Quiz Bowl

Who should we have on the quiz bowl team this year? Having a team of seniors is logical as they have seen what goes on. I think we should have some nominations and a vote! There are four people plus an alternate to a team.

Susan, Mary, Matt, Liz, Alex could be a team?

Anyone else have any other suggestions?

We need to register by Oct. 17. Quiz Bowl info/rules: http://www.safnet.org/natcon-08/students/index.cfm

Categories include:
Remote Sensing/ Photogrammetry/ GIS
Fire
Biometrics
Economics, Policy, and Law
Urban and Community Forestry
Hydrology
Forest and Range Ecology
Soils
Philosophy and History of Forestry
Ethics
Silviculture
International Forestry
Genetics and Tree Improvement
Recreation
Wildlife and Fish Ecology
Mixed Bag
Land Use, Planning, and Land Management
Agroforestry
Forest Pathology and Entomology
Dendrology
Forest Production and Utilization

JOF Article: GPS

This month the Journal of Forestry had an article titled “Keeping Pace with Global Positioning System Technology in the Forest” by Michael Wing. The article had excellent information on collecting spatial field data. I would recommend reading this article for those that are interested in collecting spatial data with a GPS. The article also mentioned Trimble’s free software program that determines the most optimum times to go out in the field to collect data.
Software link: http://www.trimble.com/planningsoftware_ts.asp

John

Undergrad Research Funding

The GIF (Geospatial Innovation Facility) is now providing financial assistance for undergraduate research. If you are planning to collect field data for a honors thesis or independent research project you may find this link useful.

http://gif.berkeley.edu/support/undergrads.html

John