Silviculture

by Samuel Rorabaugh (click name)

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1. Intro
   • Fact about volume grown/volume cut in the United States
   • Quiz on forest products
   • Presentation of Topic
     • Silviculture definition
     • Far Reaching Forestry Applications
     • Goal of Foresters to protect forests
2. Body
   • Short History of Forest harvesting and products in the Eastern U.S.
     • White Pine
       • Ship masts
       • Houses
       • Fuel
     • Chestnut
       • Houses/barns
       Bark used for Tanning
     • Current Oak/Hickory/Maple/Pine makeup
       • Furniture, paper, plywood,
         • Everything from one forest.
     • Sassafras as an export
     • Charcoal as a fuel
   • ways in which Forests are harvested and regenerated
     • Clear Cut
       • Pine Plantations/hardwood stands
     • Select Cuts/ self regeneration methods
   • Current Forest Products.
     • Different properties of wood and their uses
       • hardwoods—furniture, flooring, paper
       • Softwoods- OSB, paper, house framing
       • Pulp Wood
     • Forestry's ability to use more species in products
       • OSB board
       • Paper
3. Closing

• Review of main points
• Final point of forestry's initiative to sustain forests
• Closing and Questions