Forestry

Prescribed Fire, needed or unneeded? Prescribed fire, the burning of dead or non-living trees, an important subject to people, however, it makes them wonder the perks and downsides of it, but the claim states, should prescribe fire be used, or not needed? Prescribed fire can be important to many people, as a result it can reduce chances of future fires. Prescribed fire can be excellent, for example, it can stop wildfires before they happen. They burn the dead trees which means they can’t catch…

I think Ramstad School should give the money we raise to the rainforest foundation, because this is a very exposed area, where thousands of trees and plants get cut down every day. It is very awful, and the rainforest is important for all over the world.…

The Silent Voices of People from the Endangered Redwood Forests According to Woody Harrelson’s letter to the editor of the San Francisco Examiner, there was a protest on September 14, 1997, of people cutting down many redwood trees that occurred in Northern California. Thousands of people came together during this time to stop the horrible destruction. Charles Hurwitz was the main person who was involved in the logging of the trees and he was the chief executive in charge at the Pacific Lumber…

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Summary The Forest School model, is a school that takes place outdoors (forest, park, meadow, and woodlands). The model originated in Sweden and Denmark in the late 1950s and Canada opened up their first forest school in 2008. The Forest Schools’ philosophy is to “Inspire. Aspire. Transform.” (Forest Schools Education). They have an outdoor educational approach on alternating days, allowing the children to explore the different forests or parks near the centre. Some schools give children an…

Rainforest Logging Why should rainforest logging be banned? Several reasons why rainforest logging should be banned include, its destroying millions of homes of species, many species of plants and animals have yet been discovered. Many medicines today come from plants in the rainforest, many foods we eat come out of the rainforest. Rainforest logging is destroying homes of many species. Some of the species whose homes are getting destroyed are orangutans, types of snakes, and tree frogs. The…

sassafras tree is the only tree mentioned that seems to not be present in Europe; Brereton describes this tree as “a tree of high price and profit.” This tree was likely the most profitable of all the above mentioned trees as it could be used for medicinal purposes, such as curing scurvy, and would likely have been useful in Europe and the New World. Fruits were also listed in some detail as they were encountered on the mainland and also on the Elizabeth Islands. Strawberries seemed to be the…

Everything from Longleaf, Slash, Loblolly, and Pond pine to hardwood species such as Sweetgum, Blackgum, and multiple species of Oaks. But what most people don’t know is that some of these species were not native to this particular area. At Ft. Stewart Forestry we have two main goals. Support the military and provide the best habitat possible for wildlife. In performing these tasks we have realized that for us to be most effective we must return Ft. Stewart to its natural state. Longleaf pine…

Forestry is extremely important to the Pacific Northwest and the entire world. Forestry has many uses, and we use many things each day that have came from forests. Forest reservations are important as they reserve forested lands for us to take in the beauty of nature. There are many ways in which forests are harvested. Conservation and preservation are needed to insure the health of our forests for the future. Foresters are the individuals who have the extremely important job of caring for our…

father’s suggestion, Pinchot studied forestry after he graduated from Yale, having always loved the woods and the outdoors. He studied forestry for a year in Nancy, France since no American school offered a course in it (“Gifford Pinchot (1845-1946)”). As the son of a well-off merchant he had lived a very privileged life and saw forestry as a way for him to give back to society. Upon his return to the United States in 1890, he started practicing scientific forestry, first working on George…