This document provides an overview and agenda for a timber marking workshop. The workshop objectives are to teach the benefits and costs of timber marking, how to apply goals and prescriptions to harvest planning, and provide field experience identifying crop trees. The agenda includes an introduction, overview of objectives, presentations on concepts like tree selection and marking techniques, and outdoor field sessions practicing pine and riparian area marking.
This full-day, classroom and field workshop will present key principles of marking timber for harvest in Minnesota in a practical, straightforward format. Participants will learn to weigh costs vs. benefits of marking timber, then mark a stand based on a silvicultural prescription and specific tree selection criteria. At the end of the workshop, you will: Be familiar with common terminology and concepts related to marking timber Have visited a marked site with the forester who marked it, and discussed the marking process on that site Have costs and benefits associated with marking timber Have marked trees based on given landowner objectives and two different silvicultural systems Feel more confident communicating with landowners, foresters, and other loggers about marking timber