Title: Discuss economic principles in forestry management.
Course: Forestry Management, Advanced (18502-II) > Section: Protecting the Forest

Discussion should include

- using a model forest operation with possible calculation of profit/loss, cost of operation, taxes, depreciation, marketing product, and stumpage cost
- keeping records
- completing basic financial documents
- explaining the use of banking procedures.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What practices or processes have affected timber sales and or markets in your region?
- What are some important forest pests? Why is it important to control them?
- What are the positive and negative aspects of genetically modified trees?
- What are some issues that urban foresters face?
- What forestry BMP are used in your state, and why?
- How does watershed restoration affect communities? What role can forest management play in watershed restoration?
- What is forest fragmentation, and what are the strategies used to prevent it?
- What is the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and what do they have in common?
- How do laws protect endangered species? Why should we be concerned about saving them?
- What is woody biomass? What are the positives and negatives of producing woody biomass?

Teacher Resource: National FFA Forestry Handbook (https://ffa.app.box.com/s/ikzorbs3oozo7nb9ooboz8irofik5g35)