HOUR EXAM (5 lectures) |
|
| Nov. 23 |
Quality Hardwood Management (Notes
- PDF) |
19 |
| Nov. 25 |
Thanksgiving Break - No Classes |
|
| Nov. 30 |
Silviculture in Mixed Stands (Notes
- PDF) |
16 |
| Dec. 2 |
Last Day of Class
Herbicides (Notes - PDF)
& Final Exam Review |
|
| Monday, Dec. 12 |
Final Exam - 12:30 - 2:30 |
|
