Forestry Tools

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Used to measure heights of objects

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Altimeter

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Altimeter

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Used to put out hot spots and mop-up work after fires.

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Backpack Fire Pump

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Backpack Fire Pump

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used to measure bark thickness of trees

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Bark Guage

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Bark Guage

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Sometimes called a peavey. Used to roll logs

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Canthook

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Canthook

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Used for brush and tree removal and cleanup

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Chainsaw

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Chainsaw

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Chainsaw Chaps

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filled with a fiber to stop a chainsaw, required for safety of the saw operator.

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Chainsaw Chaps

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Clinometer

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used to measure slope and tree heights.

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Clinometer

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used to record data in the field during timber cruising or compass and pacing figures.

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Data Recorder

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Data recorder

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used to measure the density of the forest canopy (tree tops).

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Densiometer

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Densiometer

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measure around the tree to determine its diameter.

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Diameter tape

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Diameter Tape

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used to measure maps and determine plot layout.

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Dot grid

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Dot grid

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used to set back fires for fighting forest fires and prescribed burns.

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Drip torch

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drip torch

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usually 100 ft, used to measure distances.

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Fiberglass measuring tape

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Fiberglass measuring tape

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also called a McLoed rake on one end and hoe on the other to dig fire line.

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Fire rake

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Fire rake

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use to fight small fireso smothers the flames so the fire will go out

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Fire swatter

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Fire swatter

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Contains instruments to determine wind speed and direction, humidity and recording booklet.

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Fire weather kit

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Fire weather kit

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- used to measure the rate of stream flow

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Flow/current meter

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Flow/Current Meter

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Hand Held Global Positioning Satellite Receiver.o Used when setting up logging plots and mapping areas

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GPS Receiver

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GPS Receiver

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A device to record a precise bearing or azimuth to a given target or to determine a location.

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Hand Compass

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Hand Compass

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used to read maps

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Hand Lens/Field microscope

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Hand Lens/Field Microscope

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used to determine distances for forest plots.

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Hip Chain

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Hip Chain

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used to insert preset amount of herbicide into a tree to kill it.

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Hypo Hatchet

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Hypo Hatchet

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used to take core samples from trees to determine growth rate

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Increment Borer

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Increment Borer

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Used to measure tree height, diameter and board foot volume

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Tree Stick

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Tree Scale Stick

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Log Rule

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tools to measure the board foot volume of logs.

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Log Rule

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Logger's tape

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used to measure log lengths for log scaling

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Logger's tape

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Tests the pH in soil or water samples

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pH meter

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pH meter

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Used to determine coordinates on maps

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Planimeter

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Planimeter

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Used to press plants for samples.

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Plant press

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Plant press

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Plastic Flagging

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Used to mark or identify trees, brush, trails, etc.

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Plastic Flagging

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Axe on one end and hoe on the other end

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Pulaski-Forester Axe

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Pulaski Forester Axe

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can be used for many things: tree heights, tree diameters, slope, cruising prism.

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Relaskop

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Relaskop

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Eye protection is required on almost every job site

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Safety glasses

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Safety glasses

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Safety Hard Hat

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Takes sample of soil from the ground to be tested.

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Soil Sampler

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Soil Sampler

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Soil Test Kit

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Analyze soil samples for a variety of things such as Nitrates, pH and individual nutrients.

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Soil test kit

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used during surveying and laying out logging plots for accuracy.

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Staff Compass

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Staff Compass

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used to read topographic maps, gives a 3-D view.

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Stereoscope

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Stereoscope

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Used to survey land to layout plots of trees for harvest and building roads

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Survey instrument

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Survey instrument

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Used to record data from field work

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Tally book

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Tally book

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Used to tally or record the number of something-Steps taken-Trees counted

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Tally meter

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Tally meter

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used to measure tree diameters.

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Tree Caliper

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Tree Caliper

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Used to mark trees with paint for harvest

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Tree Marking Gun

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Tree Marking Gun

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Used for planting seedlings after fires or logging

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Tree Planting Hoe or Bar

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Tree Planting Hoe or Bar

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Put into streams, rivers, lakes or ponds to obtain a water sample for testing

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Water Sampler

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Water Sampler

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Used to test water samples for a variety of items-Nitrates-Oxygen levels-pH

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Water test kit

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Water Test Kit

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used to determine during timber cruising to determine if trees are in or out of the plot.

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Wedge Prism

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Wedge Prism

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- Used to determine tree diameters and heights

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Wheeler Caliper

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Wheeler Caliper

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