H.A.C. -Foresty Traditional Geocache
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Size:  (regular)
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Part's
of this area is open to hunting, please BLAZE IT or wait till
hunting season's are over with.
Please write your experience in the log book, other that signing
and dating it only. That's what it's for.
In working
through the Forestry merit badge requirements, Scouts will explore
the remarkable complexity of a forest and identify many species of
trees and plants and the roles they play in a forest's life
cycle.They will also discover some of the resources forests provide
to humans and come to understand that people have a very large part
to play in sustaining the health of forests.
Requirements:
1. Prepare a field notebook, make a collection, and identify 15
species of trees, wild shrubs, or vines in a local forested area.
Write a description in which you identify and discuss the
following:
1. The characteristics of leaf, twig, cone, or fruiting
bodies
2. The habitat in which these trees, shrubs, or vines are
found
3. The important ways each tree, shrub, or vine is used by humans
or wildlife and whether the species is native or was introduced to
the area. If it is not native, explain whether it is considered
invasive or potentially invasive.
2. Do ONE of the following:
1. Collect and identify wood samples of 10 species of trees. List
several ways the wood of each species can be used.
2. Find and examine three stumps, logs, or core samples that show
variations in the growth rate of their ring patterns. In the field
notebook you prepared for requirement 1, describe the location or
origin of each example (including elevation, aspect, slope, and the
position on the slope), and discuss possible reasons for the
variations in growth rate. Photograph or sketch each example.
3. Find and examine two types of animal, insect, or damage on
trees. In the field notebook you prepared for requirement 1,
identify the damage, explain how the damage was caused, and
describe the effects of the damage on the trees. Photograph or
sketch each example.
3. Do the following:
1. Describe the contributions forests make to:
2. Our economy in the form of products
3. Our social well-being, including recreation
4. Soil protection and increased fertility
5. Clean water
6. Clean air (carbon cycling, sequestration)
7. Wildlife habitat
8. Fisheries habitat
9. 7;Threatened and endangered species of plants and animals
10. Tell which watershed or other source your community relies on
for its water supply.
4. Describe what forest management means, including the
following:
1. Multiple-use management
2. Sustainable forest management
3. Even-aged and uneven-aged management and the silvicultural
systems associated with each
4. Intermediate cuttings
5. The role of prescribed burning and related forest-management
practices
5. With your parent's and counselor's approval, do ONE of the
following:
1. Visit a managed public or private forest area with the manager
or a forester who is familiar with it. Write a brief report
describing the type of forest, the management objectives, and the
forestry techniques used to achieve the objectives.
2. With a knowledgeable individual, visit a logging operation or
wood-using manufacturing plant. Write a brief report describing the
following:
1. The species and size of trees being harvested or used and the
location of the harvest area or manufacturer
2. The origin of the forest or stands of trees being utilized
(e.g., planted or natural)
3. The forest's successional stage. What is its future?
4. Where the trees are coming from (land ownership) or where they
are going (type of mill or processing plant)
5. The products that are made from the trees
6. How the products are made and used
7. How waste materials from the logging operation or manufacturing
plant are disposed of or utilized
3. Take part in a forest-fire prevention campaign in cooperation
with your local fire warden, state wildfire agency, forester, or
counselor. Write a brief report describing the campaign, how it
will help prevent wildfires, and your part in it.
6. Do the following:
1. Describe the consequences to forests that result from FIVE of
the following elements: wildfire, absence of fire, insects, tree
diseases, air pollution, overgrazing, deer or other wildlife
overpopulation, improper harvest, and urbanization.
2. Explain what can be done to reduce the consequences you
discussed in 6a.
3. Describe what you should do if you discover a forest fire and
how a professional firefighting crew might control it. Name your
state or local wildfire control agency.
7. Visit one or more local foresters and write a brief report about
the person (or persons). Or, write about a forester's occupation
including the education, qualifications, career opportunities, and
duties related to forestry.
Permission was given by Linn County Conservation.
Original
Content's of this cache are:
Key-chains
Some Patches
Erasers
Toy car
Geocaching bracelet's
IGO wooden nickles
Shirt Lapel pins
Zipper pull compass
One set of TB tag silencers
A
special thank you to Duittuit for the donation of this
container.
You will be
entering the north half and much less traveled area of Whicukp
Hill. This is a neat place to visit and I haven't even explored
half of the area myself. I didn't realize it was there till just
last year. The area is open from 6:00 AM to 10:30 PM. I was out in
the dark when I placed this and found some neat thing's in the
dark. Sometimes you'll have that walking under pine tree's at
night. If you stick to the trail's you will be headed down hill on
the way there and have to cross a ravine to get to the cache
location. You will be looking for a 30 cal ammo can labeled
Geocache. Enjoy your romp in the wood's!!!
Additional Hints
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