FORESTRY CDE. EVENT PROCEDURES 1. A contestant will be allowed to touch plant material during

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1 FORESTRY CDE PURPOSE To stimulate student interest in forestry, to promote forestry instruction in the agricultural education curriculum, and to provide recognition for those who have demonstrated skill and competency as a result of forestry instruction. ELIGIBILITY The participant must be an active member of a chartered Florida FFA Chapter and enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11, or 12. Only the top three individual scores will be calculated for the team total. FFA chapters may have up to two separate teams in district contests. These teams will be registered separately, as chapter team A and chapter team B, and members will not be able to switch from one team to the other after registration. Chapter team A must consist of 4 members before team B can be formed. No chapter will be allowed to register two three member teams. Only one high school four-member team may represent each district in the State Contest. Alternate team members may not participate except to observe the event. EVENT SCHEDULE The contest will be held in two rounds: district and state level competitions. The 12 district winning teams are eligible to compete in the state contest. EVENT PROCEDURES 1. A contestant will be allowed to touch plant material during the contest but under no circumstances will the contestant damage the plant material. Students found damaging specimens will be disqualified from the contest. 2. Contestants will be provided with a specimen list to use to complete the CDE. 3. Observers will not be permitted in the contest area while the contest is in progress. 4. Contestants will be assigned to group leaders who will escort them to various contest-staging sites of the different phases. Each contestant is to stay with his or her assigned group leader throughout the contest or until told to change leaders by the field day coordinator. 5. All contestants will be given a contestant number by which they will be designated throughout the contest. 6. Contestants must come to the field day prepared to work in adverse weather conditions. The contests will be conducted regardless of weather. They should have rain gear, warm clothes and footwear. 7. Written Materials: All written materials will be furnished for the contest. 8. All members must be eligible to participate at the National Level to compete at the senior level. 9. All teams will consist of 4 members. All members of the team will participate in all 6 events. Forestry CDE 10. FFA chapters may have up to two separate teams in district contests. These teams will be registered separately, as chapter team A and chapter team B, and members will not be able to switch from one team to the other after registration. Chapter team A must consist of 4 members before team B can be formed. No chapter will be allowed to register two three member teams. Only one Senior 4 member team and one Middle School 4 member team may represent each district in the State Contest. 11. Each FFA team must be accompanied by an adult. 12. A completed contest entry list must be sent to the coordinator by the date specified on the registration form. If a chapter fails to register by this date, it is in the Field Day Coordinator s sole discretion to disqualify the team or allow participation in the contest. 13. Contest Check-in and orientation will begin at the time specified by the Coordinator. Teams are expected to be on site prior to this time. Any team arriving late will enter at the portion of the contest then in progress and will not be permitted to complete the missed portions of the event. 14. Each contestant is required to provide his or her own pencil and clipboard. Clipboards are subject to inspection. Nonprogrammable calculators will be permitted in the contest. 15. All score cards that cannot be read or whose work will be disqualified. All score cards must have the participant s name and official chapter name. If the name is not on the score sheet the participants are subject to disqualification. 16. A committee of FFA Advisors may assist with grading and review of score cards for consistency. 