On-Line Study Guide Index from August 6-7, 2009 Review Sessions

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Official Pre-Qualifying Exam Fact Sheet
Official Qualifying Exam Fact Sheet

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Dendrology, Botany and Forest Ecology
UNC - Plant Information Center
Schafael & Weakley 1990 - Third Approximation

Silviculture, Site Index, and Soils PowerPoint Presentation
Silviculture_Terminology
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)
Major Southern Forest Diseases
Rob Trickel

Wood Anatomy and Identification
Link to USFS Forest Products Lab Website for Wood ID and Properties
Link to download USDA FS technical publications on line

Fire PowerPoint Presentation
A Shelterwood-Burn Technique for Regnerating Productive Upland Oak Sites in Piedmont Region
Using Prescribed Fire to Regenerate Table Mountain Pine in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
A Stand-Replacement Prescribed Burn in Sand Pine Scrub
Fire and the origin of Table Mountain pine - pitch pine communities in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA
Modeling Spatial Patterns of Fuels and fire Behavior in a Longleaf Pine Forest in the Southeastern USA

Prescribed fire, snag population dynamics, an avian nest selection
Ligntning-Season Burning: Friend or Foe of Breeding Birds?
Minimizing Wildlife Risk Publication
Jimmy Dodson

Forest Genetics PowerPoint Presentation
Southern Pine Seed Sources
USDA Hardiness Zones Map
Ken Roeder

Remote Sensing
James Jeuck

Mensuration Handout
Bronson Bullock

Forest Economics PowerPoint and Forest Economics Extension publication
Mark Megalos

Forest Taxation and Timber Tax Website
NC Present-use Propetry Tax Program Extension publication
Rick Hamilton

Forest Management
USDA Service Forester's Handbook
Uneven-Aged Silviculture of Pine
Southern Hardwood Management
Joe Cox

Forest Wildlife Management Key Concepts List
Chris Moorman

NC Best Management Practices Manual
Will Summer

NC BRF Code of Ethics

Emerging Issues in Forestry
Forest Certification
Cultural Resources
Biomass, Bioenergy
Carbon Sequestration

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

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