Forest Stand Dynamics Course
An intensive one-week, mid-career course examining how forest stands grow, from individual tree architecture and growth, to how stands respond to disturbances and silvicultural manipulations. Application of stand dynamics to silvicultural practices and prescriptions will be viewed through studies of diagnostic criteria.
October 8-13, 2006 at the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale School of Foresty & Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut
February 4-9, 2007 at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest, University of Washington
Chadwick Dearing Oliver, M.F.S., Ph.D., Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, and Director of Yale’s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry.
Bruce C. Larson, M.F.S., Ph.D., FRBC Chair of Silviculture at the University of British Columbia.
The course is conducted at the graduate level, and is designed to present and synthesize the most up-to-date information available in the context of operational forest management, with field emphasis. A general requirement for those attending is a Bachelor’s degree in forestry or a related discipline, or a Bachelor’s degree and practical experience in natural resource management.
Click here for online registration for October 2006 at Yale location.
Click here for online registration for February 2007 at Pack Forest location.
Driving directions to each site will be sent with confirmation of registration.
Class size is limited so early registration is encouraged.
October 8-13, 2006 at the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, Yale School of Foresty & Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut
February 4-9, 2007 at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest, University of Washington
Faculty
Chadwick Dearing Oliver, M.F.S., Ph.D., Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, and Director of Yale’s Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry.
Bruce C. Larson, M.F.S., Ph.D., FRBC Chair of Silviculture at the University of British Columbia.
Prerequisites
The course is conducted at the graduate level, and is designed to present and synthesize the most up-to-date information available in the context of operational forest management, with field emphasis. A general requirement for those attending is a Bachelor’s degree in forestry or a related discipline, or a Bachelor’s degree and practical experience in natural resource management.
Registration
Click here for online registration for October 2006 at Yale location.
Click here for online registration for February 2007 at Pack Forest location.
Driving directions to each site will be sent with confirmation of registration.
Class size is limited so early registration is encouraged.
