LEARNING TASKS 7

CONTENT 8

1.      Identify the environmental and economic impacts of non-sustainable forestry practises 9

•         History of North American Logging 10

•         Depletion of Forest Resources 11

•         Soil Erosion & Soil Depletion 12

•         Loss of Biodiversity  13

•         Loss of Wildlife Habitat 14

•         Vulnerability to Insect Attack / Disease  15

•         ‘Boom or Bust’ Economics 16

2.      Identify the environmental and economic benefits of sustainable forestry practises 17

•         Soil Stability & Soil Enrichment 18

•         Biodiversity  19

•         Wildlife Habitat 20

•         Reduced Vulnerability to Disease / Insect Predation 21

•         Local Employment Opportunities 22

•         Continual Economic Benefits 23

3.      Principals of sustainable yield forestry management  24

•         Continual Harvest 25

•         Reforestation / Sylvaculture 26

•         Long-term Management Plans  27

•         Integrated-use Plans 28

•         Ecological Processes  29

•         Mixed Crops 30

•         Retention 31

•         Thinning & Maintenance 32

•         Seed Trees 33

•         Riparian Zones / Watershed Protection 34

•         Animal Corridors 35

•         Natural Regeneration 36

•         Biocides / Pesticides 37

•         Fire Management / Burning 38

•         Extraction Options 39

•         Chain of Custody 40

•         Safety Standards 41

•         Local Employment 42

•         Urban Forestry & Alternative Wood Sources 43

•         Working With Local & Regional Government to Develop Management Plans 44

•         Economic Incentives for Sustainable Forestry (Tax Breaks, Grants, Subsidies, Etc) 45

4.      Standards and certification for sustainable forestry management 46

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•         Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 48

•         Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) 49

•         International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 50

•         Canadian Standards Association (CSA) 51

LEARNING TASKS 56

CONTENT 57

1.      Timber Harvesting 58

•         Hardwood / Softwood / Standing Deadwood 59

•         Falling Operations (Manual / Machine) 60

•         Extraction Operations (Horse & Arch / High-line & Super High-line / Skidder, Tractor & Cat / Helicopter / Balloon) 61

•         Falling Fractures 62

•         Waste Surveys / Waste Management 63

•         Sylvaculture Prescriptions 64

•         Chain of Custody 65

•         Safe Felling Practices & Equipment 66

2.      Shipping, Seasoning & Purchasing 67

•         Principals of Log Designation & Scaling 68

•         Timber Stamps 69

•         Road Haulage 70

•         Dry-sorts / Booming Grounds  71

•         Implications of Saltwater / Freshwater Transportation  72

•         Air Drying Processes 73

•         Kiln Drying Processes (Conventional / Radio Frequency) 74

•         Principals of Lumber Grading (Visual / Machine Stress) 75

•         Stacking, Stickering & Banding 76

•         Lumber Wrapping / Protection 77

•         Chain of Custody 78

LEARNING TASKS 86

CONTENT 87

1.      Identify common tree species 88

•         Hardwood / Softwood Identification 89

•         Hardwoods (Beech / Birch / Chestnut / Elm / Maple / Oaks / Cherry / Hickory) 90

•         Softwoods (Cedar / Fir / Hemlock / Larch / Pine / Spruce / Tamarack) 91

•         Identify Juvenile & Mature Trees (Form) 92

•         Identify Tree Species from Sawn Timber  93

•         Geographic Location 94

•         Availability  95

2.      Identify characteristics and properties of common tree species 96

•         Sapwood / Heartwood 97

•         Springwood / Summerwood 98

•         Reaction Wood 99

•         Environmental Influences (Hillside, Pasture, Deep Forest, Plantation) 100

•         Chemical Composition 101

•         Free Water / Bound Water 102

•         Durability 103

•         Shrinkage  104

•         Moisture Content / Equilibrium Moisture Content 105

•         Strength Values / Design Values 106

•         Stains / Discolouration 107

•         Rot & Insect Resistance 108