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Dept. of Forest Resources
University of Minnesota
115 Green Hall
1530 Cleveland Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN  55108-6112

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FR 5621 - Field Timber Harvesting and Road Planning

(2.0 cr; Prereq-[3411, 3431, 3612] or #; spring, summer, every year)


Design, layout, and administration of timber sales. Forest road planning and design. protecting residual trees during harvesting opeartions. Dealing with protesters. Field trips and on-site evaluations of timber harvesting systems. Timber appraisal, forest management guidelines. Road location and profiling. Planning/layout considerations. Taught at Cloquet Forestry Center. 

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