Introduction
Silviculture is a great field to be in:
- Knowledge can be applied to create the forest of tomorrow
- In a year, 50 years, 100 years, 200 years
- Forests take time to grow
- Silviculture is currently changing
- First Nations, Policy, Technology, Tools
- Silviculture is crucial to challenges towards forestry
- Climate change
- Wildfires
- Pest outbreaks
- Smart people (like me) are needed to go into the field
Emphasis
This is a professional course for the professional RPF designation meaning that there is a strong emphasis on BC.
The following will be covered:
- Tree growth and stand development
- Applied forest ecology principles
- Silviculture systems
- Site preperation and stand establishment techniques
- Regeneration, reforestation, and tree improvement
- Stand tending
After this course, you will be able to:
- Summarize stand dynamics for difference disturbance regimes
- Explain how tree growth and species mixtures influence stand development
- Describe silvicultural systems, treatments, and reforestation techniques
- Apply measurement techniques and stand description
- Examine forest stands and evaluate suitability of treatment options for a silvicultural prescription
- produce a report outlining a basic silvicultural prescription
Evaluation
| Component | % | Detail |
|---|
| Professionalism | 5 | |
| Assignment | 20 | |
| Final Project | 30 | |
| Quizzes | 15 | |
| Final Exam | 30 | |