17. The Field Day Coordinator shall have the authority to make rule variances or restrictions to meet local conditions. Any protest should be made in writing, within three working days, to the: Environmental Education Director Florida Forest Service; Childs Road Brooksville, FL Presentation of materials that have been used by chapters, foresters, or other resources for training purposes should not be presented in the same visual manner in the official CDE. 19. Participants may bring and use their own Biltmore sticks and compasses. All compasses should be bastplate compasses; no mirrored or sighting compasses will be allowed. Participants can use one of the following compasses: Suunto M-3, Brunton 30B or Silva Explorer. All three are baseplate compasses graduated in two degree units and fall in the $20-30 price range. The Suunto and Brunton include an adjustment for declination. If students cannot provide their own compasses then the FFS will provide Suunto A-10 (or equivalent) baseplate compasses also graduated in two degree increments. FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION 89

2 Forestry CDE All participants compasses and Biltmore will be inspected and approved before the start of the event. EVENT PRACTICUMS KNOWLEDGE PRACTICUM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM 1. Fifty (50) objective-type multiple-choice questions will be selected from areas of the forestry industry reflected in the contest objectives. This part of the contest will test the contestants knowledge and understanding of basic principles of forestry. The exam will be based on the subject of the Introduction to Forestry in Florida Handbook. 2. Time: Each contestant will be allowed forty-five (45) minutes to complete this phase of the contest. 3. Scoring: Each answer has a value of two (2) points for a total maximum score of 100 points. 4. Management may be added at state level 5. This section will include a forest business management problem to determine the contestant s ability to apply economic principles and concepts of management to the decision making process by actual problem analysis and to defend the decisions made. This will involve a model forest operation with possible calculation on profit/loss, cost of operation, taxes, depreciation, marketing product, stumpage cost, record keeping, etc. The exact problem may or may not be in a listed reference. 6. Current Forestry and Timber Stand improvement issues may be included on the Florida Forest Service website. IDENTIFICATION PRACTICUMS DENDROLOGY Twenty (20) specimens from the following list will be displayed for contestants to identify by common names. Each specimen will be designated by a number. Specimens may include cut samples, potted samples, or standing trees located within 50 feet of the Dendrology site. Time: Each contestant will be allowed thirty (30) minutes to complete this session. Scoring: Five (5) points will be given for each specimen that is correctly identified for a maximum of one-hundred (100) points. Approved Dendrology list: 1. American Beech Fagus grandifolia 2. American Elm Ulmus americana 3. American Holly Ilex opaca 4. Bald Cypress Taxodium distichum 5. Black Cherry Prunus serotina 6. Carolina Ash Fraxinus caroliniana 7. Common Persimmon Diospyros virginiana 8. Eastern Hophornbeam Ostrya virginiana 9. American Hornbeam Carpinus caroliniana 10. Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis 11. Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida 12. Laurel Oak Quercus laurifolia 13. Live Oak Quercus virginiana 14. Loblollybay Gordonia lasianthus 15. Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda 16. Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris 17. Mockernut Hickory Carya tomentosa 18. Pignut Hickory Carya glabra 19. Post Oak Quercus stellata 20. Red Maple Acer rubrum 21. Red Mulberry Morus rubra 22. Sand Pine Pinus clausa 23. Sassafras Sassafras albidum 24. Shumard Oak Quercus shumardii 25. Slash Pine Pinus elliottii 26. Southern Catalpa Catalpa bignonioides 27. Southern Magnolia Magnolia grandiflora 28. Southern Redcedar Juniperus solicicola 29. Sugarberry Celtis laevigata 30. Swamp Tupelo Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora 31. Sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 32. Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 33. Sycamore Platanus occidentalis 34. Turkey Oak Quercus laevis 35. Water Hickory Carya aquatica 36. Water Oak Quercus nigra 37. Waxmyrtle Myrica cerifera 38. White Oak Quercus alba 39. Winged Elm Ulmus alata 40. Yellow-poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Additional Trees for the State Contest: 41. Black Walnut Juglans nigra 42. Carolina Laurelcherry Prunus caroliniana 43. Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoids 44. Florida Maple Acer floridanum 45. Gum Bumelia Bumelia lanuginosa 46. Gumbo Limbo Bursera simaruba 47. Pond Apple Annona glabra 48. Red Bay Persea borbonia 49. Seagrape Coccoloba uvifera 50. Spruce Pine Pinus glabra EQUIPMENT IDENTIFICATION Twenty (20) pieces of equipment from the following list will be displayed for contestants to identify by technical names. Each piece of equipment will be designated by a number. Time: Each contestant will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes to complete this session. Scoring: Five (5) points will be given for each piece of equipment identified correctly for a total of 100 points. Approved Equipment Identification List: 90 CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT HANDBOOK

