Online Classes
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Forest Management: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Best Management Practices
- Managing for long-term profitability
- Forest ecology & wildlife
Level 1: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Protective equipment
- Parts of saw, settings and proper sharpening
- Saw inspection and safety procedures
- Benefits of controlled felling
- Bore cutting
Level 2: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Establishing the notch and hinge
- Use of felling wedges
- Tree height and lean, and planning escape route
- Chain filing and bar care
- Cutting spring poles
- Each participant fells a tree
Level 3: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Calculating tree lean limits
- Advanced cutting and wedging techniques
- Bucking and limbing methods
- Each participant fells a tree
Level 4: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Advance felling
- Planning efficient harvest layouts
- Use of other powered forest management tools
- Final evaluation and scoring
- Each participant fells a tree