Download FRST 305 - Regeneration Silviculture

FRST 557 - Site Level Forest Land Management - DRAFT
Schedule
Lectures
M,W,F
Labs/Tutorials T, Th
Seminar
F
9 am
FSC 1002
1 pm – 5 pm FSC 2430 or in field
11 am
FSC 2430
Fall 2015
Instructor
Date
Topics
Introduction and Background
Mitchell/
DeLong
Tues.
Sept 8
FSC 2430 Debrief on FRST 555; FRST 557 Course
introduction; Introduction to Site Planning project
Mitchell
Wed.
Sept. 9
Nature of silviculture. Scope of regeneration silviculture;
Physiological and ecological principles of regeneration;
microsite. Criteria for species selection
DeLong
Thur.
Sept 10
Project Management FSC 2430 (in FRST 556 tutorial slot 9 –
11 am)
Maedel
Thur
Sept 10
GIS Tutorial 1, 1 pm to 5 pm FSC 2430
Mitchell
Fri.
Sept. 11
Alternate applications of silviculture – Forest restoration,
ecological engineering, non-timber forest products.
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Sept. 11
Seminar
Overview of fall term. Speakers, Job Shadowing, CIF
Maedel
Fri. Sept. 11
GIS Tutorial 2, 1 pm to 5 pm FSC 2430
Stand Dynamics, Stand Tending and Silviculture
Systems
Larson
Mon.
Sept. 14
Natural disturbances and silviculture systems: do we want to
emulate nature?
DeLong/
Mitchell
Tues. Sep. 15
Campus trees; Visit to UBC Farm; Christmas trees, NTFPs,
Stand development
Larson
Wed.
Sept. 16
Tree growth and stand development (from a silviculture point
of view)
Larson/
DeLong
Thur.
Sept 17
FSC 2430 Tutorial 1 - Simulating stand dynamics using
lollipops
Tutorial 2 - Thinking like a forester
Larson
Fri.
Sept. 18
Intermediate operations (thinning, pruning, fertilization)
1
DeLong/
Maedel/
Saunders
Fri. Sept. 18
Seminar
FSC 2430 House – keeping 11 am; Conflict resolution 1 pm
to 5 pm
Larson
Mon.
Sept. 21
Uneven-age management (single tree and group selection)
Larson/
DeLong
Tues. Sep. 22
FSC 2430 Tutorial Using Stand Density Management
Diagrams
Larson
Wed.
Sept. 23
Even-age management (shelterwood and clearcut)
Larson/
DeLong
Thur.
Sept 24
FSC 2430 Tutorial – Overview of GY models; Using TIPSY
Larson
Fri. Sep. 25
Ecosystem management and variable retention; Risk
management
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Sept. 25
Seminar
Tree Walk 11 am to 1 pm
DeLong/
Rossouw
Fri. Sept. 25
FSC 2430 Conflict resolution 11:30 am – 5:00 pm
Operations and Timber Products
Lyons
Mon
Sep. 28
Scope of Forest Operations module, Forest Roads
Delong/
Lyons
Tues.
Sep. 29
FSC 2430 1 – 2 pm Mid-term Quiz 1 (Silviculture Part 1)
FSC 2430 2 – 5 pm Operations Tutorial
Lyons
Wed.
Sep. 30
Forest Roads
DeLong/
Lyons/
Mitchell
Thur.
Oct. 1
FSC 2430 or MKRF - Operations
Lyons
Fri.
Oct. 2
Harvesting Systems
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 2
Seminar
Tablet/Smartphone workshop (11 am to 5 pm, FSC 2430 and
outdoors)
2
Lyons
Mon.
Oct 5
Harvesting Systems
Lyons
Tues.
Oct. 6
FSC 2430 – Operations
Lyons
Wed.
Oct. 7
Transportation Systems
DeLong/
Lyons/
Mitchell
Thur.
Oct. 8
FSC 2430 or MKRF
Lyons
Fri.
Oct. 9
Transportation Systems
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 9
Seminar
TBA - Check Calendar for Details
Lyons/
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 9
12:30 pm - 5 pm Call-grading, UBC Farm
Mon.
Oct. 12
Thanksgiving – No Classes
Tues. Oct. 13
FSC 2430
Lyons
Wed.
Oct. 14
Midterm Quiz 2 - Operations
Maedel
Thur.
Oct. 15
FSC 2430 – GIS Tutorial
Mitchell
Fri.
Oct. 16
Urban Forestry
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 16
Seminar
FSC 2430 TBA
Lyons/
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 16
12:30 pm - 5 pm Call-grading, UBC Farm (If extra time is
needed)
Forest Health
Carroll
Mon.
Oct. 19
Forest health – a working definition; Insects and forest health;
Population dynamics; Population processes – determinants of
change
Carroll
Tues.
Oct. 20
FRST 2340 Identification: major forest insect disturbance
agents of western North America
3
Carroll
Wed.
Oct. 21
Integrated pest management; Sampling; Economic injury
levels; Economic thresholds; Forest pest management
strategies and tactics
Mitchell/
DeLong/
Maedel
Thur.
