FIELD PREPARATION

In addition to packing, field preparation includes creating field notebooks and field maps, and examining field equipment. The FE Handbook appendices contain a detailed pack list for the 1998 field studies course. It can be found on the FE 450 web page. Of course, you should tailor the list to suit you own project's needs.

All students should understand how the equipment works (and make sure that it does work) before leaving for the field. All students should understand proper note taking technique. Hint: it's okay to leave plenty of spaces between note entries in the field book. All students should understand the field maps. In short, packing for the field may be delegated to one or two students, but it is every student’s responsibility to be prepared for the field. Take the time while at Pack so that you don't waste time in the field.

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Office: Mar. 31 - Apr. 18 Field: Apr. 21 - May 16
Office: May 19- June 12

Overhead (meetings)

Arrive at ONRC

Final Setting Design
Preliminary Planning Field Work Final Road Design
First Day at Pack Forest   Final Alt. Harvest Sys. Analysis
Office Setup   Final Timber Modeling

Project Management Start-up

  Cost Analysis
Data Collection   Report
Basemaps   Final Maps
Production Equations   Presentation
Watershed Analysis   Presentation to DNR
Preliminary Timber Modeling   Project Mgmt Data Compilation

Preliminary Setting Design

 

Report Due

Prelim. Alt. Harvest Sys. Analysis   
Preliminary Road Design   

Preliminary Report Work

  
Field Preparation   
Field Maps