This book has proved to be well adapted to introductory college courses in forestry at the professional level as well as to the growing number of resource conservation courses requiring comprehensive textbook in the forest resource sector. It has been widely used in forestry technician training programs and in vocational school courses.
This textbook has also been used in farm forestry courses given in agricultural colleges and as a home study text for students and field enployees unable to attend resident schools. It has proved suitable for in-service training classes such as those given by federal and state resource management agencies and private companies for nonprofessional field employees. Also, individual forest owners who seek a better technical grasp of their own private forestry management problems have found the book useful.
1. The Forestry Challenge
2. Forestry-Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
3. Characteristics and Growth Requirements of F orest Trees
4. The Composition and Distribution of Forests
5. Applying Silvicultural Systems
6. Measuring the Forest
7. Forest Management and Timber Production Finance
8. Logging and Measuring Forest Products
9. Protecting Forests from Fire, Insects, and Diseases
10. Processing and Marketing Forest Products
11. Managing Forest Lands for Other Purposes
12. Organization and Administration of Forestry Programs