Oct. 22
1 pm – 5 pm FSC 2430, FSC 2430 Preparation for MKRF SP
visit; GIS/GPS Stratification
Carroll
Fri.
Oct. 23
Global change – invasive species, climate change and forest
insect disturbances; Carbon dynamics, disturbance and
feedbacks
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 23
Seminar
11:00 am MKRF Field Trip Preparation
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Oct. 23
Soils Workshop FSC 2430 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Mitchell/
DeLong
Mon.
Oct. 26
MKRF Site Plan Project – Chronosequence, target stands
and silviculture treatments; Recce SP site
Mitchell/
DeLong/
Larson
Tues. Oct. 27
MKRF Site Plan Project – SP site assessment, mapping
Mitchell/
DeLong
Wed.
Oct. 28
MKRF Site Plan Project – SP site road layout, target stands,
treatments
Mitchell/
DeLong
Thur.
Oct. 29
MKRF Visit operations and implemented SP’s; remeasure
plots.
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri.
Oct. 30
MKRF Site Plan Project – SP Presentation and field defense.
Hamelin
Mon.
Nov. 2
Forest disease concepts; disease triangle; biotic vs abiotic
causes; recognizing causal agents: root diseases, decay
fungi, rusts, dwarf mistletoes, foliar diseases
Hamelin
Tues.
Nov. 3
FSC 2430 Diagnostics of tree pathogens
Hamelin
Wed.
Nov. 4
Diagnostic and control; landscape and tree disease
symptoms; phytosanitary measures; prevention; silvicultural
control; genetic resistance; biocontrol.
DeLong/
Mitchell
Thur.
Nov. 5
FSC 2430 Team SP meetings with Deb and Steve
Regeneration Silviculture
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DeLong
Fri.
Nov. 6
Review of conifer reproductive biology; variability in seed
production; seed production in conifers; predicting seed
production; assessing cone and seed maturity; cone and
seed health; cone collecting; cone and seed processing and
storage; administration of seed
DeLong
Fri. Nov. 6
Seminar
TBA - Check Calendar for Details
DeLong
Mon.
Nov. 9
Mid-term Quiz 3 - Forest Health
El-Kassaby
Tues. Nov. 10
FSC 2430 Guest lecture - Genetics - Importance of genetic
management in forestry applications; provenance testing;
seed transfer guidelines basic concepts in tree breeding;
heritability; predicting genetic gain; the tree improvement
cycle; parent and progeny testing; breeding for economic
traits, insect and disease resistance. Climate change
adaptation
Wed.
Nov. 11
Remembrance Day – No Classes
Mitchell
Thur.
Nov. 12
Tree Biology Workshop
DeLong
Fri.
Nov. 13
Germination ecology and constraints to natural regeneration;
seed dispersal behaviour; seedbed; environmental
conditions, pests; natural regeneration patterns; seedseedling ratios; case studies Advanced regeneration; release
and recruitment; vegetative reproduction.
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Nov. 13
Seminar
TBA - Check Calendar for Details
Mitchell
Mon.
Nov. 16
Introduction to nursery practice; the growth cycle; phases in
nursery production - bareroot and container; mechanisms of
seed dormancy and breaking dormancy; seed testing; bed
preparation and sowing; control of shoot and root
morphology; stock types; dormancy induction; frost hardiness
and stress resistance; lifting, storage, and preparing for
planting; stock quality assessment; predicting field
performance.
Mitchell
Tues. Nov. 17
FSC 2430 Introduction to silviculture treatments;
The seedling microsite, and an overview of its manipulation
through site preparation. Planting spots and their distribution;
mechanical site preparation; site degradation; equipment,
alternatives, use and abuse. Site Prep and Brushing videos
Mitchell
Wed.
Nov. 18
Stock handling and tree planting protocols; importance of root
configuration, timing and planting spot selection
5
Mitchell/
DeLong
(Larson)
Thur.
Nov. 19
FSC 2430 1:00- 2:45 pm The Forest Game. Work with team
on SP project.
Mitchell
Fri.
Nov. 20
Succession and plant competition; modes of interference;
competition assessment and thresholds. Introduction to forest
herbicides; public health and environmental concerns;
herbicide regulation.
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Nov. 20
Seminar
TBA - Check Calendar for Details
Mitchell
Mon.
Nov. 23
Major forest herbicides and their modes of action; selectivity;
application techniques, worker safety Plantation release using
manual methods; tools and timing; biological control; sheep
Hinch
Tues. Nov. 24
Fish ecology and management?
Mitchell
Wed.
Nov. 25
Monitoring and adaptive management;
DeLong
Thur. Nov. 26
FSC 2430 Work with team on SP project.
Fri.
Nov. 27
Mitchell/
DeLong
Fri. Nov. 27
Seminar
Debrief on Fall term
Mon.
Nov. 30
DeLong
Tues. Dec. 1
Larson
Wed.
Dec. 2
Thur. Dec. 3
Instructors/
Guests
Larson
DeLong/
Mitchell
Fri.
Dec.4
Dec. ??
FSC 2430 Work with team on SP project.
FSC 2430 – SP Presentations and Defense
Silviculture planning. Course Wrap-Up
FINAL EXAMINATION
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