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Lesson 4 The Sustainable Forest |
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Focus: 1. Establish the comprehensive nature of laws that protect California's forests and wildlife by asking the students to guess what some of these laws might concern. Put their suffestions on the board. Examples are given below:
Enrichment Activity:
2. Make an optional set of props so that the panorama can stand:
Other Matterials Needed:
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Objectives: 1. To understand that California has the most comprehensive timber harvest regulations in the nation 2. To understand that California foresters must prepare a timber harvest plan and have it approved by the Department of Forestry before harvesting may take place on private forest land in California 3. To understand that many different kinds of forest workers cooperate to help a registered professional forester in preparing a timber harvest plan, such as wildlife and fisheries biologists, botanists, geologists, and hydrologists
4. To understand that sustainable forestry ensures balance between increasing consumer demands for wood products and safeguarding environmental needs
Hydroelectric plant - A place where electricity is produced by the energy of rapidly moving water
Spawning - The producing or depositing of eggs by fish
Erosion - The wearing away of the soil, usually by wind or water
Riparian zone - The area along a river or stream
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