FORESTRY CAMP 

Teaches landowners, loggers, and land managers about forest ecology and managing forests for wildlife habitat, recreation, forest products, biodiversity, aesthetics, and sustainability. Participants will develop a woodland plan which takes into account their needs and desires with the condition of the forest. This camp is a follow-up to the ten-part Yankee Woodlot television series. The videos of this series are available for viewing at camp.

See also Tanglewood's youth camp

Schedule: Days are filled with presentations, discussion, and field work. Evenings are filled with special guests, discussions, viewing video tapes, and just relaxing.

• Monday: registration, orientation, aerial photo interpretation, and basic mapping
  • use compass and pace distances to make a map
• Tuesday: tree identification and stand mapping
  • stand type, density, and area
• Wednesday: ecology and forest management
  • identify and map soils, wildlife habitat, forest health, vegetation, and natural features
  • introduce forest measurements
• Thursday: timber volumes and values
  • forest regeneration and harvest systems
  • do a timber inventory; identifying timber products and values
• Friday: The management plan
  • present management plans for the study woodlot

 

Location: Tanglewood 4-H Camp

Lincolnville section of Camden Hills State Park

 

Accommodations

• two to five in each wood-heated cabin
• hot showers and flush toilets a short walk from the cabins
• bring your own sleeping bag
• family style meals in dining hall

Registration

• $210 for Maine residents, $260 for others; $25 deposit (1995 prices)
• includes food and lodging
• limited to 16 people

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