Forest and Logging Legacy Agenda (Subject to change)
Day 1
- Setting the Stage
- Experiential learning
- Project Planning
- Ages and Stages
Intro to Forestry- Activities
- Build a Tree
- Board Games
- Environmental impacts
- Adaptations
- Jamaquack
- Possum
- Observations
- Adopt a tree
- Build a Biltmore stick
- Hike to Experience the Forest from the Trees
- Log rolling – ground school
Day 2
- Connect to the Past
- History of Logging
- Skill set of loggers
- Job descriptions
- Life in logging Camp
- Logging tools
- Saws that sing
- Axe me questions
- Skill Development
- Saws
- Crosscut
- Bow
- Chainsaw
- Peavee/Cant/Log Wrench
- Axemanship
- Felling
- Bucking
- Saws
- Logrolling Intro
- Let’s roll
Day 3
- Measuring the forest and trees
- Tools of the Foresters
- Describe a tree
- By the numbers
- Know your tree
- Measure distance
- Observations
- Describe a tree
- Firewise Concepts
- Wildland Fire Basics
- Tools and Techniques
- PPE
- Structural
- Wildland
- Fire Shelters
- PPE
- Become part of the crew
- Build a line
- Firewise assessment
- Tools of the Foresters
Day 4
- Future of forestry
- What will forestry and logging look like in 2050?
- Environmental conflict
- Forest and Logging Olympics
- Teams and Challenges
Fun, Prizes and more!
*The Forest and Logging Legacy Project is a compilation of 4-H Forestry Activities being developed, and adapted to supplement the National 4-H Forestry Project. For more information or to be part of this educational adventure, please contact Mike Jensen, Associate Professor, WSU Extension in Pend Oreille County.
Email: mike.jensen@wsu.edu
Phone: 509-447-2401
4-H Rocks and Logrolls
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