3 Forestry CDE 1. Backpack Fire Pump 2. Bark Gauge 3. Biltmore Stick 4. Chainsaw 5. Chainsaw Chaps 6. Clinometer 7. Council Fire Rake 8. Data Recorder 9. Diameter Tape 10. Dibble Bar 11. Dot Grid 12. Drip Torch 13. Ear Protectors 14. Feller-buncher 15. Fire Weather Kit 16. Fireflap 17. Flagging Tape 18. Global Positioning System 19. Hand Compass 20. Hard Hat 21. Hookeroon 22. Increment Borer 23. Knuckle-boom Loader 24. Log Rule 25. Logger s Tape 26. Mechanical Tree Planter 27. Peavy Canthook 28. Planimeter 29. Pulaski 30. Relaskop 31. Rubber Tire Skidder 32. Safety Glasses 33. Soil Tube 34. Spot Gun Applicator 35. Staff Compass 36. Steel Tape 37. Stereoscope 38. Tally Book 39. Tally Meter 40. Tree Caliper 41. Tree Injector 42. Tree Marking Gun 43. Wedge Prism 44. Wheeler Caliper FOREST DISORDERS Examples of ten (10) or twenty (20) disorders from the following list will be displayed for contestants to identify by common names. Each specimen representing a disorder will be designated by a number. The examples will be presented in one or more of the following forms: Actual Samples Pictures/Slides Written description Written case history Each contestant will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes to complete this practicum session. Five (5) points (for 20 specimens) or Ten (10) points (for 10 specimens) will be given for each disorder that is correctly identified for a total of 100 points. Approved Forest Disorders List: 1. Air Potato 2. Ambrosia Beetles 3. Annosum Root Rot 4. Aphids 5. Bagworm 6. Black Turpentine Beetle 7. Brown Spot Needle Blight 8. Butt-Rot of Hardwoods 9. Catalpa Worm 10. Cedar-Apple Rust 11. Cicadas 12. Cogon Grass 13. Eastern Gall Rust 14. Eastern Tent Caterpillar 15. Fall Webworm 16. Wood Borers 17. Fusiform Rust 18. Gall Wasp 19. Hardwood Leaf Spots 20. Heart Rot 21. Hypoxylon Canker 22. Ips Engraver Beetles 23. Japanese Climbing Fern 24. Juniper Blight 25. Kudzu 26. Melaleuca 27. Mistletoe 28. Mites 29. Needle Cast of Pines 30. Oak Leaf Blister 31. Pine Coneworms 32. Pine Needle Rust 33. Pine Sawflies 34. Pine Scale 35. Pine Tip Moths 36. Pine Webworm 37. Pitch Canker 38. Psocids 39. Red Heart of Pine 40. Reproduction Weevil 41. Slime Flux 42. Southern Pine Beetle 43. Termite Damage 44. Twig Girdler 45. Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION 91

4 Forestry CDE SKILLS PRACTICUMS TIMBER CRUISING FOR WOOD VOLUME Each event location will have either Saw Timber or Pulpwood. Participants are advised to be familiar with both applications, but only one will appear on the contest. The trees measured at the site will represent a partial acre, and students are expected to calculate the total volume per acre. TIMBER CRUISING FOR BOARD VOLUME (SAW TIMBER) Using a Biltmore stick each contestant will measure ten (10) pre-numbered trees,on a fractional acre plot, for total board foot volume as specified by the Field Day Coordinator. The contestant must record the DBH (Diameter Breast Height) computed to the nearest inch and the merchantable height of each tree, rounded down to the nearest ½ log. There will be no cull trees on the contest. In the case of a forked tree, students should measure the dominant stem. The following minimum diameters and log length will be: DBH - 10 inches Top Diameter - 8 inches Height - 16 feet (one log) Contestants will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes to record DBH and height of the trees and an additional fifteen (15) minutes to make volume recordings and conversions. Volume tables will be provided at the contest site. Three (3) points will be awarded for the correct DBH and three (3) points for the correct height. One (1) point will be allowed if the answer is incorrect but within one inch of the DBH or ½ log of the correct height. Forty (40) points will be allowed for any answer within 10% of the correct total volume. Ten (10) points will be deducted from the forty points for each additional ten percent (plus or minus) from the correct measured volume beyond the first ten percent. (i.e. 30 points if answer