BASF 312 - Forest Hydrology and Soils

5 credits

Prerequisites
Admission to the BAS-FRM program or instructor permission.

This course introduces students to the basic concepts of soils and hydrology and the relationships between forest-soil-water, as well as the implications of forest operations in these elements. Students will learn how to use topographic and hydrologic analog and digital data and/or software to assess environmental conditions, and use those tools to help in the decision-making process. Field practices will be held to show in-situ conditions and how to identify soils and watershed elements in forests.

Course Outcomes

Describe and interpret landscape and soil profile information in the field and from soil maps
Read and interpret topographic and hydrologic information within a landscape and watershed framework
Relate key soil properties to their management and productivity
Produce a report on the edaphologic-hydrologic conditions of designated forest land

Note
BAS-FRM degree course.