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Forestry CDE Rules CDE Details Thursday, April 28, 2016, 10:00 A.M. Eastern Green River Lake State Park, Campbellsville, KY Forestry CDE Rules CDE Details Thursday, April 28, 2016, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Green River Lake State Park, Campbellsville, KY Rules 1. A team representing a chapter may consist of four members. The highest three scores will constitute the team score. All four members will use their event eligibility. 2. The state event will be an open invitation without regional eliminations being required. 3. An FFA member may participate in the state event only once. 4. Any communication between participants during the event will be sufficient cause to eliminate the team(s) involved from the event. 5. Any assistance given a team member from any source during the event will be sufficient cause to eliminate the team from the event. 6. In case of a tie, the highest individual score on a team will be used to break the tie (for all placings). 7. The judges reserve the right to stop a participant at any time when damage to parts or instruments appears to be imminent or safety of the participant is questioned. 8. No team shall practice Forestry Judging within Green River Lake State Park in the 30 days prior to the contest. Teams found to be in violation of this rule will be disqualified. 9. Students WILL be in the forest and should dress accordingly. Recommended dress includes long pants, close toed shoes (preferably boots), and rain gear if the forecast calls for rain. 10. Each student should bring insect repellant, clip board, writing utensil, Biltmore Stick. In odd years, students should bring a compass. 11. The use of calculators and binoculars is permitted. PARTS OF CONTEST: Written Test (200 points) Test will consist of general knowledge questions about forestry terms, measurements, pests, etc., which will come from the listed publications. Primary references include: Forest & Forestry Text and Kentucky Division of Forestry Website. Extension publications, textbooks, and other websites may also be used as references. Tree Identification (200 Points) Participants will identify 25 trees from the attached list. Timber Cruising (250 points) Participants will measure 10 trees. For each tree, participants will record DBH (Diameter Breast Height) to the nearest one-inch class and the merchantable height of each tree height rounded down to the nearest ½ log. Volume tables will be provided for the event. The minimum diameters and log lengths will be: DBH 10 inches Top Diameter 10 inches DIB Height 16 feet Merchantable Height stops are estimated to the upper point on a tree where it becomes 10 inches in diameter or where a major fork in a tree stem occurs or where a limb has a diameter equal to ½ of the diameter of the tree at that point. DOYLE LOG SCALE WILL BE USED. 1. Points per tree: 10 - DBH; 10 - # logs; 5 - board feet. 2. Measure DBH to nearest inch. 3. Measure merchantable timber to the nearest ½ log 4. There will be a 1" leeway on DBH worth 1/2 credit (5 points). There will be a ½” log leeway on number of logs (5 points) ½” log = 8 ft.; 1 log = 16 ft.). Board feet must be exact according to the official judge's measurements. Even Year Practicums The following practicums will be used in even numbered years (2014, 2016, etc.) Timber Stand Improvement (100 points) Participants will be given a scenario and guidelines about a tract of timber. They will then be given 10 trees and asked to identify each tree as: Crop Tree, Deaden Tree, Leave Tree. An example scenario is attached. Map Interpretation (100 points) Participants will answer questions using a furnished United States Geological Survey topographic map. The participants should know the legal description, recognize topographic map symbols, understand the meaning of map symbols, size and location of 40 acres or more in a parcel. Forest Products (100 points) Ten to twenty wood products/samples will be displayed for participants to evaluate and identify its tree species source from the tree identification specimen list. The wood products/samples will be presented as actual samples, pictures/slides, and/or written descriptions. The National FFA Tree ID Specimen list will be used for Forest Products. Odd Year Practicums The following practicums will be used in odd numbered years (2015, 2017, etc.) Tool ID (100 points) Tools to be used will be those on the national contest tool list. There will be 20 tools from this list to identify. Compass and Pacing (100 points) The participants will use a hand compass and pacing to the nearest full foot to simulate the determination of the property lines on a tract of timber. The participant will start at any point and record the compass reading and distance to the next point. Azimuth readings shall be recorded. Partial credit will be given with a deduction of one point for each two degrees or two feet the participant is off the correct answer. Tree Forest Disorders (100 points) Symptoms of 10-20 disorders from the attached list will be displayed for the participants to identify by common names. The symptoms may be presented in any of the following forms: actual samples, pictures/slides, written descriptions, and/or written case history. References National FFA Career Development Events Handbook http://www.ffa.org/documents/cde_forestry.pdf Forests & Forestry, 4th edition, Holland et al. U.K. Extension Publications: FOR 2, FOR 3, FOR 4, & FOR 9 Kentucky Division of Forestry http://www.forestry.ky.gov Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources http://fw.ky.gov/ Kentucky Tree ID List COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME 1. Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 2. Red Maple Acer rubrum 3. Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 4. Boxelder Acer negundo 5. Sumac Rhus spp. 6. Pawpaw Asimina triloba 7. American Holly Ilex opaca 8. River Birch Betula nigra 9. American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana 10. Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana 11. Catalpa Catalpa spp. 12. Royal Paulownia Paulownia tomentosa 13. Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida 14. Eastern Redcedar Juniperus virginiana 15. Persimmon Diospyos virginiana 16. Sourwood Oxydendron arboretum 17. American Beech Fagus grandifolia 18. American Chestnut Castanea dentate 19. White Oak Quercus alba 20. Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 21. Post Oak Quercus stellata 22. Chestnut Oak Quercus prinus 23. Chinkapin Oak Quercus muehlenbergii 24. Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra 25. Black Oak Quercus velutina 26. Southern Red Oak Quercus falcate 27. Cherrybark Oak Quercus pagodaefolia 28. Pin Oak Quercus palustris 29. Willow Oak Quercus phellos 30. Shingle Oak Quercus imbricaria 31. Sweetgum Liquidamber styraciflua 32. Witch-Hazel Hamamelis virgiania 33. Buckeye Aesculus spp. 34. Black Walnut Juglans nigra 35. White Walnut (butternut) Juglans cinerea 36. Shagbark Hickory Carya ovate 37. Shellbark Hickory Carya lacinosa 38. Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa 39. Pignut Hickory Carya glabra 40. Pecan Carya illinoensis 41. Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis 42. Sassafras Sassafras albidum 43. Eastern Redbud Cercis Canadensis 44. Kentucky Coffeetrree Gymnocladus diocus 45. Honey Locust Gleditisia triacanthos 46. Black Locust Robinia pseudoacacia 47. Magnolia Magnolia spp. 48. Yellow-Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera 49. Red Mulberry Morus rubra 50. White Mulberry Morus alba 51. Osage Orange Maclura pomifera 52. Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica 53. Ash Fraxinus spp. 54. Eastern White Pine Pinus strobes 55. Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda 56. Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana 57. Eastern Hemlock Tsuga Canadensis 58. American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 59. Black Cherry Prunus serotina 60. Serviceberry Amelanchier arborea 61. Hawthorn Crataegus spp. 62. Black Willow Salix nigra 63. Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoids 64. Tree-Of-Heaven Ailanthus altissima 65. Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 66. American Basswood Tilia Americana 67. American Elm Ulmus Americana 68. Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra 69. Winged Elm Ulmus alata 70. Hackberry Celtis occidentalis References: Partial tree list: “Kentucky Forest Trees How to Know Them” University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Equipment List 1. Altimeter 28. Loggers Tape 2. Back-pack Fire Pump 29. pH Meter 3. Bark Gauge 30. Planimeter 4. Bulldozer 31. Plant Press 5. Canthook 32. Plastic Flagging 6. Chainsaw 33. Pulaski Forester Axe 7. Chainsaw Chaps 34. Relaskop 8. Clinometer 35. Safety Glasses 9. Data Recorder 36. Safety Hardhat 10. Denisometer 37. Soil Sampler 11. Diameter Tape 38. Soil Test Kit 12. Dot Grid 39. Staff Compass 13. Drip Torch 40. Stereoscope 14. Endloader 41. Survey Instrument 15. Feller Buncher 42. Tally Book 16. Fiberglass Measuring Tape 43. Tally Meter 17. Fire Rake 44. Tree Caliper 18. Fire Weather Kit 45. Tree Harvester 19. Fire-Swatter 46. Tree Marking Gun 20. Flow/current Meter 47. Tree Planting Hoe or Bar 21. GPS Reciever 48. Tree Skidder 22. Hand Compass 49. Tree Stick 23. Hand Lens/Field Microscope 50. Water Sampler 24. Hip Chain 51. Water Test Kit 25. Hypo-Hatchet 52. Wedge Prism 26. Increment Borer 53. Wheeler Caliper 27. Log Rule Tree Disorders List Wood Products Specimen List 1. Air pollution 1. Alder, Red 2. Aphid 2. Ash 3. Beetles 3. Aspen 4. Butt or Heart Rot 4. Aspen 5. Canker 5. Baldcypress 6. Chemical damage 6. Beech, American 7. Cicada 7. Birch, Black 8. Climatic injury: snow, wind, frost, drought, 8. Birch, White hail 9. Cherry, Black 9. Damping off 10. Cottonwood, Eastern 10. Douglas fir tussock moth 11. Elm 11. Emerald ash borer 12. Fir, Balsam 12. Fire damage 13. Fir, Douglas 13. Gypsy moth 14. Hemlock, Eastern 14. Hemlock woolly adelgid 15. Hemlock, Western 15. Landscape equipment damage 16. Hickory 16. Lightning damage 17. Maple, Red 17. Mechanical damage 18. Maple, Sugar 18. Mistletoe 19. Oak, Black 19. Nematode 20. Oak, Chestnut 20. Rust 21. Oak, Northern Red 21. Sawfly 22. Oak, Scarlet 22. Scale 23. Oak, Southern Red 23. Spruce budworm 24. Oak, White 24. Sunscald 25. Pecan 25. Tent caterpillar 26. Pine, Eastern White 26. Wetwood or slime flux 27.
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