is between 10 and 20% from the correct answer, 20 points for 20 to 30% from the correct answer, etc.) TIMBER CRUISING FOR CORD VOLUME (PULPWOOD) Using Biltmore Stick each contestant will measure ten (10) pre-numbered standing trees, on a fractional acre plot, for total cord volume as specified by the Field Day Coordinator. The contestant will record the DHB (Diameter Breast Height) and merchantable height of each tree. The height will be rounded down to the nearest 5 ¼ stick. The DHB will be to the nearest inch. The following minimum diameters and log length will be: DBH- 5 inches Height - 12 feet Top Diameter - 4 inches Volume tables and the amount of cubic feet per cord will be provided for calculation at the contest site. Contestants will be allowed fifteen (15) minutes to record DBH and height of the trees and an additional fifteen (15) minutes to make volume recordings and conversions. Three (3) points will be awarded for the correct DBH and three (3) points for the correct height. One (1) point will be allowed if the answer is incorrect but within one inch of the correct DBH or one stick of the correct height. Forty (40) points will be allowed for any answer within 10% of the correct total volume. Ten (10) will be deducted from the forty points for each additional ten percent (plus or minus) from the correct measured volume beyond the first ten percent. (i.e. 30 points if answer is between 10 and 20% off from the correct answer, 20 points for 20 to 30% off from the correct answer, etc.) MAP INTERPRETATION (ODD YEARS) Contestants will be furnished a U.S. geological survey topographic map with specific points marked for the contestant to identify. The contestant shall know: legal description, recognize topographic map symbols, understand the meaning of map symbols and size and location of forty (40) acres or more in a section. Examples: (1) What is the legal description of the area boxed? (2) What is the item located at this point? (3) What is the acreage of the area enclosed? (4) In what section is the city if Marshall located? (5) What is the dominant feature in the SW1/4 of S 13, T 7S, R 13E? (6) What is the distance between point A & B? Legal descriptions will be written or described according to the following examples: NW - Northwest T - Township SE - Southeast R - Range S - Section (640 acres) ¼ - Quarter of a section (160 acres) Thirty (30) minutes will be allowed for this session. Ten (10) or 20 questions or problems will be completed. Ten (10) points (10 questions) or five (5) points (20 questions) will be awarded for each correct answer. COMPASS AND PACING (EVEN YEARS) The contestant will use a hand compass and pacing to simulate the determination of the property lines on a tract of timber for cruising timber. The compass course will have ten (10) marked points. The student will start at any point and record the compass azimuth reading and distance to the next point. Students must use the compasses supplied at the 92 CAREER DEVELOPMENT EVENT HANDBOOK

5 Forestry CDE contest by the event judge. These compasses will be graduated in two degree (2º) increments and be attached to wooden stakes. Students should round the distance to the nearest whole foot. Thirty (30) minutes will be provided for this session. A total of 100 points are possible: Ten (10) points for each correct numbered site. Five (5) points will be awarded for the correct azimuth and five (5) points for correct distance. 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. SCORING Practicum Activity Individual Team Knowledge Written Exam Identification Dendrolofy Identification Equipment Identification Forest Disorders Skills Timber Cruising for Wood Volume Skills (Even Years) Compass & Pacing Skills (Odd Years) Map Interpre Official Dress Total 750 2,250 TIE BREAKERS Ties will be broken by using the scores from the General Knowledge test first, then if needed the tree identification, and then if still needed the Equipment Identification. AWARDS The top three contestants in each of the following areas will be given special recognition. General Knowledge/Management Dendrology Equipment Identification Forest Disorders Timber Cruising Alternate Forestry application REFERENCES This list of references is not intended to be inclusive. Other sources may be utilized and teachers are encouraged to make use of the very best instructional materials available. The following list contains references that may prove helpful during event preparation. Introduction to Forestry in Florida, Florida Forest Service Florida Forest Service web page, floridaforestservice.com Choices in