Forest resources program introductory field session at Cloquet Forestry Center, August 2008
FR 2101--Identifying Forest Plants : Students study the field identification of approximately 120 species of common northwoods trees, shrubs, and nonwoody vascular plants.
FR 2102--Northern Forests Field Ecology : Introduces students to the natural history of northern/boreal forests with respect to soils, ecological characteristics of trees, community-environment relationships, stand development, succession, and regeneration ecology.
FR 2104--Measuring Forest Resources : This course introduces land survey, tree/forest stand measurement (mensuration), and forest sampling techniques. Acquaints students with the use and care of selected instruments and introduces them to the measurement techniques used in field forestry and timber cruising.
Study break...
FR 2101--Identifying Forest Plants : Students study the field identification of approximately 120 species of common northwoods trees, shrubs, and nonwoody vascular plants.
FR 2102--Northern Forests Field Ecology : Introduces students to the natural history of northern/boreal forests with respect to soils, ecological characteristics of trees, community-environment relationships, stand development, succession, and regeneration ecology.
FR 2104--Measuring Forest Resources : This course introduces land survey, tree/forest stand measurement (mensuration), and forest sampling techniques. Acquaints students with the use and care of selected instruments and introduces them to the measurement techniques used in field forestry and timber cruising.
Study break...
Luther's 1970 VW camper bus,road tripped to the cabin and Duluth
Sitting on the dock, stunning light
False-lily-of-the-valleyMaianthemum canadense
Wild blueberriesVaccinium angustifolium
Wild blueberriesVaccinium angustifolium
Sunset snag
Field trip to Minnesota point in Duluth to study natural succession of sand dunes
Minnesota point looking towards the lighthouse
Nice view of successional transition from dunes to forest
Minnesota point
Brandon gazing into Lake Superior(notice fog over Duluth compared to previous pictures)
Sonya unable to resist the yoga urgeMinnesota point
Eric - Jay Cooke state park
St. Louis river - SonyaJay Cooke state park
St. Louis river running through Jay Cooke state park
Brandon reading why the river looks so brown and dirty. Excess acid from abundant decaying organic matter seeps into the water, creating a darker color.
The only classroom suitable for an ecology class focusing on norther Minnesota forests
St. Louis river flowing through Jay Cooke
Forking St. Louis riverJay Cooke state park
St. Louis riverJay Cooke
View from the Cloquet fire tower
Brandon lost in the view over 100ft+ red pines and the sunset
Sunset from atop the Cloquet fire tower
Dusk from the fire tower, followed by a flaring green rainbow of the northern lights
DNR type 2 bog... wet meadow
Dead and dying trees
Dr. Thomas E. Burk
200 lbs male back bear trapped by fisheries and wildlife students. Only females are tagged because they don't wonder nearly as much as males.
Bear trap
Wildlifers and forestry students investigating the bear trap and bear
