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The Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management is now accepting applications for the Summer Field Camp.

Admission is open to all qualified students. First you must complete the application form for review.

You can download the application from our website:

http://espm.berkeley.edu/summercamp/

Applications must be submitted on or before April 18 in 249 Mulford.

Goals and Objectives:

The overall goal of the Summer Field Program is to provide an introduction to the scientific and professional dimensions of forest and wildland resource management. Students participating in the program learn about ecology, forest, range and wildlife management, measurements, forest operations and products.

At the end of the eight-week program, students will have broad, working knowledge of concepts and techniques used by wildland resource managers. The experience of studying these topics in a field setting inevitably enriches students’ subsequent on-campus academic studies.

Specific objectives of the Summer Field Program include:

-- Provide experience with both the ecological and social aspects of wildland environments

-- Introduce students to professional practice in the various resource management fields

-- Introduce basic subject matter in ecology, measurement and inventory systems, and resource management

-- Teach field skills

-- Develop close student and student-faculty relationships

Courses:

The courses for the program are organized to provide a broad exposure to the relevant natural resources as integrated systems. Emphasis is placed on aspects of the subject matter which are best taught in a field environment.

The program is presented in five interrelated upper division courses (ESPM 101A­101B­101C­101D-101E), which are designed to prepare students for all upper division work on the Berkeley campus.

(NOTE: You can earn a Minor in Forestry by taking ESPM 101A-E and one on-campus elective!!)

ESPM 101A: Sierra Nevada Ecology (4 units) Forty-five hours of lecture and field exercises per week for three weeks (including Saturday sessions). Prerequisites: 8 units of biological science or consent of instructor. Ecology of forests, mountain meadows, montane chaparral, and riparian zones of the Northern Sierra Nevada. Major emphasis on ecology as a basis for resource management and the maintenance of biological diversity.

ESPM 101B: Silviculture (1 unit) Forty hours of lecture and field exercises for 1 week. Prerequisite: ESPM 101A. . Evaluation of systems for managing forest stands including regeneration, stand density control, forest growth, genetic tree improvement, and prescribed burning. Field trips and lectures to local areas illustrating different approaches to forest problems.

ESPM 101C: Forest Measurements (2 units) Forty hours of lecture and field exercises per week for two weeks. Prerequisite: ESPM 101B. Introduction to tools and procedures for measuring forest resources, introduction to land surveying, use of aerial photography, development of timber inventories, including measurement of trees, forest growth and other forest resources.

ESPM 101D: Timber Resource Utilization (1 unit) Forty hours of lecture and field exercises for 1 week (including one overnight field trip). Prerequisite: ESPM 101C. Introduction to evaluation of harvest systems and access systems, wood structure and quality, and manufacture of forest products. Development of timber harvest plans by student teams, visits to industrial operations for familiarization with land management practices and utilization operations.

ESPM 101E: Forest Resource Management (2 units) Fifty-five hours of lecture and field exercises for 1 week (including two evening sessions). Prerequisite: ESPM 101D. The interactions of water, wood, wildlife, range, fisheries, and recreation resources are examined by student teams to develop an environmental assessment report and multiple-use integrative management plan for selected study areas. On-site analysis, presentation, and review of reports is conducted.

For more information, please visit our website: http://espm.berkeley.edu/summercamp/