NATRS 293 - Silvicultural Analysis and Forest Protection

Credits: 4
Study of silvicultural and forest protection practices common in management of natural resources in the Pacific Northwest. Course prescribes specific management objectives and inventories resources and soils. Students design, measure and report a research project by working independently and in groups, indoors and outdoors.

Prerequisite: NATRS 180 and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Demonstrate knowledge of key forestry ecology principles that influence silivicultural practices.
Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate silviculture tools and practices that cover all stages of stand development to meet various management objectives.
Demonstrate knowledge of how silvicultural practices influence wildlife habitat, wood properties and forest health.
Develop a professional forest management plan for a landowner.
Identify threats to forest health and potential management responses to health issues.

Program Outcomes

Attain a job in the Natural Resources field.
Manage Forestland and Resources to attain positive outcomes.
Demonstrate effective written and verbal communications between industry partners and cooperators.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.