2026 Forestry Resources

Envirothon Forestry Guidelines

• Specifically Tree Physiology 
• https://envirothon.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/physiology_of_trees.pdf 

​Indiana's Future Forests - A report from the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment

• https://ag.purdue.edu/indianaclimate/forest-ecosystems-report

Importance of Hardwood Tree Planting

• https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-219.pdf

Planting Forest Trees and Shrubs in Indiana

• https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/FNR/FNR-IDNR-36.pdf

Forest Management Basics. North Carolina Forestry Association. 

• https://www.ncforestry.org/education/education-materials/forest-management-basics

Using the Tree Measuring Stick. Ohio State University Extension. 

• https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-62

Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: Sustaining our Oak-Hickory Forests 

• https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-542-WV

An Introduction to Trees of Indiana (Price: $7.00)

• https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=4-H-15-80A

Wood is Good. Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen’s Association. 

• https://www.ihla.org/wood-is-good/

STEM: Tree Life Cycle. Project Learning Tree. 

• https://www.plt.org/stem-strategies/tree-lifecycle/

Carbon Benefits of Wood-based Products and Energy. USDA Forest Service, Climate Change Resource Center. 

• https://www.fs.usda.gov/ccrc/topics/carbon-benefits-wood-based-products-and-energy

Timber Harvest and Carbon. USDA Forest Service, Office of Sustainability & Climate. 

• https://www.fs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/TimberHarvest-Carbon-3pg-v3.pdf ​

Forest Literacy Framework. Sustainable Forestry Initiative/Project Learning Tree. 

• https://www.plt.org/forestliteracy    

Let the Sun Shine In (click below to download file)

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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 what forest products, byproducts, and ecosystem services provide to 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. Understand how carbon is stored in forests and forest products, and know the ways that forest management practices can effect carbon storage.

Connected Indiana Academic Standards:

Connected Indiana Academic Standards - Forestry
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 Visit each of the following topics to access the Reference Material & Learning Objectives:

​Soil & Land Use

Aquatic Ecology

Wildlife

Current Issue

​2025 Current Issue: ​
Roots and Resiliency:  Fostering Forest Stewardship in a Canopy of Change