Additional Materials & Resources
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
- 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.