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Forestry (Indiana 4-H)

The forestry project will help you to learn how to identify trees, uses of trees, the benefits of trees, and the importance of our woodlands. A knowledge of trees and woodland management leads to a greater enjoyment of the outdoors. An understanding of tree characteristics will allow future landowners to choose the best varieties for urban or rural benefits that include cooling, wildlife habitat, and reducing erosion and other types of pollution.

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Questions and Answers

4-H Manuals (Order from The Education Store)

• Follow the Path, Forestry 1, BU-08038, Academic Standards
• Reach for the Canopy, Forestry 2, BU-08039, Academic Standards
• Explore the Deep Woods, BU-08040, Academic Standards
• Helper's Guide
• Fifty Trees of Indiana, 4-H 15-80 (book & CD)

Forestry Career Development Event (CDE ~ contest)

• Learn more about forest ecosystems, forestry management, and the utilization of forest products.
• Develop leadership skills and practice good study habits
• Appreciate and manage Indiana's forest resources wisely
• Compete against other 4-H or FFA members

Lugar-Purdue Future of Forestry Program and Scholarship

• For high school students only
• Increase your knowledge of forest science
• Earn a certificate from Indiana's U.S. Senator Lugar
• A chance to earn a $3,000 scholarship from Purdue's Department of Forestry and Natural Resources.
• High school seniors can earn 3 university academic credits

Resources

• Graphic (jpeg) of Indiana
• Parts of a Tree Diagram (online, order: 4-H 641B), sold 25/package
• Level 1, page 8, Parts of a Tree Diagram - information and answers
• Level 2, page 8, Leaf Machine equation
• Level 2, page 14, My State's Forests. Map help at IGIC
• Mounting Herbarium Specimens
  • National Park Service
  • Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh
• Herbarium mounting paper
• From Purdue: 110# paper (Order #4-H 840, enter "mounting" in Search box)
• From BioQuip: Mounting cards – good quality, heavy white tag stock, 11.5 x 16.5, $1.95/dozen; rag mounting cards for $4.35/doxen (11/1/06 prices, pg. 73)
• From Carolina Biological Supplies: Order #66-3211, No, $18.00 Pack of 100 (11/1/06, search on order number)
• From Herbarium Supply Company: 100 sheets of rag mounting paper, $30.32-$38.50, Order #101-105; (11/1/06, search "mounting")
• Identification Resources
  • 50 Trees of Indiana (order at website)
  • 101 Trees of Indiana, A Field Guuide by Marion T. Jackson (2003, order from IU Press, http://iupress.indiana.edu or (800) 842.6796, ISBN 978-0-253-21694-6)
  • Book: Native Trees of the Midwest (by Sally Weeks)
  • CD-ROM: Trees of Indiana (by Sally Weeks)
  • On-line:
    • Iowa State Interactive tree ID site (www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/tree/)
    • VPI forestry/ecology website (www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualforest/)
    • IDNR Natural Resource Education Center website: (www.in.gov/dnr/nrec/)
    • Trees of Purdue
• Interested in a career in Forestry?
  • View the Purdue Department of Forestry & Natural Resources video to see what it is all about!
  • Read the Society of American Foresters brochure
• Project LearningTree
• DNR Kids Page, www.dnr.in.gov/kids
• Indiana Master Naturalist Program
• Stout Woods Nature Preserve website