Extension Agent Resources

PDF versions of each lesson - for use as handouts for workshops, etc.

• Lesson 1: Mapping Your Forest
• Lesson 2: Introduction to Plot Sampling
• Lesson 3: Locating Plots on the Ground
• Lesson 4: Establishing Fixed Plots
• Lesson 5: Establishing Variable Plots (advanced users)
• Lesson 6: Measuring Trees
• Lesson 7: Gathering Stand-Level Information
• Lesson 8: LMS Inventory Wizard
• Lesson 9: Introduction to the Landscape Management System (LMS)
• Lesson 10: Basic Inventory Calculations

WSU Extension Bulletins – use as references or as handouts for workshops, etc.

• Coming Soon: Basic Forest Inventory Techniques for Family Forest Owners – A written companion to Lessons 1-7 of this web module

• Inventory Wizard: A new tool that makes it easy to get started with the Landscape Management System – A written companion to Lesson 8 of this web module

• Landscape Management System: A computer tool for helping family forest owners make management decisions – For use with LMS version 3

LMS Disc Images (.iso files) – use these to make CD-ROMs to distribute

• LMS 2.0.45r17 (recommended for most family forest applications)
• LMS 3.1r6 (also available – generally for more advanced users)

Here's a link on how to burn the .iso files to CD or DVD.

Online Resources

• Streaming video training for LMS and the Inventory Wizard

• LMS Tutorials – For use with Lesson 9 and beyond

Suggested Reading – for more in depth information about forest inventory

• Bell, J.F. and J.R. Dilworth. 1997. Log Scaling and Timber Cruising (Revised Edition). Cascade Printing Company, Portland, OR.

• Husch, B., T.W. Beers, and J.A. Kershaw, Jr. 2003. Forest Mensuration (4th Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.