On this page, you will find helpful materials for preparing for the forestry portion of the Indiana Envirothon Competition.
2023 Forestry Resources
Envirothon Forestry Guidelines A Landowner’s Guide to Sustainable Forestry in Indiana—Part 1 Importance of Hardwood Tree Planting Planting Forest Trees and Shrubs in Indiana Forest Management Basics. North Carolina Forestry Association. Using the Tree Measuring Stick. Ohio State University Extension. Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Sustaining our Oak-Hickory Forests An Introduction to Trees of Indiana, T.E. Shaw, Purdue publication 4-H-15-80Fifty Common Trees of Indiana 2019 Recycling Activity Summary. Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Wood is Good. Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association. STEM: Tree Life Cycle. Project Learning Tree. Carbon Benefits of Wood-based Products and Energy. USDA Forest Service, Climate Change Resource Center. Timber Harvest and Carbon. USDA Forest Service, Office of Sustainability & Climate. Forest Literacy Framework. Sustainable Forestry Initiative/Project Learning Tree.
Forestry Objectives
1. Know the parts of a tree and be able to explain the tree’s life cycle.
2. Identify common tree species without a key and identify specific or unusual trees & shrubs through the use of a key.
3. Understand the term silviculture and be able to explain the uses of the following silviculture techniques: thinning, prescribed burning, single tree & group tree selection, shelterwood method, clear-cutting with & without seed trees, & coppice management.
4. Know how to use forestry tools & equipment to measure tree diameter, height & basal area.
5. Understand how the following issues are affected by forest health & management: biodiversity, forest fragmentation, forest health, air quality, aesthetics, fire, global warming, water quality & recreation.
6. Understand how forestry management practices and policy affect sustainability.
7. Understand how economic, social & ecological factors influence forest management.
8. Understand the economic value of forests and know many of the products they provide to people & society.
9. Know the typical forest structure: canopy, understory and ground layers and crown classes.
10. Understand forest ecology concepts and factors affecting them, including the relationship between soil and forest types, tree communities, regeneration, competition, and primary and secondary succession.
11. Know how the wood waste created by Indiana’s sawmills is fully utilized.
12. Understand that actively managed forests are more efficient at carbon storage than unmanaged forests.
13. Understand that carbon captured by trees remains in the wood products that are produced when they are harvested.
2. Identify common tree species without a key and identify specific or unusual trees & shrubs through the use of a key.
3. Understand the term silviculture and be able to explain the uses of the following silviculture techniques: thinning, prescribed burning, single tree & group tree selection, shelterwood method, clear-cutting with & without seed trees, & coppice management.
4. Know how to use forestry tools & equipment to measure tree diameter, height & basal area.
5. Understand how the following issues are affected by forest health & management: biodiversity, forest fragmentation, forest health, air quality, aesthetics, fire, global warming, water quality & recreation.
6. Understand how forestry management practices and policy affect sustainability.
7. Understand how economic, social & ecological factors influence forest management.
8. Understand the economic value of forests and know many of the products they provide to people & society.
9. Know the typical forest structure: canopy, understory and ground layers and crown classes.
10. Understand forest ecology concepts and factors affecting them, including the relationship between soil and forest types, tree communities, regeneration, competition, and primary and secondary succession.
11. Know how the wood waste created by Indiana’s sawmills is fully utilized.
12. Understand that actively managed forests are more efficient at carbon storage than unmanaged forests.
13. Understand that carbon captured by trees remains in the wood products that are produced when they are harvested.
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