Monthly Archives: February 2008

Differential Leveling

The purpose of this lab is to use differential leveling to find the difference in elevation from Sci-Tech up to the library. The students are using transit levels and elevation rods. Part of the exercise is making the notes… Continue reading

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Irony or Serendipity On Carbon Credits?

I was looking for the dates (Nov. 5-8) for the Soc. of American Foresters Convention in Reno next fall, and discovered that the keynote speaker will be Michael J. Walsh, the executive director of the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX). CCX… Continue reading

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Allegheny SAF Meeting Followup

Last week’s Allegheny SAF meeting in Carlisle into some critical issues in forest management in our region. The Forest Management Practices assignment was to research the topic before the meeting and write a followup report based on the speakers’ presentations…. Continue reading

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Bio-Control of Invasive Species at the Allegheny SAF Meeting

The Friday morning program at the Allegneny SAF meeting last week had two interesting presentations on the control of invasive plants in the region. Dr. Don Davis, a forest pathologist from Penn State described the discovery of two species… Continue reading

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Mont Alto Snow Squall

This is my first try with Slide Share where I converted a PowerPoint slide to an online format. | View | Upload your own… Continue reading

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More Reaction on the National Academy of Sciences Study

Newsweek has an article by Jerry Adler commenting on the recent study published by the National Academy of Sciences on the rapid decline in the use and enjoyment of the outdoors in the USA in recent years. Look at my… Continue reading

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Who will use the forest?

This CNN article summarizes a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The researchers found that most indices of the use of natural resources have declined drastically since the 1980’s. Visits to national parks… Continue reading

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