| PBIO109 - Americans and Their Forests - Schedule of lectures, readings, and guests | |||
| DATE: | LECTURE TOPICS: | READINGS | GUEST for WEEK or FILM (weds) |
| 5 sept | Class Introduction | none | |
| 6 sept | What is a forest? | E.F. (pp 8-9, 50-51, 10-49, 58-59) | |
| Pre-human history of forests in America | |||
| 11 sept |
How climate shapes our forests - and how we know what we know about climate... |
class notes |
Overview of Aerial Photo project; |
| 12 sept | Disturbance - long and short timescales... Introducing eastern deciduous forests: oak-hickory; |
E.F. (154-168); E.F. (81-85) class notes |
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| 13 sept | Native American patterns of forest use |
pp 1-8, "Am.Forests" class notes |
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| European land use and forest patterns | |||
| 18 sept | European explorers arrive; European settlements |
pp 8-20, "Am.Forests" class notes |
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| 19 sept | Beech-maple forests; settling the Midwest |
E.F. (77-81) class notes |
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| 20 sept | Northern hardwood forests; Big Woods timber |
E.F. (72-75) class notes |
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| Forest industry, then and now (?) | |||
| 25 sept | EXAM ONE | Exam 1 Study Guide |
info about Biological Field
Stations Film = Timber on the Move |
| 26 sept | Industry turns southward; Southern mixed pine-oak; Southern forestry | E.F. (92-95) class notes |
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| 27 sept | Forestry turns to the Pacific Northwest | class notes | |
| Non-timber forest products, Appalachia & Invasives | |||
| 2 oct | Birth of the Forest Service | class notes | Film = "the Greatest Good" - USFS origins |
| 3 oct |
Mixed Appalachian Forests; Non Timber forest Products |
class notes | |
| 4 oct | Invasive species in our forests |
REQUIRED reading = PDF |
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| FIRE!!!!!!! | |||
| 9 oct | The role of FIRE in our Western Forests; Outline of Aerial Photo Project: How do I collect my data? |
A.F. = 1-30 class notes |
<< last day to DROP Film = NOVA:Fire Wars |
| 10 oct | Fire in Eastern Forests: What do we know, need to learn? |
A.F.= pp.31-52 class notes |
An excellent WEBSITE about FOREST FIRE ECOLOGY |
| 11 oct | EXAM TWO | study guide | |
| 15 Oct | FIELD TRIP option#1 = SUNDAY 15 Oct Meet at back lot of Porter at 11am, RAIN OR SHINE location, time = 11am-4pm, The Hocking Hills |
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| Forest Types Across the US ... | |||
| 16 oct | Rocky Mountain forests; | Online PDF | Presentation on how to do your Aerial Photo assignment; PART I of assignment; what do you mean Forest Edge? |
| 17 oct | Boreal forests; | Online PDF | |
| 18 oct | BF health, with a focus on CLIMATE CHANGE | Online PDF | |
| Boreal & Tropical Forests | |||
| 23 oct | Field Trip Day - - no lecture | FIELD TRIP option#2 = MONDAY 23 Oct Meet at parking lot outside of Kennedy Museum up at Ridges, RAIN OR SHINE location, time = 3-6+pm, The Ridges Landlab |
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| 24 oct | Tropical forests with a focus on Hawaii | Online PDF | FIELD TRIP option#3 = on your own time, a self guided hike in a forest in this area. 6 Nov = last day to turn in field trip assignment. |
| 25 oct | Forests In California |
Online PDF | Guest Lecture, Mac Burgess |
| 30 oct | The Role of Plantation Forests, and GM trees... | Online PDF | |
| 31 oct | EXAM THREE | study guide | |
| 1 nov |
A Forestry Primer, with a focus on Ohio forests, and FOREST TIMBER CERTIFICATION (FSC vs SFI); Also, read this YALE URL |
Online PDF Part I of Aerial Photo Project DUE |
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| Public forest lands and Policy | |||
| 6 nov | Film and moderated discussion on forest use, forest conservation ... (extra credit for attendance on this date) |
Film: Trees are the Answer In-class thought paper |
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| 7 nov | The status of Ohio's Forests ... | Online PDF | "Call before you cut" program |
| 8 nov | Discussion - "Forests as Commons" - rethinking Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" COME TO CLASS HAVING READ THE HARDIN PAPER >>> |
READ THIS PAPER no class notes for this day, rely on your returned thought paper to review this, as well as looking over Hardin's paper... |
A modern follow-up paper on Hardin's paper = "revisiting the commons= local lessons, global challenges" UN - Food and Agriculture Organization: "Managing forests as common property" Community Forestry Links: IATP CommunityForestryInternational |
| Summarizing the Class Experience | |||
| 13 nov |
What's the Future for American Forests? ... HFI, and other
directions. Professor evaluation. |
The Healthy Forests Initiative | |
| 14 nov |
Last Day - Final Exam review Evaluation of TA. |
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| 21 nov |
Part II of Aerial Photo Project DUE (bring it with you the day of the exam) FINAL EXAM = Tuesday, November 21, at 12:20 p.m., |
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE | AERIAL PHOTO ASSIGNMENT, PtII Final exam will be semi-cumulative. Review all your exam study guides, but focus on the new material (~60% of test) |
last modified KJB 7 Nov