FOR 226: Forest Operations

4 credits

Field experience in First Aid and CPR, chainsaw safety and use according to the principles of the Certified Logging Professional program and low impact logging equipment. Students will design and lay out a forest road and timber harvesting unit according to State of Maine regulations and best management practices using GPS and GIS technology. Students must provide work/safety clothing, steel toed work boots, work gloves, chaps and logger hardhat. Students must receive a grade of 70 or higher on a chainsaw proficiency exam and a grade of 80 or better on a first aid/CPR exam to remain in the course. Eight hour laboratory. Offered every Fall.

Prerequisite(s): FOR 100, GEO 103, FOR 208.