Official Pre-Qualifying Exam Fact Sheet (revised 8/1/2008)
Official Qualifying Exam Fact Sheet (revised 8/1/2008)
Send questions to the coaches regarding the exam topics below.
Coaches' emails are listed under their topics.
Dendrology, Botany and Forest Ecology
UNC - Plant Information Center
Schafael & Weakley 1990 - Third Approximation
Dendrology / Ecology Coach - Richard Braham
Silviculture, Site Index, and Soils PowerPoint Presentation
Silvics of North America: Vol1 - Conifers ; Vol 2 - Hardwood
Jim McCarter
Forest Pests Pathology and Entomology website
USDA FS Diseases of the Southern Region
The web site above is a good companion to the book,
Insects and Diseases of Trees in the South (October 1999)
Rob Trickel or Don Rogers
Wood Anatomy and Identification***
*** refers to information that you will need to study,
even though it was not included in the review sessions on January 29-30, 2008.
Fire PowerPoint Presentation
Minimizing Wildlife Risk Publication
Jimmy Dodson
Forest Genetics PowerPoint Presentation
Southern Pine Seed Sources
USDA Hardiness Zones Map
Ken Roeder
Mensuration Handout
Bronson Bullock
Forest Economics PowerPoint and Forest Economics Extension publication
Mark Megalos
Forest Taxation and Timber Tax Website
Rick Hamilton
Forest Management
Uneven-Aged Silviculture of Pine
Joe Cox
Wildlife Management
Chris Moorman
NC Best Management Practices Manual
Will Summer
References List
Useful textbook, pubs and web pages list
Extension Forestry Management Publications
USDA Hardiness Map
NCRS Soils Maps
Soil Orders
Forestry Handbook
Exam sample questions from the NC Board of Registration for Foresters
Contact email for Michael Mann for those wishing to try to cooordinate a study session before August 25th exam.
Contact email for Kelley McCarter to cover any other issues relating to the review session or this on-line study guide. Tell me how to make it better and I will do my best ASAP and shoot it out to all other participants.