Title: Calculate the value of standing timber.
Course: Ecology and Environmental Management (18003-18) > Section: Managing Forests and Forestland

Calculation should include use of the following:

- Biltmore stick or log rule to find diameter at breast height (DBH) and standing timber (number of 16-foot logs)
- Clinometer and diameter tape
- Pace chains
- Conversion of board-foot volume of standing timber into market value for sawtimber and volume cubic feet into market value for pulpwood
- Reading a volume table to find board-foot volume of standing timber based on DBH and number of 16-foot logs
- Reading a tree scale for pulpwood to find the volume in cubic feet of timber based on the DBH and the number of five-foot bolts

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does one calculate a pace?
- What methods would one use to determine the board-foot volume of standing timber?
- How is volume board feet and volume cubic feet converted into market price for sawtimber and pulpwood?

Teacher Resources:

- Forestry, Virginia FFA
- Forestry Field Day Championships, Virginia FFA