Title: Discuss economic principles in forestry management.
Course: Forestry Management, Advanced (18502-II) > Section: Protecting the Forest

Discussion should include

- using a model forest operation with possible calculation of profit/loss, cost of operation, taxes, depreciation, marketing product, and stumpage cost
- keeping records
- completing basic financial documents
- explaining opportunity cost.

Teacher Resource: National FFA Forestry Handbook

Process/Skill Questions:

- What practices or processes have affected timber sales and/or markets in your region?
- What are some issues that urban foresters face?
- What forestry BMPs are used in your state, and why?
- What is the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), and what do they have in common?
- What is woody biomass? What are the positives and negatives of producing woody biomass?