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IWPA to Sponsor Professional Logging Course
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The Illinois Wood Products Association is sponsoring The Game of Logging at three sites in throughout Illinois in 2004.
The Game of Logging consists of four levels of hands on timber harvesting, emphasizing safety, technique, and proper use of logging tools. In addition students learn to make decisions that are in the best long term interest of the forest. These decisions include such things as the siteing of landings, laying out roads, the use of water bars and other Best Management Practices.
Each session lasts one day. All sessions start at 8:00 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided on site. Also, all sessions will take place in the outdoors, rain or shine.
The instructor for the course will be Joe Glenn. Joe is a professional logger from Piedmont, MO. He trained for several years under Soren Eriksson, who developed the Game of Logging in Scandinavia. Joe teaches the Professional Timber Harvester Program in Missouri. When not teaching timber harvesting, Joe works as a logger in the Piedmont area. The Forest Management portion (Level V) of the course will be taught by a qualified forester.
For more information please contact:
Lee M. Rife, IWPA, P.O. Box 11211, Springfield, IL 62791-1211,
Tel: 217-529-2886.
If you are interested in participating please complete the application form by following the application link and send along with your fee to Lee Rife at the address above.
Please be advised that each session is limited to 12 students.
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Dates and Event Locations
Session A Carbondale, IL Area
Level I July 19, 2004
Level II July 20, 2004
Level III August 9, 2004
Level IV August 30, 2004
Level V August 31, 2004
Session B Effingham, IL Area
Level I July 21, 2004
Level II July 22, 2004
Level III August 10, 2004
Level IV August 31, 2004
Level V September 1, 2004
Session C Peoria, IL Area
Level I November 15, 2004
Level II November 16, 2004
Level III December 6, 2004
Level IV December 13, 2004
Level V December 14, 2004
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Description of Program Content
Level I
Program consists of: Protective equipment. Parts of a saw, their purpose, settings and proper sharpening techniques. Saw inspection and safety procedures. The benefits of controlled felling. Bore cutting.
Level II
Program consists of: Establishing a notch and hinge. The use of felling wedges, collecting data on hazards, tree height and lean, and planning an escape route. Chain filing and bar care. Cutting spring poles. Each participant to fell a tree.
Level III
Program consists of: Calculating tree lean limits. Advance cutting and wedging techniques on leaning trees. Bucking and limbing methods. Each participant to fell a tree.
Level IV
Program consists of: Advance felling. Planning efficient harvest layouts. Use of other powered forest management tools. Final evaluation and scoring. Each participant to fell a tree.
Level V
Program consists of: Forest management practices as taught by a professional forester.
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Website designed by: P. Cludray
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Questions, Comments or Suggestions on this Site:
Contact: Patti Cludray at plc1@siu.edu
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SIUC - Department of Forestry
1205 Lincoln Drive
Mail code 4411
Carbondale, IL 62901
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