Silviculture for American Forests, Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, Maryland Elementary Forestry, B. McManar Collins and Fred M. White, Reston Publishing Company, In., Reston, VA Forestry Handbook, 1984, Edited by Karl Wenger for the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, Maryland Forests and Forestry, 4th Edition, David A. Anderson, I.I. Holland and Gary L. Rolfe, the Interestate Printers Publishers, Inc., Danville, IL Managing Our Natural Resources, 1988 Wm. G. Camp & Thomas R. Daugherty, Delmar Publishers, Inc., Albany, NY Silvics of Forests of United States, Handbook #271, U.S. Forest Service, P.O. Box 2417, 12th and Independence Avenue S.W., Washington, DC Textbook of Dendrology, 6th Edition, 1979, W.M. Harlow, E.S. Harrar, and F.M. White. McGraw-Hill Book Company, NY The U.S. Department of Interior Geological Survey Topographic Map Information and Symbols Key, Map Distribution, U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver, CO Timber Harvesting, 4th Ed American Pulpwood Association, The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc. Danville, IL EQUIPMENT REFERENCES Current Catalog of Forestry Suppliers, Inc., 205 West Rankin St., Jackson, MS Other selected references are available from the U.S. Forest Service and state forestry agencies. Awards will be presented at an awards ceremony. Awards are presented to teams as well as individuals based upon their rankings. Awards are sponsored by a cooperating industry sponsor(s) as a special project and/or by the general fund of the Florida FFA Foundation. FLORIDA FFA ASSOCIATION 93

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8 Compiled for wood cut into 5.25-foot sticks by interpolation from Volume Tables, Converting Factors, and Other Information Applicable to Commercial Timber in the South, by E.T. Hawes. Tables include bark-top utilization assumed to average approximately 5 inches outside bark, varying from 3.8 inches to 6 inches

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10 FORESTRY FIELD DAY FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Dendrology Name: FFA Chapter: FFA Dist. # Team: A or B (circle one) Score: HS or MS (Circle one) Scoring: Five (5) points will be given for each specimen that is correctly identified for a maximum of one-hundred (100) points. Four (4) points for the correct common name and one (1) point for the correct scientific name. Enter the number that corresponds to the answer you have selected into the boxes to the right of the sample number Sub-totals Common Name Points Scientific Name Grand total Points Common Name Scientific Name 1. American Beech 51. Acer floridanum 2. American Elm 52. Acer rubrum 3. American Holly 53. Annona glabra 4. American Hornbeam 54. Bumelia lanuginose 5. Bald Cypress 55. Bursera simaruba 6. Black Cherry 56. Carpinus caroliniana 7. Black Walnut 57. Carya aquatica 8. Carolina Ash 58. Carya glabra 9. Carolina Laurelcherry 59. Carya tomentosa 10. Common Persimmon 60. Catalpa bignonioides 11. Eastern Cottonwood 61. Celtis laevigata 12. Eastern Hophornbeam 62. Cercis canadensis 13. Eastern Redbud 63. Coccoloba uvifera 14. Florida Maple 64. Cornus florida 15. Flowering Dogwood 65. Diospyros virginiana 16. Gum Bumelia 66. Fagus grandifolia 17. Gumbo Limbo 67. Fraxinus caroliniana 18. Laurel Oak 68. Gordonia lasianthus 19. Live Oak 69. Ilex opaca 20. Loblolly Bay 70. Juglans nigra 21. Loblolly Pine 71. Juniperus silicicola 22. Longleaf Pine 72. Liquidambar styraciflua 23. Mockernut Hickory 73. Liriodendron tulipifera 24. Pignut Hickory 74. Magnolia grandiflora 25. Pond Apple 75. Magnolia virginiana 26. Post Oak 76. Morus rubra 27. Red Bay 77. Myrica cerifera 28. Red Maple 78. Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora 29. Red Mulberry 79. Ostrya virginiana 30. Sand Pine 80. Persea borbonia 31. Sassafras 81. Pinus clausa 32. Seagrape 82. Pinus elliottii 33. Shumard Oak 83. Pinus glabra 34. Slash Pine 84. Pinus palustris 35. Southern Catalpa 85. Pinus taeda 36. Southern Magnolia 86. Platanus occidentalis 37. Southern Redcedar 87. Populus deltoides 38. Spruce Pine 88. Prunus caroliniana 39. Sugarberry 89. Prunus serotina 40. Swamp Tupelo 90. Quercus alba 41. Sweetbay 91. Quercus laevis 42. Sweetgum 92. Quercus laurifolia 43. Sycamore 93. Quercus nigra 44. Turkey Oak 94. Quercus shumardii 45. Water Hickory 95. Quercus stellata 46. Water Oak 96. Quercus virginiana 47. Waxmyrtle 97. Sassafras albidum 48. White Oak 98. Taxodium distichum 49. Winged Elm 99. Ulmus alata 50. Yellow Poplar 100 Ulmus americana

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