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| FNR 40910 - Forest Resources Management |
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Credit Hours: 3.00. Forest Resources Management focuses on the long-term sustainable management of forests for the production of wood fiber, ecological services, and other market and non-market goods and services. Typically offered Spring.
0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours Syllabus Available Levels: Undergraduate, Graduate, Professional Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Laboratory, Lecture All Sections for this Course Offered By: College of Agriculture Department: Forestry and Natural Resources Course Attributes: Upper Division May be offered at any of the following campuses: West Lafayette Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the different approaches to forest management including: planning concepts; ecological, social and economic objectives; forest sustainability and regulation; certification programs; adaptive management; and forest decision analysis and tools (discounted cash flow, financial maturity, growth and yield estimates and projections, mathematical programming). 2. Confidently develop a management plan for a property including: defining and creating useful stand delineations; assessing the condition of the land and timber; establishing objectives including the goal of long-term sustainability; defining the future forest conditions needed to achieve these objectives; creating alternative prescriptions to achieve the future conditions; and recommending a plan of action, while maintaining a record of alternatives considered, but not recommended. |
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