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Students will study the principles of management planning with a focus on the ideas and directions beneficial to a practicing forest technician. Beginning at a broad scale, principles applicable to many jurisdictions are discussed. Moving toward a finer operational scale, specific attention is paid to the current forest management direction applied to Crown land in Ontario. The course will consider current social, political and environmental factors, which influence the course of forest management. Building on principles encountered in FW 211 - Forest Operations and FW 312 – Silviculture, students will expand their understanding of sustainability, yield determination, basic principles of forest modeling landscape and stand level spatial constraints, road planning and layout and water crossings. Other ancillary activities such as forest compliance planning, inspection and reporting will also be examined. Students will be made aware of key guidelines such as the Landscape Guide and Stand and Site Guide. |