Lab+Report+Template

[You need a heading that includes the title of the project, group members' names, due date, and Summer Bridge.]


 * Introduction:**

[Provide background information needed to understand the project here. In your own words, state that we manage forests for multiple uses, and one of those uses is to harvest timber. State that to determine how much timber is available and the quality of the timber, foresters will sample the forest stand (called a timber cruise).]

[In a second paragraph, state the purpose/objective of the project (What were we calculating as our final product?).]


 * Materials and Methods:**

__Site Description__ [Identify the location and name of your forest stand. Insert a map showing the location of the forest stand if you have one. Describe the habitat. Identify the major tree species. Is this a monoculture or is there a good mix of species? Is this a young or mature stand of trees? Are the trees even or uneven-aged?]

[Insert a map showing the plot locations. State the acreage of the forest stand. Identify how many plots your class sampled overall. What percent cruise did your class do?]

__Materials__ [List all materials needed for the project.]

__Methods__ [Number step-by-step instructions for how you did the timber cruise (aka the procedure). Be specific (e.g. Not: We marked a plot. Instead: We marked and measured a 100m x 50m rectangular plot.) The steps might make more sense if you include pictures. Don’t forget to define DBH!]


 * Results:**

[Copy the Timber Cruise Data Sheet for your small group’s plots here.]


 * Discussion:**

[Explain what you did with your DBH and tree height data. What did you calculate? What formula did you use? Make sure to define “basal area”. Copy the Calculating Merchantable Volume Excel spreadsheet here.]

[Did your merchantable timber volume per plot differ from your classmates? By how much? Copy the Summary of Forest Stand here.]

[Project how much timber is in the entire forest stand. Estimate how much the entire forest stand is currently worth.]

[Based on your observations out in the field, would you harvest the forest stand yet? Why or why not?]