Private Forests in Society
FOR 564
Fall 2003 Schedule
Dr. John Bliss,
Department of Forest Resources, 203 Peavy Hall
737-4427, john.bliss@orst.edu
Office hours by appointment
September
30 Course Introduction, Purpose and Process
October
2 Land Tenure
October
7 Land Tenure, Tree Tenure, and
Access
October
9 Changing Tenure Patterns
October 11
Field trip to Van Decker Family Tree Farm
October
14 Case Study Development
October
16 Case Study Example: Biodiversity
and Riparian Conservation on Private Lands
October
17 Last Day to Submit Case Study Proposal
October
21 Private Forests in Mixed-Tenure
Landscapes
October
23 Cross-Boundary Cooperation
October 24 CASE STUDY OUTLINE DUE
October
28 Tenure Rights and
Responsibilities
Oct 30 Community
and Forestry
November
4 The politics of
non-industrial forest ownership: a conversation with the Oregon Small Woodlands
Association
November 6 Place
November
11 Cultural
Perspectives on Nonindustrial Private Forests
November
13 Timber Dependency and Sustainable Development
November
18 CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS
November
20 Social Capital
November 25 CASE
STUDY PRESENTATIONS
November
26 CASE STUDY
DRAFT DUE
November
27 Thanksgiving
December
2 CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS
December
4 CASE STUDY PRESENTATIONS/
Walk in the woods?
December
5 CASE STUDY FINAL DUE FRIDAY BY 5 PM
December
9 Finals Week
December
11 Finals Week
December
13 Potluck Supper with NIPF
Owners